What movies actually come in Divx format, and why would anyone even purchase them?  I thought that Divx was dead at launch because no one would pay for limited viewings of their films.  I notice some PVP’s play that format, but wouldn’t it be better to be able to rip ordinary DVD’s?

uhm Warez 😉 for high quality without large file sizes 😊

It is two different things. The Divx format has nothing to do with the DVD’s. The DVD’s were ones that would expire and stop working after a certain time period. So you could rent a Divx DVD and throw it away for example.

They dont do that anymore - but we do have teh Divx CODEC compression format, which is just a way to squeeze movies down into smaller file sizes.

Oh I see.  Why do they have the same names, that’s so confusing.  Well, maybe it’s because they share some of the technology.

You learn something new everyday.