![]() Divx players will also play "open" DVD movies, and people who own Divx players are more than able to buy and rent these conventional DVDs. All charges are recorded by the Divx player and phoned in to the Divx billing office once or twice a month via a modem in the player. People who own Divx players and want to watch Divx movies have to open an account with the company and provide a valid credit card. Because the consumer owns the Divx disc, he/she never has to return it, and he/she can watch the Divx movie again by paying $3.25 for another 48-hour viewing period. Divx movies rarely come in widescreen versions, and they offer none of the "extras" that are commonly found on open DVDs. "DVD player with Divx enhancement"), and can be viewed for one 48-hour period, beginning when the disc is first inserted into the player. Put briefly, Divx discs are $4.49 movies on digital video discs with an additional encryption scheme. However, we at The DVD Journal would like to add a few comments of our own. Many independent publishers on the Web have spent a great deal of time disseminating information on Divx, so there's probably not much more to say. You may have heard about Divx, the competitor to open DVD. Our comments about Divx apply to all home-video systems that do not allow their product to "sell-through" to consumers. Also, Divx was not the first closed home-video system, nor will it be the last. We have left our "What You Should Know About Divx" page here, unaltered, for those of you who would like to know what the fuss was about. While existing accounts will be serviced until June of 2001, the format's principal investor, Circuit City, admitted that it was not a viable business, primarily because of lack of support from film studios and distribution outlets. Editor's Note: The Digital Video Express home-video system (aka, Divx) officially stopped registering new accounts on the morning of June 16, 1999. ![]()
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