Saturday, August 9, 2008

No-return DVD Rentals "Self Terminate"

Even though these have been around for a while, I've never actually seen these for sale anywhere. Until today.

If you're not familiar with these - they're dvds that you can "rent" for around 5 bucks and once you open the package, you have 48 hours to watch it. A dye in the disc begins to darken when exposed to oxygen. A fresh disc is red and when it expires it will have turned black.

These were spotted at a truck stop between Oklahoma City and Muskogee, which makes sense - the only practical application would be for road trips or if you're just too lazy to return it. Apparently they're available at Staple's too.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

I've used one of these before, they do come in handy for long drives with a portable dvd player