Netflix in Mercury news today.

Check out zediva.com mentioned in the article.

UPDATE:  8/12/2011  Zediva shuts down streaming DVD service

NCR eyes disc sales via new kiosks

NCR, which already operates more than 8,000 Blockbuster Express rental kiosks, is looking at starting a separate venture that would use kiosks to sell new releases on DVD and Blu-ray. Last month, when NCR reported its latest quarterly results, the company said it planned to deploy an additional 3,000 Express kiosks this year. Home Media Magazine

DVD video rental Prototype.

What can I say, It's breaks my heart. Another venture that didn't quite make it.

DVD Rental Machine Bar codes and storage bins.

Below is a variety of different Barcodes designed to go around the DVD spindles.

Also the storage cases designed to allow the bar codes to be read while inside and handle by the robotic pick and place systems.

Inside a Video Rental Machine there is a Robotic pick and place system.

Some of these can handle both VHS tapes and DVD's.

RFID and Barcodes for DVD's and DVD Video Rental Machines.

This is mostly just a collection on Photo's from when I was working on this stuff.

These are different RFID tags to go around a DVD hub that will not interfere with DVD playback.  Some of these are prototypes and initial samples.  Feb 2005

Circular Bar-codes for DVD rental Machines.

This is the RDID reader and reader board.