DIVX

DIVX is a format introduced in 1998 to compete with DVD. 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.