Posted by Joshua Zyber on 01/17/15 11:49

"Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> wrote in message
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>> You're forgetting DiVx.
>
> Hasn't everyone? ;)
>
> Seriously though, I did think of it, but I always thought of it more
> like
> an extension to the DVD format than a competitor. After all, every
> DIVX
> player was capable of playing DVDs. It was just the extra DIVX
> feature,
> which allowed playback of special discs that you could "rent". If
> anything, DIVX was a competitor to rental DVDs rather than DVDs as a
> whole.

It was very much a competitor to "open DVD". A couple of very big
studios (Disney and Fox) pledged exclusive support to DiVx and had no
intention of releasing their movies on standard DVD until DiVx finally
flopped.

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