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<blockquote data-quote="The Feedster" data-source="post: 521322" data-attributes="member: 259515"><p><img src="http://mos.techradar.com//classifications/home-entertainment/home-cinema/images/flexplay_there%20will%20be%20blood-200-200.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Flexplay, the developer and supplier of limited-life optical media technology, has found a buyer for its perishable DVDs and it is the US chain of Staples.</p><p></p><p>The technology, which was first tried out in 2003 under the guise of ez-D discs,*flopped due to ecological issues – i.e. you had to throw the disc away after use.</p><p></p><p><strong>48-hour limit</strong></p><p></p><p>In a great ‘this disc will destruct in 10 seconds’ move, Flexplay was last seen in Japan with the release of <em>Mission: Impossible 3</em>. Sales in the West have not exactly been forthcoming though; until now.</p><p></p><p>Staples, the American retailer, has started selling the disposable discs in its stores. Among the first titles to be available on Flexplay is monster-smash <em>Cloverfield</em>.</p><p></p><p>The new-style Flexplay discs don’t require a proprietary player, so can be played in all machines and last for just 48 hours after taken out of the packaging.</p><p></p><p>After the 48 hours is up, a chemical reaction leaves the discs unreadable. These new discs are touted as recyclable but, honestly, why would you want to buy something that breaks after two days when there’s a LoveFilm account just a few clicks away?</p><p></p><p>There’s no news yet of a UK launch – which is probably a good thing – but the discs have a US retail value of $4 to $6.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/home-cinema/self-destructing-dvds-to-be-sold-in-staples-379410" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Feedster, post: 521322, member: 259515"] [IMG]http://mos.techradar.com//classifications/home-entertainment/home-cinema/images/flexplay_there%20will%20be%20blood-200-200.jpg[/IMG]Flexplay, the developer and supplier of limited-life optical media technology, has found a buyer for its perishable DVDs and it is the US chain of Staples. The technology, which was first tried out in 2003 under the guise of ez-D discs,*flopped due to ecological issues – i.e. you had to throw the disc away after use. [B]48-hour limit[/B] In a great ‘this disc will destruct in 10 seconds’ move, Flexplay was last seen in Japan with the release of [I]Mission: Impossible 3[/I]. Sales in the West have not exactly been forthcoming though; until now. Staples, the American retailer, has started selling the disposable discs in its stores. Among the first titles to be available on Flexplay is monster-smash [I]Cloverfield[/I]. The new-style Flexplay discs don’t require a proprietary player, so can be played in all machines and last for just 48 hours after taken out of the packaging. After the 48 hours is up, a chemical reaction leaves the discs unreadable. These new discs are touted as recyclable but, honestly, why would you want to buy something that breaks after two days when there’s a LoveFilm account just a few clicks away? There’s no news yet of a UK launch – which is probably a good thing – but the discs have a US retail value of $4 to $6. [url=http://www.techradar.com/news/home-cinema/self-destructing-dvds-to-be-sold-in-staples-379410]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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