Other interesting technology purchases

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You forgot to mention that another drawback of Divx was that they didn't include a lot of the "extra footage" and "special scenes" that DVD had.

Anyway, I'm not going to argue with you, but I still think the Divx concept was a good one at the time, but obviously I was in the minority because the rest of the consumers and studios didn't agree...

Like I said though, my Divx/DVD player was the same price (I think actually cheaper) than some of the "DVD only" players, and DVD rentals at the time were rare, and even now they're around $4.00 each, so at the time it really wasn't a bad deal.

I'm not sure what service membership you are referring to, I never paid a monthly fee to use Divx, just paid if I watched.

And yes, I did get the $100 refund when they folded, that was cool, and also Circuit City put all their Divx on sale for $1.00 (which you could watch for 48 hours up to a year later).

Anyway, they are history, and that's OK with me too. I really don't miss it that much...