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A German company has recently released a new style of DVD, one that will delete all of the data after (up to) 48 hours has passed. While this technology is not entirely new, we have seen Flexplay in the past that saw limited use as ez-D under Disney’s Buena Vista, this is a new format with a few new options.

To begin with the new DVD’s are more appropriately named and are being called the DVD-D. Where the “D” could easily lend itself to a variety of names that fit to include delete, destruct or even destroy.

The DVD-D’s are packaged in a sealed cardboard sleeve and the countdown will begin once you open up the package, which means left un-opened and un-touched the DVD could retain the data for years. The DVD-D comes in three varieties; a single view, 8 hour or 48 hour disc. The DVD-D’s can be used for just about anything a regular DVD could to include movies, games and also burning data.

While this sounds like a great idea, and could potentially be a huge money saver in terms of shipping charges for by-mail game and movie rental companies like Netflix and Blockbuster, we can only imagine the extra waste that would occur from the expired “D” discs.

Via [I4U News]