Posted by Jay G. on 06/10/06 13:15

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 05:32:57 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs wrote:

> On Fri, 9 Jun 2006 08:15:55 -0700, "Richard C." <post-age@spamcop.net>
> Gave us:
>>
>>It was a competitor and a danger from day one!
>>Some studios were not releasing DVD versions - only diVX crap!
>>It was indeed a factor in holding DVD back at the beginning.
>>Once diVX folded, DVD took off like wildfire and became the fastest
>>growing consumer product ever!
>
> Bullshit. I was buying DVDs and ONLY DVDs when DIPSHITiVX came out.

No offense, but who the hell cares what *you* were buying? What Richard
said is true, certain studios were releasing certain titles in DIVX only,
or at least the DIVX versions first. Whether or not it held the DVD format
back is debatable, but at least on the consumer level, people saw it as a
threat to a widely supported and accepted DVD format.

> Turns out, even rentaltards were wise enough not to jump on that
> bandwagon,

Or just too cheap to pay $100 more for the player.

> so it was dead and maimed from the starting gate,

Not from the starting gate, but it didn't get too far around the track. It
still counts as a competitor though.

-Jay

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