DVD and DIVX
DVD and DIVX relation
DIVX has nothing to do with DivX (AVI / MPEG-4). DIVX refers to the failed digital video rental system. This new DivX is differentiated by it's capitalisation (i and v are small case) and usually written as DivX ;-) or DivX MPEG-4. DIVX was a pay-per-view DVD rental system, which basically meant that you paid around $US 4.50 per movie (the disc has no extra features on it, and may not even be widescreen, let alone anamporphic) and you get 48 hours of viewing time. After you have used up viewing time, you'll need to pay an extra $US 2.50 to open a new viewing period. DIVX was to become a competing force to DVD (although theoretically, this shouldn't be the case), and many studios might have preferred to release movies only on DIVX, not on DVD. DIVX is now dead, thankfully, because of the negative support it got from the DVD community.
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