DivX?
Posted: 18 November 2004 06:00 AM     [ Ignore ]  
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What movies actually come in Divx format, and why would anyone even purchase them?  I thought that Divx was dead at launch because no one would pay for limited viewings of their films.  I notice some PVP’s play that format, but wouldn’t it be better to be able to rip ordinary DVD’s?

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Posted: 18 November 2004 09:23 AM   [ # 1 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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Posted: 18 November 2004 09:33 AM   [ # 2 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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It is two different things. The Divx format has nothing to do with the DVD’s. The DVD’s were ones that would expire and stop working after a certain time period. So you could rent a Divx DVD and throw it away for example.

They dont do that anymore - but we do have teh Divx CODEC compression format, which is just a way to squeeze movies down into smaller file sizes.

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Posted: 18 November 2004 10:43 AM   [ # 3 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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Oh I see.  Why do they have the same names, that’s so confusing.  Well, maybe it’s because they share some of the technology.

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Posted: 22 November 2004 09:37 PM   [ # 4 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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