Don_DickletoToday I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish·2 months 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 bankruptcy(en.wikipedia.org)external-linkarrow-up1449arrow-down110message-square86fedilink
arrow-up1439arrow-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 bankruptcy(en.wikipedia.org)Don_DickletoToday I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish·2 months agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squarenot_woody_shawEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down0·2 months agolinkfedilinkI knew there’d been some kind of thing with the same name as the open source(ish?) DivX video codec, but not living in the USA I never found out what exactly it was.
I knew there’d been some kind of thing with the same name as the open source(ish?) DivX video codec, but not living in the USA I never found out what exactly it was.