Film Fresh Offers DivX Downloads of Major Studio Films

By Geoff Duncan
August 26, 2009

Film Fresh has become the first company to offer downloadable DivX films from major Hollywood studios - although movie fans will have to live with standard definition for now.

The DivX video format has long been a popular option for folks encoding video to hard disk and DVD (since it gets good compression while maintaining decent video quality)—and, of course, DivX is a frequently-seen video format on torrents and fire sharing networks. While a growing number of consumer electronics devices have been intregrating support for DivX—including set-top boxes, HDTVs, disc players, and systems like the PlayStation 3—there has been a good source for movie fans to (legitimately) set hands on major movie releases in the Unuted States—until now. Film Fresh has recently relaunched its service, and has inked agreements to offer download-to-own versions of major movie titels from Paramount, Lionsgate, Sony Pictures, and Warner Bros. ...

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