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Originally Posted by JediFonger
i wouldn't hold dvd and circuit city's divx in the same light as HD-DVD vs. BluRay. there was really only 1 format.
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There are some slight differences, but comparing the Blu-ray/HD-DVD to DVD/Divx is perfectly valid and the parallels are astounding. Granted, Divx and DVD were basically the same technology, but then again so are Blu-ray and HD-DVD. The only real difference here, and it's an irrelevant one, is that even though you couldn't play a Divx disc in a standard DVD player a Divx player could play regular DVDs. Divx and DVD were effectively competing formats backed by different studios, some of which were releasing titles exclusive to Divx.