The News Review:
- Few Tears Are Shed As Divx Joins the 8-Track
- Divx dies
- DivX program makes movie bootlegs easier to distribute — and that…
- Ding-Dong Divx Is Dead
- Latest Video War Erupts It’s DVD vs. Divx two new ways to watch…
- DivX: Cool Technology Dangerous Stock
- A High-Tech Way to Rent Movies DIVX lets customers do almost everythin…
Few Tears Are Shed As Divx Joins the 8-Track
New York Times – Jun 24, 1999
Thousands of consumers and the leaders of more than a dozen companies championing the acceptance of the conventional or open DVD format fulminated for years over fears that Divx would confuse potential consumers who shy away from format wars and slow acceptance of DVD. Paradoxically Divx actually hastened acceptance of DVD.
Divx dies
CNN – Jun 16, 1999
“The majority of customers purchasing DVD players in Circuit City stores have selected players that include the Divx option” said Richard L. Sharp chief executive officerof Digital Video Express and Circuit City Stores the majority partner in the venture. “Unfortunately we have been unable to obtain adequate support from studios and other retailers. Despite the significant consumer enthusiasm we cannot create a viable business without support in these essential areas.
DivX program makes movie bootlegs easier to distribute — and that…
San Francisco Chronicle – May 10, 2001
Five days earlier savvy Net surfers were able to find bootleg copies of the film online. “Anything that comes out in theaters is available on the Internet in no time at all usually within a week” said Ric Dube senior analyst with the research firm Webnoize Inc. Much like the recording industry before it Hollywood is becoming increasingly concerned about digital compression technology that makes it easy to share video files online. The most prominent video compression technology in question is called DivX.
Ding-Dong Divx Is Dead
Wired News – Nov 20, 2004
99 Technophiles and home-theater geeks rejoiced as news of the sudden death of Divx spread across the Net. “A lot of people are treating this as a major victory” said Steve Tannehill who runs the.
Latest Video War Erupts It’s DVD vs. Divx two new ways to watch…
San Francisco Chronicle – Aug 13, 1998
A Texas videophile has launched a “Ban Divx” Web site. A video industry coalition erected a billboard in San Francisco that cryptically opposes Divx. Stores that carry Divx titles receive angry letters and e-mails touting DVD’s superiority. The controversy centers on Divx’s pay-per-view scheme in which consumers rent video titles that “self-destruct” in two days via digital scrambling.
DivX: Cool Technology Dangerous Stock
thestreet.com – May 31, 2007
But it is a blip that morphed into a recent IP that sounds compelling technologically but is not a great stock right now. First the backstory which is important to the ultimate investment thesis here. Digital Video Express (or DIVX) was a rental service that offered pay-per-view DVDs which stopped working 48 hours after you watched them. DIVX collapsed after less than a year as consumers were upset by a product that “broke” itself and retailers stopped carrying the product.
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A High-Tech Way to Rent Movies DIVX lets customers do almost everythin…
San Francisco Chronicle – Jul 26, 1998
Blamed for starting what could turn into a nasty format war similar to the Beta-VHS slugfest of the 1980s DIVX is primarily a digital disc system in which consumers pay a nominal fee for the disc and have a 48-hour span in which to view it. DIVX has been called the video that self-destructs because unless viewers initiate renewal or permanent purchase options after the 48 hours are up the disc scrambles its digital self. DIVX stands for Digital Video Express and it’s the brainchild of Richard L. Sharp founder chairman and chief executive officer of the 500-location Circuit City chain of electronics superstores headquartered in Richmond Va.