DivX networks say HD DVD is ready now

"Why wait?" asks Jordan Greenhall of
DivX Networks when speaking of Blu Ray and HD DVD in an article in The New York Times.  His company's DivX-6 technology, already familiar to computer users versed in both piracy and porn, promises high-def video quality in the space of a DVD.  While DivX-6 uses a heavier compression scheme than both Blu Ray and HD-DVD, the people at DivX swear that the difference is minimal and there's no need to wait for the upcoming format war (hmmmm.....).  A player from
I-O data is already available for $250, and they expect DivX-capable players to drop to around $100 within a year (what's odd about the Times piece is that they neglect to mention that there are actually a lot of players out there that support DivX, the big deal about the I-O Data player is that it supports the high-def version of DivX).  Of course, there are no movie studios jumping on board to provide content, so users will be left to burning their own DivX DVDs...filled with legitimate content they paid for, of course.