Reid, I had the same thought as you, but I think the earlier comments hit the nail on the head even if they didn't realize it. The DivX format has been able to support 1080p for quite some time since you could encode a pretty much whatever frame size you desired, but what they're really talking about is the "official" divx standard that they are desperately trying to get DVD players to support. So in the future, if you buy a DVD player that says it supports divx, it will be able to play these HD sized files.
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Reid, I had the same thought as you, but I think the earlier comments hit the nail on the head even if they didn't realize it. The DivX format has been able to support 1080p for quite some time since you could encode a pretty much whatever frame size you desired, but what they're really talking about is the "official" divx standard that they are desperately trying to get DVD players to support. So in the future, if you buy a DVD player that says it supports divx, it will be able to play these HD sized files.