• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I remember it very well. You also needed a special player to play them, which only Circuit City sold. It was all cheaper than DVDs and DVD players, but obviously only if you watched it once or twice. And it was more expensive than renting it at Blockbuster.

    Just a stupid idea.

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      5 months ago

      Ironically the “viewable for 48 hours” is now the model for renting streamed movies using a special device. They were ahead of their time.