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-squareMoobythegoldensockEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down0·2 months agolinkfedilinkI just now realized that XviD was DivX backwards. Back in the day, I never knew the difference between the two, I just saw DivX getting gradually replaced by XviD.
I just now realized that XviD was DivX backwards.
Back in the day, I never knew the difference between the two, I just saw DivX getting gradually replaced by XviD.