DVD-D

DVD-Ds, also referred to as disposable DVDs,^[1] were a type of disposable digital versatile disc/digital video disc that were designed to be used for a maximum 48 hours after the containing package is opened.^[2] After this time, the DVDs became unreadable to DVD players^[1] because they contained a chemical that, after the set period of time, will prevent the underlying data from being read by DVD drives.^[1][3] The medium in itself was copy protection neutral and did not require additional digital rights management types of applications to be installed for the content to be accessible.^[1]

See also

• DIVX and Flexplay, two other disposable disc formats
• Disc rot, the unintended decay of optical discs due to physical or chemical deterioration
• Planned obsolescence