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Posted by Jay G. on 06/08/06 17:24
On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 07:56:05 -0400, Joshua Zyber wrote:
> "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> wrote ...
>>> It was very much a competitor to "open DVD". A couple of very big
>>> studios (Disney and Fox) pledged exclusive support to DiVx
>>
>> Disney released some titles early on that were exclusively on DIVX,
>> but they weren't exclusively releasing DIVX discs.
>
> Disney's stated plan at the time was that they would only release their
> crappy live action movies to DVD, while all of their animation product
> (you know, the stuff people actually wanted) would remain exclusive to
> DiVx so they could gouge parents for a new viewing fee every time their
> children wanted to rewatch a cartoon.
That's far different from what you original said, that Disney exclusively
supported DIVX. In fact, what you wrote is similar to what I said, that
Disney released some titles exclusively on DIVX.
>> Likewise, Fox released both
>> DVD and DIVX discs.
>
> Not until DiVx died, I'm pretty sure.
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.home-theater.misc/msg/2d48b70001ebcfec
"It is NOT a coincidence that FOX and Disney (two supporters of DIVX)
are releasing vanilla DVD titles w/ pricepoints of $35-$40 already."
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.video.dvd/msg/e4e8ab1ebf5b64bb
"Fox is aggressively supporting divx while releasing just a few DVDs
so far. "
-Jay
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