DVD-D

{{short description|Self-destructing disposable DVDs}}

{{Optical disc authoring}}

DVD-Ds, also referred to as disposable DVDs,{{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}} 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.{{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}} After this time, the DVDs became unreadable to DVD players because they contained a chemical that, after the set period of time, will prevent the underlying data from being read by DVD drives.{{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}} 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.