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Circuit City DIVX commercial #2

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Uploaded by on Mar 25, 2007

The second DIVX ad that appeared on Circuit City's May 1999 instore DVD. The system was discontinued the following month, and there was much rejoicing.

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  • Nope- it was only on the market for about 9 months- September 1998 til June 1999. Its ambitions of taking over the entire home video market were very short-lived.

  • i guess DIVX didnt last long, lol

  • I jumped in around 1999 when I saw a player for $399.

  • Yeah- Disney was really hoping this would catch on since they thought they'd make a mint off multiple plays. Any DIVX disc could be disabled at any time as well, so if they decided to put a movie on moratorium or discovered naughty things hidden in it, they could render all existing copies unplayable. For once, the public rejected a stupid technology though.

  • wow, that advertizing is so malicious. no late fees, and you don't have to return them, but no mention of having to pay each time you watch the damn thing.

  • Beleived it or not, it took 4-5 years for DVD to drop under 199$. Bought mine for 800$ in 1997 at launch ;)

  • That's what I'm saying make lol, ONLY $350 lol.

  • Only $350 lol

  • God I hated that format! (at least the MP4 codec baring the name does a better job of being playable on most current DVD players)

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