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Stop the Anti-Divx Madness!

Posted by David [IP: 195.232.122.23] on November 14, 1998 at 18:39:32:

(Let the flaming begin!) ;)

I don't understand the rabid anti-Divx propaganda. Yes, open DVD is better: enhanced for widescreen titles, extras, etc., in fact, I'm getting a DVD player, myself. But why try to limit other people's freedom to choose Divx? DVD rentals are still scarce, there are concerns about the durability of DVDs for the rental market, and most important, there are LOTS of movies I'd pay $4.50 to see once but would NEVER spend $20 to 30 to BUY it, since I'd never watch it again. For the price of 3 DVDs, you can watch 16 Divx discs. So the question for the renter is, to rent on VHS or to get a Divx disc with 2.5x the resolution and warble-free audio for a LITTLE more money.

The thing people don't see is that Divx isn't competing with DVD, it's competing with VHS.

1. Divx is much higher resolution than VHS.
2. You NEVER have to worry about bad copies as with VHS rentals (I HATE getting noisy video or those awful audio tracks that get soft then loud then soft...)
3. If you ever want to "rent" the movie again, you don't have to go back to the store (and if you want, you can even "buy" it for the cost of a DVD).
4. There are no late fees for the Divx discs as with VHS.
5. If you've ever rented a VHS tape and never got the chance to watch it because other things came up, you'll see the beauty of starting the clock when you actually PLAY the disc.

So the question is, just because we home theater weenies want DVD does that mean the VHS market SHOULDN'T get an upgrade? Indeed, the more Divx machines they sell based on its merits, the larger the DVD market grows, because every Divx owner will be a potential DVD purchaser as well. And anything that enlarges the DVD market increases availability of DVD titles, and maybe even lower DVD prices a bit more.

Let's not force people to choose between VHS rentals and DVD purchase. Divx is a nice happy medium between the two for many people. Isn't this a country whose founders came here to avoid having the views of the majority forced upon them?

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