[brimstone]

I think most people that download video here would like to watch it on their tv and then DVD is the way to go. Although using DivX/Xvid (avi is a container format but i guess this is what you are talking about) would result in smaller files many people then would have to transcode to mpeg2 which would be an unnecessary loss of quality. There is also the risk that those copies would come in circulation as "real" DVDs which would degrade the trade pool.