Posted by Jay G. on 06/09/06 11:14

On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 03:31:41 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs wrote:

> On Thu, 8 Jun 2006 12:24:01 -0500, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> Gave us:
>
>> Unless DIVX stayed theoretical and never entered
>>the market, it was obviously a competitor.
>
> It was a competitor ONLY to the rental markets. D'OH!

So you admit is *was* a competitor to DVD.

> It was in no way any danger to the DVD format... ever. E V E R !

Included in the DIVX spec were so-called "Gold Discs" that would play an
unlimited amount of times for the purchase price. In other words, a direct
competition with retail DVDs. The DIVX format died out before any such
discs hit the market, but the potential was there.

-Jay

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