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DivX DVD Players Arrive

Posted by timothy on from the what-no-ogg dept.

division21 writes "Geeks rejoice -- DivX Enabled DVD Players finally surface! (With all the goodies: MP3, SVCD, etc.) I remember when MP3 compatability appeared back in the day -- And it looks as though DivX Compatibility could be a real possibility for the mainstream ..." And if you can live without the compression, cherrypi points out this surprisingly favorable review of perhaps the cheapest (under $200) portable DVD player with a built-in screen.

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  1. Pathetic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    North Korea is making nukes, Iraq is producing biological weapons by the truckload, and all you people can talk about is "DivX DVD Players Arrive"???

    Dig yourself out of your parents basement, shut off your linux b0x, and GO OUTSIDE!!!!

  2. Re:Old News by dextr0us · · Score: 0, Troll

    i hope you're joking.

    For the clueless, DivX is a weird ass mpeg-4 technology, not that stupid landfiller divx rental technology.

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  3. Yay! by The+Trix+Rabbit · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yet another story on Slashdot supporting products which are used for piracy! Yay for freedom (to steal!)

    Why don't they just start posting ISOs on the front page?

  4. "DivX 5" != "DivX 3.11" by yerricde · · Score: 0, Troll

    If the code is all new, why not use a new codec name?

    It already is a new codec name; "DivX 5" isn't the same codec as "DivX 3.11". "RealAudio G2" isn't the same codec as "RealAudio". "MPEG audio layer 3" isn't the same codec as "MPEG audio layer 2".

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  5. Re:No thanks. vermillion , blood by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hey, you little overzealous weirdo. You might want to check out those English schools so you can learn how to spell ridiculous. You and your little microcosm specific view on life are obnoxious, stupid and largely irrelevant. Nothing you say here is general case. It is unilaterally centric to you. You are the most self centered ignorant sheltered person and you perpetuate garbage here. Your posts are a testament to your moronic self centric view on the world, you talk about everything in reference to Canada, Québec, Canadian dollars - you name it. It is annoying. Please review what you post here before posting it for you own sake. Anyone with a brain has a field day laughing at the detritus and cruft you leave behind. And one can tell beyond a doubt you are not technical in any serious way or programmatically inclined. Most likely you are living at home with your parents, or a subsidized existence, you like cheap things over good things because you can not afford good things; you are a gamer and a user. You are neither a progenitor of new and useful code nor a creator of useful things. You are on the bottom rung to the computing public and it is painfully apparent.