Todd Terwilliger » hudson news http://www.toddterwilliger.com Web designer and developer, technical writer, and general man about town. Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:17:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 DIVX Returns from the Dead? http://www.toddterwilliger.com/blog/2008/10/25/divx-returns-from-the-dead/ http://www.toddterwilliger.com/blog/2008/10/25/divx-returns-from-the-dead/#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000 Todd http://www.toddterwilliger.com/blog/?p=283 After spending the better part of last night waffling over whether to go to Philadelphia this morning, I went, somehow rousing myself up at five this morning to make a 7:00AM train. While I waiting at the station, I wandered into the Hudson News and was confronted by this display:

Flexplay

Disposable DVD rentals? Does this remind anyone of anything?

DIVX was a rental format variation on the DVD player in which a customer would buy a DIVX disc (similar to a DVD) for approximately $4 US, which was watchable for up to 48 hours from its initial viewing. After this period, the disc could be viewed by paying a continuation fee, typically $3.25.

(From Wikipedia)

The trick with DIVX was that it needed a dedicated player and involved internet connectivity for some extra-charge billing tomfoolery. It looks like this evolution (called Flexplay) works with ordinary DVD players. It also doesn’t have any options for extended rentals or ownership. What’s old is new, like bell-bottoms and moon-walking, or something.

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]]> After spending the better part of last night waffling over whether to go to Philadelphia this morning, I went, somehow rousing myself up at five this morning to make a 7:00AM train. While I waiting at the station, I wandered into the Hudson News and was confronted by this display:

Flexplay

Disposable DVD rentals? Does this remind anyone of anything?

DIVX was a rental format variation on the DVD player in which a customer would buy a DIVX disc (similar to a DVD) for approximately $4 US, which was watchable for up to 48 hours from its initial viewing. After this period, the disc could be viewed by paying a continuation fee, typically $3.25.

(From Wikipedia)

The trick with DIVX was that it needed a dedicated player and involved internet connectivity for some extra-charge billing tomfoolery. It looks like this evolution (called Flexplay) works with ordinary DVD players. It also doesn’t have any options for extended rentals or ownership. What’s old is new, like bell-bottoms and moon-walking, or something.

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