Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-down19
arrow-up1439arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squareQuarterSwede@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoI think the first DivX I watched was Princess Mononoke. Not a bad start for sure!
minus-squaretheangryseal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoMine was a cam recording of Scary Movie 2. Horrible, horrible, horrible. Not the fault of the codec. I avoided cams after that and waited for the screeners. But oh boy did I love my divx South Park episodes. I probably haven’t watched a movie in 5 years.
I think the first DivX I watched was Princess Mononoke. Not a bad start for sure!
Mine was a cam recording of Scary Movie 2. Horrible, horrible, horrible. Not the fault of the codec. I avoided cams after that and waited for the screeners.
But oh boy did I love my divx South Park episodes.
I probably haven’t watched a movie in 5 years.