Dave Miller

You gotta love Di$ney. It is the "Magic Kingdom" after all.

Peace,

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Ernest Rister

Patrick....that was genius.

Robert Dunnill

And why would they do this? Because they did it with Divx? That comparison doesn't hold water, because the home video market then (very rental-centric) was very different from what it is today.

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george kaplan

If they were smart or logical, they wouldn't. But then again, if they were smart or logical they wouldn't want be trying to keep this afloat despite the bad test results. Which is just one more example of a company doing something stupid. Just because it would be stupid to have an EZ-D exclusive title doesn't mean they wouldn't do it.

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Jay Taylor

I heard on the news today that Disney plans to lower the suggested retail price for EZ-D one dollar from $6.99 to $5.99. This link from Reuters also mentions it:

Reuters: EZ-D DVD Price Drop

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Robert Dunnill

If so, it's their right to do so (and forego sell-through revenue amd a hit to their bottom line). Since their goal is to maximize profits, however, it's a fair bet to say that they won't. They know very well that if they leave money on the table, there are other studios that will snatch it up in a heartbeat.

Personally, I think their goal here is to cut into "hot new release" rental market currently dominated by big chains.

Even at $5.99, though, I think this idea is too expensive to fly.

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Matt_H

Do these things have special features? if so are we supposed to overdose on no doze to watch all the features on the big sets?

DaveF

How are disposable rentals any worse than for-sale discs? They all end up in the trash eventually. Wouldn't a pro-environmental DVD stance require rentals only?

Are there any rental-exclusive titles? If not, why would EZ-D change this, since it's just another rental scheme?

Are EZ-D discs incompatible with DVD-ROM players in computers?

Robert Dunnill

Come to think of it, I've seen Netflix exclusives from time to time.

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