Actually, IIRC, DivX (DVD type) required special players that would play
standard & DivX discs. DivX discs would NOT work on regular players. The way
it was supposed to work was that you'd but a DivX DVD for, say, $9.95. You
could watch it a certain number of times within 72 hours of the first play.
After that, your DivX player would have to dial up your account to get an
authorization for about $3.95 for each subsequent play. There was also a way
to make the DivX DVD a "Golden" one with permanent play-ability. I think the
charge was $19.95. Yes, you could toss it after the first playing.
My reference regarding the pay everytime you paid was to the later
charge-per-play. Sorry if you think that was being sarcastic. I thought that
the system had been resurrected by MicroSoft. There should be a law against
using the same name for two different technologies!
Dennis
In a message dated 7/17/01 7:32:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>Hey Dennis....I cant tell if you're being sarcastic in your post, but Ill
>answer your questions anyways!! =)
>
>
>
>DivX was Circuit city's DVD format...but it wasnt a pay everytime you want
>to watch it even if you bought it. It was meant as a rental strategy, like
>blockbuster...you pay $4 or something, and you get to watch it 2-3 times,
>not sure exactly...then you can just throw it away. Wasnt encoded in a
>special format...just had a lock or something where you can only watch
>it a certain amount of times, and instead of having to return to store,
>you just threw it away...disposable DVD,s lets call it. =)
>
>
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