Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 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-up1432arrow-down16
arrow-up1426arrow-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 · 4 months agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoI think that was deliberate, and some pirate cheekily named the file format after a hated junk DVD format
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 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.