The divX video codec was named as a jab at the DIVX format shown here, since it basically undid all the tying-down that this tried to do.

@fredgarvinMP

6 жыл бұрын

eyeh8nbc Interesting!

Early form of DRM.

Hate owning your movies outright? Well why not buy the discs and rent it FROM YOURSELF?

@WinterSteele

7 жыл бұрын

The concept, when stated outright, is so preposterous I wonder how they ever thought it would take off.

@TheMediaHoarder

7 жыл бұрын

I thought the same of DirecTV, since you had to pay $700 for the equipment and THEN pay a monthly fee to unlock any channels, even those that showed commercials, but that took off pretty big so I wasn't sure if this would end up failing or not.

I remember a salesmen at Circuit City telling me that the DVD player I just bought for $200 was gonna be obsolete because of DIVX. I really enjoyed the opportunity that I had asking the same salesmen, "What happened to DIVX???" a year or so later. lol

@danielsantana540

7 жыл бұрын

Erik Molnar I had told a circuit city in 2007 that hd dvd would be out of business in 1 year because of a wider range of titles and the simple fact that consumers will adapt to blu ray 10 times faster because of ps3 owners who could view on their machines .see twister was first DVD created and it was the last hd dvd created

@jasoncinema

2 жыл бұрын

@@danielsantana540 I worked in Electronics at Target in 2007/08. And alllll their HD DVDs were on a clearance endcap. And speaking of obsolete electronics, every now and again, I’d have to get the keys to one of the display case, unlock it, and walk a Zune up to one of the two registers in Electronics to be rung up - after wiping the dust off it, of course. Even when it was new, no one was buying them. Ah, when Microsoft tried to emulate the iPod…

@danielsantana540

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasoncinema the late 2000 s were 2004-2009 was the most memorable times of the 2000 s. I got my first HD TV in July 2007 a Westinghouse 32 lcd 720 p. And still have it TODAY. I actually didn't adapt to blu ray format until i got a PS3

@DRKDNCR

Жыл бұрын

@@danielsantana540 I remember going into a Circuit City when I was in New York and saw a DIVX player and thought to myself it's not going to take off. Just the same as when I worked in a Electronics Store pre-2010 and 3DTV was the hype and I was an honest salesperson and said to a customer that 3DTV is not going to take off not knowing my boss was behind me and tried to reaffirm to the would be customers it would. It's a shame I was right! Luckily they didn't fall for the hype!

@danielsantana540

Жыл бұрын

@@DRKDNCR yeah I mean if you know your stuff and give them your unbiased knowledge on electronics etc it's all good well around July 14 2008 new york times Square I saw the dark knight . I had last previously visited new york in January 2008 and was in Madison Square garden for wwe royal rumble 2008..I didn't upgrade to a 4k TV until 9 17 2021 a 42 inch .

"Remember the disposable DVD? Circuit City's attempt at starting its own pay-per-view movie service entailed proprietary set-top players and disposable DiVX movie discs that expired 48 hours after you started watching them. The player required a phone line so it could check whether you had permission to watch. But as it turned out, consumers preferred their DVDs without strings, and Circuit City ended up dropping $114 million on its little experiment." - Dan Tynan, PC World, May 26, 2006.

Auto generated subtitles at 5:35: “it’s time for defects”

Stores actually had a cardboard "Recycle" box you could put discs in. Wish I'd been able to snag one after the format died.

The only players that made it out were from RCA (and their "higher-end" division Proscan), Zenith and Panasonic. Pioneer and Harmon-Kardon were also said to have had players in development, but they never came out. (I was a bit surprised Pioneer would stoop that low, having just bought their laserdisc/DVD combo machine as my first DVD player.)

"Silver" discs only worked with players on your account- if someone else played them, they got charged the $3.25 rental fee for 2 days. This is also why I will never "buy" a movie on Vudu or any other streaming service, since those can only be accessed on devices registered to your account, and of course can be taken off-line at any time for any reason.

@devinnytroysmediacorner

Жыл бұрын

Vudu pretty much sucks. Too much buffering, so I closed my Vudu account

I actually bought a divx player because it was on sale and cheaper than regular dvd players. through an offer I got some divx movies free or really cheap. The only reason I did it was because it could also play regular dvds. When Divx went under I got a $100 rebate check in the mail.

I remember seeing DIVX movies in Circuit City. DIVX discs is a two day period plus a 3.25 charge if want to keep it and DVD discs is unlimited.

Who would have known that the chain itself disappeared ten years after this format? KARMA ALERT!

A fine example of video technology that wasn't up to par.

What downed it was that an credit card and an landline phone attached to the player was needed. Many movies were not released on it.

Its like a glimpse into that universe where people have flying cars...if only DIVX didn't die - it even had one less syllable than DVD. (note how blu-ray easily triumphed over HD-DVD's five syllables!!)

At 3:04, yep, I really wanted to keep permanent copies of Kindergarten Cop, George of the Jungle, and Air Bud.

People were already concerned about the massive number of disposable AOL discs that were free at every store and getting mailed out like junk mail. Making more disposable discs was not a good idea at all. How many people just threw away DIVXX discs they no longer planned to rent and didn't want to buy? Plus those discs are now useless.

I heard everyone who worked there was threatened with being fired if they said anything negative about DIVX.

@thystaff742

2 жыл бұрын

I wasn't threatened in being fired but a manager argued with me that it was going to be successful. When we were dumping divix discs in the garbage he had nothing to say.

When the format went away, so did the "Recycle" box.

Alas, he was wrong, and DVDs continued to sell greater than DIVX.

ahh the missing codec solution brings back memories

I don't remember too much about the product other then an intense hate for it. I kinda liked CC but they had an attitude about them. Not too sad to see them go. Won't be too sad to see BB go as well. Looking for a power cord for a computer and BB sold them for $13. Radio Shack sold them for $10. Bye bye Best Buy!

CC forced the manufacturers to build DIVX players if they wanted their products sold at CC

I own that exact same DVD/Divx player in this promo, the Proscan PS8680Z. And it's still going strong!

@zt1053

Жыл бұрын

I bought an RCA one and it quit working within 2 years. Luckily I had an extended warranty so Circuit City gave me credit to get a new DVD player. The mistake I made was getting the overrated sony as opposed to samsung or panasonic.

Gotta love the amazingly stoned family at the beginning.

A long shot, but does anyone know who the cast of this was? Wondering if the kids were ever in anything else?

I like/hate how they completely ignore that LD exists in many of these promo videos.

I'm familiar with the divx software and used it years ago. I was never aware they had this.

@aimwell8813

4 ай бұрын

DIVX (the digital file format/software) has nothing to do with DIVX (the disc format). Apparently, the software and file format were named after this disc format as a joke, but they're not related.

Keep it, or "recycle" the disc. How do you do that? Nice. Infested with DRM, and they tell you it's basically worthy of the garbage bin after the 2 day period.

I see Tomorrow Never Dies on DIVX

What was the name of the sample at the beginning of the video, wasn't it "Rod Stewart maggie"? thank you

I'm sold on this thing! ...Two decades late.

@lorumipsum1129

7 жыл бұрын

ericbazinga ah. my VCR can do the same thing, and It can record.

I'm sold! How do I buy one?

@Dream_Bitch

5 жыл бұрын

Kyle Smith they don't make them anymore, and Circuit City went out of business

1:24 I thought Dad would get the remote! The rest weren't even close!

I have the first 2 of those on laserdisc, still haven't seen Air Bud :)

Thank Arceus that this vile excuse of a media format never caught on and died within a year! The whole 'always connected online to watch your movies stored on discs' bs just goes against the reason why people collect physical media to begin with!

I remember this nonsense. Anything that starts anticipating a lot of valid questions that they will have to answer is doomed to fail. Now, we have Kodi/OSMC and don’t have to pay shit for anything. …and VPN’s to hide behind that we aren’t paying shit.

@mikeg2491

5 ай бұрын

Don’t worry when AI takes over no one will have to pay you either

This guy took the remote to the shitter with him. This guy just did that.

They should have sold normal DVDs with the Movie in Divx Format in HD. A direct and cheaper competitor to Blu-ray..

it's so revolutionary, but why it failed? it is extreamly sophisticated!

The codec was based on avi I think if I remember correctly. Popular with pirates back in the hay day.

@CrushedAsian255

8 ай бұрын

That’s a different DivX

id imagine that in the height of 'rentals' this would have worked. Mainly because it is cheap to buy a disc and have no charges, course at $15 to make it silver is certainly cheaper than the $20+ you'd have found on retail DVD's. Perhaps if there was 'some way' to unlock the disc without then ever needing the phone line after that then it could well be ok. The UK where I am based never had such a system, but we did have PPV operated in a similar way via satellite, was quite popular. still it lives on in the history.

@TheMediaHoarder

Жыл бұрын

Discs sold for $4.49 which was a bit much for a rental at the time, though nowadays digital rentals average about that much. The main thing people hated about this was that it was a disc you owned but someone else controlled when you could watch it.

Remember when Neil Young made a mp3 player? Hows that working out? 😅

@mikeg2491

5 ай бұрын

DAPs are still going strong though in audiophile circles

Keep in mind, at the time DVD players and DVDs were expensive as fuck! (Still a bad idea though)

@SANJOSE1919

Жыл бұрын

Netflix Disney +. Amazon

@reap_25

5 күн бұрын

Yup, from 1999-2002, I remember when a new DVD title was $30-50.

It's different from that, I believe it's almost a complete coincidence that they are named the same thing.

As OCPcommunications described DIVX, it's The most spectacular failure ever made, and for good reason.

I wonder how many people just ripped the discs on PC

@TheMediaHoarder

Жыл бұрын

You can't do that. The only thing they'll recognize is a standard DVD file which is five minutes of a still screen saying "You have attempted to play a Divx disc in a DVD player without the Divx Feature. The Divx Feature is required to play this disc. For more information call 1-800-SAY-DIVX."

@purefoldnz3070

Жыл бұрын

@@TheMediaHoarder As I remember DIVX were some of the first movies to be pirated.

@mikeg2491

5 ай бұрын

@@purefoldnz3070you might be confusing it with divx the video codec which was named that as a protest or joke on the failed format.

wow they made divx movie on disc i just thought it was a video codec that you could use to convert videos too never had known they released them on disc

@user10476

6 жыл бұрын

This has nothing to do with the codec DivX.

lol Blues Brothers 2000

Divx killed VHS god damn it

so, its basically the same as netflix but worse because you pay about 11 dollars per month (mexico) for watch a lot of movies, almost 6 days for divx movie idk why people still laugth about netflix is the same dumb idea

Who came here after the new Chadtronic video?

@reinerogomezjr.7959

7 жыл бұрын

ericbazinga I did!...lol

@fredgarvinMP

6 жыл бұрын

ericbazinga Not me!

@1986Glory

3 жыл бұрын

A company called dumb Ass INC.

I got about 10 of these discs and I paid for unlimited viewing so why the hell cant I watch them today? They said unlimited well they were wrong they owe me some money.

@TombstoneChris

5 жыл бұрын

@NGHD - Roblox But i paid for unlimited. There should be a bypass.

its like tvo or the hd dvd to the blue ray dvd today only sucked way worse holy shit i can not understand how i never knew about this oh wait nevermind i know

I'm sorry but DIVX was doomed from the start.

The Gates of Hell are nearly opened at the 6:06 mark when the girl pulls back the cover of that James Bond divx disc. Thank God, Jesus and the New Orleans Saints they didn’t put that scene at the 7:06 mark, which would have been six minutes and 66 seconds!

id rather buy the fucking dvd what a stupid fucking idea hahahha no wounder y there is no more circuit city.

Ha ha- what'd he say? I was so happy when Circuit City went out of business- bad economy or not, they were just a bad business altogether that didn't deserve anyone's patronage. And Best Buy- you're next! (Sad they're on the way out even without any major competitors.)

@Dream_Bitch

5 жыл бұрын

eyeh8nbc exactly

@treysimmons7707

4 ай бұрын

best buy is still doing well,10 years later.

Now we have Netflix with no time limit

I have a few DIVX movies in my collection but all completely unwatchable. Titles: Happy Gilmore Armageddon (movie sucks. Lol) Tomorrow Never Dies The Thin Red Line Star Trek: First Contact Amistad

04:40 its digital versatile disc BTW...

@Scamander

8 жыл бұрын

+Lime Green It was Digital Video Disc back in 1998. They changed it later.

DIVX is dead as hell now

Shid

it was a good idea

This is a very stupid idea

I see what they were trying to do with this, but no. Just no.

so cringy man