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Film Fresh to sell movies in DivX format, even some you actually want to see
DivX may have started out as a codec used by pirates to distribute movies, usually illegally, over the internet. But DivX has grown up, put on a suite and tie, and gained a bit of respectability over the last few years. And today online video distributor Film Fresh announced it will begin selling movies from the four Hollywood movie studios in the DivX format.
The file format offers reasonably high quality videos at a reasonably small file size, which makes it good for digital distribution. Of course, the same can be said of WMV, Quicktime, and other video fromats. What sets the DivX solution apart is that it uses a domain-based DRM approach that lets you transfer files between your devices or burn a movie to a DVD. You won't be able to upload the file to a peer to peer network (or rather, the people who download it won't be able to watch it," but you do have a bit more freedom with protected DivX files than you do with files you download from the iTunes or Amazon video stores.
Film Fresh has about 600 DivX titles from Hollywood studios right now, including a mix of newer and older movies including Iron Man, Watchmen, and Flashdance The site also has a large collection of independent films.
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Subscribe to commentsBrianAug 26th 2009 3:06PM
The only problem is, everyone will still just go The Pirate Bay and get the same movies in the same movie for a much more agreeable price.
Money MikeAug 26th 2009 3:07PM
Why didn't you point out that for now, at least, they'll all be standard definition (stereo audio) only. No HD content means I'm definitely not interested.
I'm also not interested in a file with any DRM whatsoever. It looks like you can play these on more than one device (hello... why not Xbox), but what happens if you replace those devices in the future?
Money MikeAug 26th 2009 3:07PM
(Attempt #5 to post this and have it "stick")
Why didn't you point out that for now, at least, they'll all be standard definition (stereo audio) only. No HD content means I'm definitely not interested.
I'm also not interested in a file with any DRM whatsoever. It looks like you can play these on more than one device (hello... why not Xbox), but what happens if you replace those devices in the future?
Money MikeAug 26th 2009 3:07PM
Look at that, I had to post it four times for it to go through and one the first four somehow snuck through.
FIX YOUR BROKEN SITE!!!!!!1
SchwinnAug 27th 2009 8:13AM
Posting issues - so true... even with a correct email and password, I often don't get the posts to go through properly. And with no "help forum" that I know of, I can't even get help on the matter.
I'm just glad to see I'm not the only one seeing this happen!
And why doesn't "remember me" work?!