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Member since July 29, 2008

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    ryan noneyobeeswax

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  1. Review - DivX Codec for Windows

    6.7 Beta 1 (Jul 29, 2008)

    Divx is just ripoff trialware like the above reviewers say. Xvid is honestly a better codec, and not to mention it came first.

    Look at the names. Xvid, Divx. Divx is just Xvid spelled backwards. And it's not the other way, because does "Divx" make any sense? No, but Xvid does. Xvid sounds like a video codec. That's why they named it that. Divx just copied the great codec, modified it a bit (for the worse, in my opinion), flipped the name around, and made people pay for it. It’s the unreliable, poor quality, shady, pay-for version of Xvid.

    It's hardly even a good marketing tactic. I mean who would honestly PAY FOR divx, when you can get Xvid for FREE. Apparently they fooled some people though, or they'd be out of business, so for that, I'll give them a 2. Good job, Divx!