SAY NO TO DIVX!!!! off topic but important.

>http://techzone.weezy.com/dvd-faq.htm >This technology is Crap, please go and tell them how you feel. >And spread the word!! Here's a sample email I sent them that you might want to use (suubstituting Disney or whomever for Fox where appropriate): I'm writing to tell you I'm extremely disappointed that Fox is supporting only the DIVX format for digital movies. I will never purchase a DIVX player or any DIVX movies under any circumstances, as I feel the whole system is a blatant rip off and money grab. As long os Fox goes with DIVX, there will be no Fox movies purchased in my home. Joe

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>>http://techzone.weezy.com/dvd-faq.htm >>This technology is Crap, please go and tell them how you feel. >>And spread the word!! >Here's a sample email I sent them that you might want to use >(suubstituting Disney or whomever for Fox where appropriate): >I'm writing to tell you I'm extremely disappointed that Fox is >supporting only the DIVX format for digital movies. I will never >purchase a DIVX player or any DIVX movies under any circumstances, as >I feel the whole system is a blatant rip off and money grab. As long >os Fox goes with DIVX, there will be no Fox movies purchased in my >home. >Joe

Same here - which sucks cuz I really want Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition, Hunt for Red October, and Top Gun, (last two are Paramount, but so far they're saying the same as Fox re:DVD/DIVX) in widescreen, Dolby Digital sound and all the other goodness of DVD. We'll get it - but we'll have to wait for DIVX to die apparently. Or just a while after the DIVX releases, supposedly the DIVX studios may release stuff later for the "collector" market which sure as hell won't touch DIVX with a 10 foot pole. These will be the widescreen versions with the extra stuff (languages, trailers, interviews, etc.) - which won't be on the DIVX, those will only be pan-n-scan no extras. I'd love to meet the idiot who thought this one up - might have made some small amount of sense if they subsidized the cost of the players through the rentals and made 'em like $100-200 - but you have to buy the thing for MORE than a standard DVD player - duh. Not going to get it just to see "Titanic", Star Wars SE, etc, when it's gonna cost me to watch the things every time I play 'em, AND have to spend more up front, and I won't get the widescreen version or the extras I've come to love on a DVD. Perfect example, I love Apollo 13, have the DVD - it has a neat making-of piece, and running commentaries from Jim/Marilyn Lovell and another from Ron Howard, and is widescreen. I'll pop it in every so often and watch just the liftoff, or the splashdown, or some other scene, or watch the whole thing. I'd have NONE of the extras, and pay an arm and a leg to watch this the way I like with DIVX. No thanks - what's next, pay-per-play software?? Dial in and pay every time you fire up GPL? (to make this have some RAS relevance hehe) Ken

>Same here - which sucks cuz I really want Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition, >Hunt for Red October, and Top Gun, (last two are Paramount, but so far >they're saying the same as Fox re:DVD/DIVX) in widescreen, Dolby Digital >sound and all the other goodness of DVD. >We'll get it - but we'll have to wait for DIVX to die apparently. Precisely. The morons good have had DVD basuically replace the whole video industry by the end of this year, but no one's going to buy DVD now either becuase half the studios aren't supporting it. The inevitable result? The whole digital movie industry will be held back for at least another 2-3 years. Amazing how self-destructive lawyers and accountants can be when given a free hand. An MBA, most likely. The old "Hey, look how much profit there will be if we don't bother with supplying quality" idiocy. Believe it or not, there are people in this industry stupid enough to think that's going to happen too. Joe

From http://techzone.weezy.com/dvd-faq.htm ... "The system was invented by the Hollywood law firm of Ziffren, Brittenham, Branca & Fischer. They think you should pay to watch movies EVERY TIME you view them, even when you are at home. Thats right, lawyers invented this amazing new bad technology. Imagine that." Ever been to a video arcade? ;) I understand your point and agree with it though. I would never ever buy a "pay per play" PC CD-ROM, nor will I buy DIVX.

> >Same here - which sucks cuz I really want Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition, > >Hunt for Red October, and Top Gun, (last two are Paramount, but so far > >they're saying the same as Fox re:DVD/DIVX) in widescreen, Dolby Digital > >sound and all the other goodness of DVD. I read yesterday that Paramount is going to enter the DVD market... the link is at www.bluesnews.com I think (a *** page but he is supporting the No DIVX Day thing) Brian Short

>I read yesterday that Paramount is going to enter the DVD market... Cool ... maybe DIVx will crumble faster than I expected. I hope so. Joe

You've given some leech an idea. It'll probably require a continuous ISDN connection for single player, too. MW