At 12:10 AM 7/28/2001 -0400, you wrote:
Sure, but DiVx never caught on and I don't see to many DVD players
supporting it. DiVX came out, I remember seeing it on TV and you purchased
the movies for like $5 or so.. sounded great, new movies for $5, but then it
said that was for one viewing or so and if you wanted unlimited you had to
buy it for like $15 or $20 more and you get a code to unlock it.
DivX the pay-per-view DVD competitor and DivX ;) the codec are two separate
things. The programmers called it DivX ;) as a thumb in the face to the
failed format. I wish they had chosen a unique name... The smiley isn't
enough.
While standalone DVD players don't support the DivX ;), if it becomes
popular enough they might do something like the Rio Volt and support
PC-centric codecs in future DVD players.
Glenn Saunders - Producer - Cyberpunks Entertainment
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