Wow Micah excellent post I feel there is a short film in there waiting to be made. DVD had to compete with divx It looked just like a dvd. But it would start to corrode after being played. It was only good for 24 to 48 hours, depending on which one you bought. They were the same price as a rental you could also order movies on demand with it. It was only sold at Circuit City, some say it was the reason CC went bye bye.
I am going by memory so I could be wrong on some things about divx it was 13 years ago.
