Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoTIL Circuit City created a proprietary disposable type of DVD called a DIVX that was viewable for only 48 hours after initial viewing unless an additional fee was paid. Which led to bankruptcyen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down13
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkTIL Circuit City created a proprietary disposable type of DVD called a DIVX that was viewable for only 48 hours after initial viewing unless an additional fee was paid. Which led to bankruptcyen.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squarelegion02@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoWhat’s hilarious is that divx was the most popular pirate format back in the day before they went commercial use and xvid replaced it.
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoI think that was deliberate, and some pirate cheekily named the file format after a hated junk DVD format
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoYeah I remember it being called “DivX ;)” so DivX with a wink.
What’s hilarious is that divx was the most popular pirate format back in the day before they went commercial use and xvid replaced it.
I think that was deliberate, and some pirate cheekily named the file format after a hated junk DVD format
Yeah I remember it being called “DivX ;)” so DivX with a wink.