DIVX

DIVX is a format introduced in 1998 to compete with DVD. It was an unsuccessful attempt at an alternative to video rental. It is widely considered the worst home video format that ever existed, bar none.

Associated companies

• DreamWorks Home Entertainment (through exclusive supporter Steven Spielberg, who notoriously withheld his entire repertoire from the DVD format until 1999)
• MGM Home Entertainment*
• Paramount Home Media Distribution
• Universal Pictures Home Entertainment*
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment* (also includes 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment, an exclusive supporter)

* indicates that the studio also supported the DVD format.