Don_Dickle to Today I LearnedEnglish • 5 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 bankruptcyen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square86arrow-up1449arrow-down110
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 bankruptcyen.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle to Today I LearnedEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square86
minus-square@Poppa_MolinkEnglish58•5 months agoDon’t act like they’re stupid for not knowing the difference because of the caps lol.
minus-square@SpaceNoodlelinkEnglish6•5 months agoWhere am I doing that? DivX was purposefully named to mock DIVX.
minus-square@Poppa_MolinkEnglish7•5 months agoSorry, I’ve only ever seen the “ITT” comments used to make fun of people.
minus-square@not_woody_shawlinkEnglish11•5 months agoI 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.
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglish6•5 months agoI’m actually surprised no one got sued for trademark infringement. Two video-related products having such similar names.
minus-square@SpaceNoodlelinkEnglish7•5 months agoDIVX flopped hard and was gone within a year. DivX was just mocking them afterwards.
ITT: people confusing DIVX with DivX
Don’t act like they’re stupid for not knowing the difference because of the caps lol.
Where am I doing that?
DivX was purposefully named to mock DIVX.
Sorry, I’ve only ever seen the “ITT” comments used to make fun of people.
You might be projecting your own biases.
I sure did
Pffft DivX, real G’s use XviD!
Movie.Title[2009]DvDrip-aXXo
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.
I’m actually surprised no one got sued for trademark infringement. Two video-related products having such similar names.
DIVX flopped hard and was gone within a year. DivX was just mocking them afterwards.