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{{short description|Self-destructing disposable DVDs}}
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'''DVD-Ds''', also referred to as disposable DVDs,<ref name="register">{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/17/disposable_dvd_germany/
|title=This DVD will self-destruct in 48 hours |publisher=The Register|access-date=2008-05-16}}</ref> were a type of disposable [[DVD|digital versatile disc/digital video disc]] that were designed to be used for a maximum 48 hours after the containing package is opened.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/14075/15099/dvd-d-auto-deletes-48-hours.phtml|title=DVD-D self destructs after 48 hours|publisher=www.pocket-lint.co.uk|access-date=2008-05-16|archive-date=2008-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422001253/http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/14075/15099/dvd-d-auto-deletes-48-hours.phtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> After this time, the DVDs became unreadable to DVD players<ref name="register"/> because they contained a chemical that, after the set period of time, will prevent the underlying data from being read by DVD drives.<ref name="register"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hometheater.about.com/cs/dvdlaserdisc/a/aathrowawaydvd.htm|title=Throwaway DVDs - News and Info on Disposable DVDs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040805060506/http://hometheater.about.com/cs/dvdlaserdisc/a/aathrowawaydvd.htm|archive-date=2004-08-05|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref name="register"/>

==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]]

==References==
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==External links==
* dvd-d.com, [https://web.archive.org/web/20030215014216/http://dvd-d.com/ archive copy from 2003]
* DVD-D.org, [https://web.archive.org/web/20050216022759/http://www.dvd-d.org/ archive copy from 2005]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130816185410/http://www.einmal-dvd.com/ Die DVD-D]
* [http://www.bhmag.fr/tests-dossiers/dvd-d-le-dvd-jetable-406 Test du DVD-D : le DVD Jetable | Bhmag]

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