Re: ONLY BUY SONY AND TOSHIBA DVD PLAYERS-- NO DIVX

Posted by Scott from s11-as2.bent.tcac.net on September 10, 1998 at 22:59:44:

In Reply to: Re: ONLY BUY SONY AND TOSHIBA DVD PLAYERS-- NO DIVX posted by J. P. Bass on September 04, 1998 at 15:51:18:

: : To avoid DIVX is like putting your head in the sand and letting technology pass you by. DIVX is the wave of the future. Don't be fooled by the "Sony Insider" who equates DIVX to Big Brother. Most people when they buy a DVD movie, they watch it a few times initially, and then they put it on a shelf somewhere for months, if not years, at a time. And what did you pay for this seldom watched DVD Movie? About $20. DIVX gives you freedom by allowing you to only pay a small price initially, about $5, and then six or nine months down the road if you want to watch that movie again, you are only charged a small viewing fee, about $4. Just becuase Sony and Toshiba are not supporting the DIVX Hardware, doesn't mean it won't fly. As a point of clarification, all the major motion picture companies have signed on to DIVX. This means that the motion picture companies will be producing their movies int he DIVX Format. If Sony and Toshiba choose to neglect this multi-billion dollar market by not supporting the Hardware, why should we neglect it also. It saves us money, and it makes sense. It's not at all big brother. As for Circuit City's support of DIVX, that was the smartest move they ever made. When it was announced that they had bought into DIVX over $100 Million Dollars, their stock jumped $10 in one day! I fail to see how any decision that could have that great of an affect on their stock price could be wrong? I don't think so. So all you ostriches out there, pull your heads out and go with the future. DIVX.

: I find your reasoning to be that which the industry would like us all to have. However, I reserve the right to use (or view) the movies I buy as many times as I wish. I do not want any artificailly imposed limits placed upon me, I bought it, it's mine to use as many times as I see fit. But if your vision of the future includes limits on how many times you can use what you buy, consider a car that refuses to run after a preset number of miles, then you have to but a new one. Quite the inconvience, eh? And just when might this limit get reached, half way home with a load of groceries? No my friend this is a bad thing, it's an un-American thing, it totally says "Hey I want my future decided for me, tell me what I want". Karl Marx would have loved DIVX.

What? Do you realize how stupid your response sounds? Whether you support DIVX or not, your comparison to a car that stops running after a certain number of miles is pathetic. It is nothing like a car. What would be the DIVX equivalent to your car dying on the way home from the grocery store? And nobody ever said that DIVX wants to determine your future. If you want to have a movie to watch as many times as you want, you can still buy the DVD version and play it on your DIVX player. But if you only want to watch the movie once, and you don't have DIVX, your have two choices: rent it on VHS or pay $20 to watch the DVD once. VHS rentals suck, and you're a moron if you'd pay $20 for a movie you won't watch a lot. DIVX is not intended to take the place of buying a DVD movie. It is intended to compete with VHS rentals, and I think any technology that finally wipes out VHS is a good thing.

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: : : To avoid DIVX is like putting your head in the sand and letting technology pass you by.  DIVX is the wave of the future.  Don't be fooled by the "Sony Insider" who equates DIVX to Big Brother.  Most people when they buy a DVD movie, they watch it a few times initially, and then they put it on a shelf somewhere for months, if not years, at a time.  And what did you pay for this seldom watched DVD Movie?  About $20.  DIVX gives you freedom by allowing you to only pay a small price initially, about $5, and then six or nine months down the road if you want to watch that movie again, you are only charged a small viewing fee, about $4.  Just becuase Sony and Toshiba are not supporting the DIVX Hardware, doesn't mean it won't fly.  As a point of clarification, all the major motion picture companies have signed on to DIVX.  This means that the motion picture companies will be producing their movies int he DIVX Format.  If Sony and Toshiba choose to neglect this multi-billion dollar market by not supporting the Hardware, why should we neglect it also.  It saves us money, and it makes sense.  It's not at all big brother.  As for Circuit City's support of DIVX, that was the smartest move they ever made.  When it was announced that they had bought into DIVX over $100 Million Dollars, their stock jumped $10 in one day!  I fail to see how any decision that could have that great of an affect on their stock price could be wrong?  I don't think so.  So all you ostriches out there, pull your heads out and go with the future.  DIVX.

: : I find your reasoning to be that which the industry would like us all to have.  However, I reserve the right to use (or view) the movies I buy as many times as I wish.  I do not want any artificailly imposed limits placed upon me, I bought it, it's mine to use as many times as I see fit.  But if your vision of the future includes limits on how many times you can use what you buy, consider a car that refuses to run after a preset number of miles, then you have to but a new one.  Quite the inconvience, eh?  And just when might this limit get reached, half way home with a load of groceries?  No my friend this is a bad thing, it's an un-American thing, it totally says "Hey I want my future decided for me, tell me what I want".  Karl Marx would have loved DIVX.

: What?  Do you realize how stupid your response sounds?  Whether you support DIVX or not, your comparison to a car that stops running after a certain number of miles is pathetic.  It is nothing like a car.  What would be the DIVX equivalent to your car dying on the way home from the grocery store?  And nobody ever said that DIVX wants to determine your future.  If you want to have a movie to watch as many times as you want, you can still buy the DVD version and play it on your DIVX player.  But if you only want to watch the movie once, and you don't have DIVX, your have two choices:  rent it on VHS or pay $20 to watch the DVD once.  VHS rentals suck, and you're a moron if you'd pay $20 for a movie you won't watch a lot.  DIVX is not intended to take the place of buying a DVD movie.  It is intended to compete with VHS rentals, and I think any technology that finally wipes out VHS is a good thing.

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