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The Jerk DIVX Disc
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Description
Disc is new & sealed.DIVX was discontinued on June 16, 1999, after June 30, 2001 all DVIX silver discs stopped working, which meant no existing DIVX discs could play any content.
From Wikipedia:
DIVX was a rental format variation on the
DVD
player in which a customer would buy a DIVX disc (similar to a DVD) for approximately US.50, which was watchable for up to 48 hours from its initial viewing. After this period, the disc could be viewed by paying a continuation fee to play it for two more days. Viewers who wanted to watch a disc an unlimited number of times could convert the disc to a "DIVX silver" disc for an additional fee.
[4]
"DIVX gold" discs that could be played an unlimited number of times on any DIVX player were announced at the time of DIVX's introduction, but no DIVX gold titles were ever released.
Each DIVX disc was marked with a unique barcode in the
burst cutting area
that could be read by the player, and used to track the discs. The status of the discs was monitored through an account over a phone line.
[5]
DIVX player owners had to set up an account with DIVX to which additional viewing fees could be charged. The player would call an account server over the phone line to charge for viewing fees similar to the way
DirecTV
and
Dish Network
satellite
systems handle
pay-per-view
.