Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL Circuit City created a proprietary disposable type of DVD called a DIVX that was viewable for only 48 hours after initial viewing unless an additional fee was paid. Which led to bankruptcyen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Circuit City created a proprietary disposable type of DVD called a DIVX that was viewable for only 48 hours after initial viewing unless an additional fee was paid. Which led to bankruptcyen.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIIRC, they were just normal DVDs, with a layer which would gradually become opaque after exposure to air, turning them into garbage.
minus-squarembfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThat was an entirely separate disposable rental DVD company
minus-squareAVincentInSpace@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoFlexPlay. Technology Connections did a video on them.
minus-squarembfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThat video is why I was so confident in saying FlexPlay was a different product lol. He’s one of 11 subscriptions I have on YouTube
IIRC, they were just normal DVDs, with a layer which would gradually become opaque after exposure to air, turning them into garbage.
That was an entirely separate disposable rental DVD company
FlexPlay. Technology Connections did a video on them.
That video is why I was so confident in saying FlexPlay was a different product lol. He’s one of 11 subscriptions I have on YouTube