EZ-Ds available on property

[orlpassholder]

Greetings all from the geek labs

I have a couple of EZ-D titles. I am currently writing a small review of them. Do I think this is gonna last.... nope

EZ-Ds are available now at Hess Express gas and convenience stations at the Walt Disney World Resort.

EZ-Ds are a new, convenience-based DVD format that plays a full-length feature movie. Once removed from its packaging, viewers can enjoy the movie as many times as desired within a 48 hour time frame. After 48 hours elapse, the disc becomes unreadable by the DVD player

 

[s25843]

How much are they selling for?

 

[orlpassholder]

Originally posted by s25843
How much are they selling for?

They can be found at local 7-11's for like 5-6 dollars I dont know on property

 

[AliciaLuvzDizne]

Originally posted by orlpassholder
Greetings all from the geek labs

I have a couple of EZ-D titles. I am currently writing a small review of them. Do I think this is gonna last.... nope

EZ-Ds are available now at Hess Express gas and convenience stations at the Walt Disney World Resort.

EZ-Ds are a new, convenience-based DVD format that plays a full-length feature movie. Once removed from its packaging, viewers can enjoy the movie as many times as desired within a 48 hour time frame. After 48 hours elapse, the disc becomes unreadable by the DVD player

I dont think these will last either
very wasteful

 

[HennieBogan1966]

I'm not quite sure that I understand the reason for this product, other than Disney is trying to capitalize on the true tourists, who, when they visit, don't want to pay full boat for a DVD, but would like to view movies at least once.

But that still seems to me like they are competing with themselves here. Anyone else see it this way?

 

[orlpassholder]

Originally posted by HennieBogan1966
I'm not quite sure that I understand the reason for this product, other than Disney is trying to capitalize on the true tourists, who, when they visit, don't want to pay full boat for a DVD, but would like to view movies at least once.

But that still seems to me like they are competing with themselves here. Anyone else see it this way?

They are also trying to prevent pirating... but a good search online can see that isnt working

 

[Pioneer Hall]

I think those things are a waste. I'd sooner spend the extra 10 bucks and get a DVD that I can watch as many times as I would like.

 

[orlpassholder]

Scan of one title for sale

 

[meanmice]

Ok, I'm kinda confused. The picture says that when you open the package you have 48 hours to watch it as many times as you want. How does that one work? Is this like Mission: Impossible and a timer is set off as soon as the plastic is torn and then it self distructs 48 hours later? if it's a DVD, how do you alter the information stored on it?

 

[orlpassholder]

Originally posted by meanmice
Ok, I'm kinda confused. The picture says that when you open the package you have 48 hours to watch it as many times as you want. How does that one work? Is this like Mission: Impossible and a timer is set off as soon as the plastic is torn and then it self distructs 48 hours later? if it's a DVD, how do you alter the information stored on it?

The bottom of the DVD uses a chemical that reacts to the air it is exposed to. You cant really alter the information once its burned on the DVD and after the 48 hours have passed the disc is un-readable.

I hope to have my write up done for wdwmagic by weekends end.

 

[lamarvenoy]

Somebody must have figured a way to beat these already.I would be very surprised if someone hasn't found a chemical to preserve them or a process to stop the deteoration.

 

[wdwmagic]

Thanks for the report

To me they seem far to expensive to be deemed worthwhile even buying. Yuu could spend just a litte more at an online DVD store and have the DVD forever. I think Disney are completely wasting their time with this.

 

[Invero]

I think they're overpriced. Why pay $6 to rent something, where for another $6 you can OWN it.

Now, if the EZ-D's were $1.99 or less, then I'd do it for sure.

 

[DMC-12]

Originally posted by lamarvenoy
Somebody must have figured a way to beat these already.I would be very surprised if someone hasn't found a chemical to preserve them or a process to stop the deteoration.

You can put them in a freezer, and that will prolong the life of these disposable DVD's by a day or two.

Tried it... it works! :wave:

But still a total waste of money... spend the extra 10 bucks and get a real DVD, and you have the thing for life.

 

[awallaceunc]

The only practical use that I can find for these are for people who are going on long vacations and have DVD players in their cars. If you're leaving town for more than a week and want to rent a few movies for your kids to watch on the way, but won't be able to return them in time, then this would be a cool thing to have. That's probably why you can find them in travel areas, but that's just my guess. Other than that, I don't see much point.

-Aaron

 

[HennieBogan1966]

Okay, so what's to sto people from burning these onto a disk?

 

[Lokheed]

Not much, except that when you factor in the cost of blank DVD media (roughly $2 per disc), there's just not much savings involved. For a couple more bucks you can just buy the retail disc and get all of the pretty packaging. For that matter, you can probably pick up a used copy at your local Blockbuster for what it cost to burn your copy of the EZ-D.

Plus, very few people have DVD burners compared to the number of people with DVD players.

These are going after the rental market, pure and simple. The theory is consumers will be willing to pay a couple extra bucks to not have to drive back to the rental store to return the disc. This is destined to the same falure that DivX suffered, and for pretty much the same reasons.

 

[Erika]

Originally posted by wdwmagic
Thanks for the report

To me they seem far to expensive to be deemed worthwhile even buying. Yuu could spend just a litte more at an online DVD store and have the DVD forever. I think Disney are completely wasting their time with this.

That's exactly the thing. Unless you're like my husband's cousins who used to regularly owe $90+ at the video store for late fees, I don't see how a $6 self-destructing dvd is a good choice. Even a $3.50 rental lasts 5 days!

No thank you!

 

[Dayma]

To me they seem far to expensive to be deemed worthwhile even buying. Yuu could spend just a litte more at an online DVD store and have the DVD forever. I think Disney are completely wasting their time with this.

This is not a Disney only thing.

This is also a possible solution for Blockbuster if you can drive prices down but I doubt that will happen.

 

[Timekeeper]

Oxygen

These DVD's react to air in an opposite fashion to how polaroid cameras work.

Solution:

I've managed to suck 85% of the air out of my guest bedroom and can enjoy EZ-D's without limit. That is, untill I open the door to go use the bathroom.

In my opinion, these "encourage" pirating. Think about it, if someone gave you a picture that you want to keep and said that it would fade away in 48 hours, what would you do with it? Scan in, of course. These DVD's are begging to be ripped... literally ... you have to rip the seal to open them.

Tk