Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square84fedilinkarrow-up1448arrow-down110cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1438arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square84fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI think that was deliberate, and some pirate cheekily named the file format after a hated junk DVD format
minus-squareSpaceCowboylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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.