Don_Dickle to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 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-square86fedilinkarrow-up1448arrow-down110
arrow-up1438arrow-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 to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-square@AllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglish4•8 months agoI think that was deliberate, and some pirate cheekily named the file format after a hated junk DVD format
minus-square@SpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoYeah I remember it being called “DivX ;)” so DivX with a wink.
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.