Motorola to Offer DivX Certified IPTV Boxes

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DivX and Motorola have announced that Motorola will be offering DivX certified IPTV set-top boxes that will initially be offered in Europe and come to other countries at a later date. The boxes will support playback of DivX video format.

The DivX compression allows up to eight normal DVD movies to be stored on one 8GB flash drive. There are tons of items on the market already that are DivX certified from Blu-ray players and HDTVs to several game consoles. Read more

Posted on Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Panasonic VIERA Z1, V10 and G15 get DivX certified

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Panasonic announced that they got their VIERA Z1, V10 and G15 series HDTVs DivX certified.
The Panasonic VIERA Z1, V10 and G15 series feature 1080p full-HD flat panels and wireless connectivity to watch directly high-quality DivX video.
With support for DivX video, consumers can easily playback their DivX content via the SD/SDHC memory card slot directly on the VIERA HDTV. Users can fit over six hours of high-quality DivX video on a 4GB media card. In addition, DivX content can be streamed directly from a network with a DLNA server, making it simple for consumers to playback their library of favorite videos from the PC to the TV. Read more

Posted on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung Announces DivX Certified Full Touch Handsets

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Samsung has announced a line of full touch mobile phones at MWC 2009 that are all fully DivX certified. The certified handsets include the Ultra Touch, Omnia HD, and Beat DJ. The handsets are all DivX Certified mobile phone devices.

The Ultra touch allows users to watch DivX video on an anti-reflective and anti-scratch surface. The handset also features an 8MP camera with dual LED flash, GPS navigation, Auto Rotation and more. Samsung's Omnia HD has a large 3.7-inch AMOLED screen that is touch sensitive. Read more

Posted on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

JVC Blu-ray Home Theater Gets DivX Certification

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DivX announced that JVC's first Blu-ray home theater system has received DivX certification. The JVC system is called the NX-BD3 and is the first entry into Blu-ray for JVC. The system allows for playback over wired and wireless home networks.

The certification will allow users to view DivX content on CDs or DVDs on the JVC system. DivX says that the products bearing its certified logo have been rigorously tested to ensure high-quality. Read more

Posted on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:32:45 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

DivX Technology for PS3 Games Now Available

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DivX announced that it is now offering its video encoding technology to PS3 game developers allowing them to create high quality video for PS3 games. According to DivX the new technology will allow for games with better video embedded.

Game developers can take advantage of DivX compression and maintain high-quality video. DivX says that the PS3 is the first console capable of playing DivX videos. Let’s hope this doesn’t mean longer cut scenes in our games. Read more

Posted on Wed, 14 May 2008 09:26:38 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Denon Blu-ray Player DVD-3800BDCI gets DivX Certified

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The upcoming high-end Blu-ray player Denon DVD-3800BDCI received DivX certification.

The DivX Certified DENON Blu-ray Disc Player DVD-3800BDCI will go on sale in the Japan and U.S. markets at the end of this month. This Denon Blu-ray player ships already via Amazon for $1,899.99. Read more

Posted on Tue, 1 Apr 2008 07:52:08 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Six Blu-ray Players Get DivX Certified

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DivX announced today that six more Blu-ray players have received DivX certification. The six newly certified Blu-ray players join the PS3, which was DivX certified in December 2007. DivX certification provides compression that allows the storage of 25 hours of DVD quality video on one Blu-ray disc.

The six new DivX certified players include the Panasonic (Model: DMP-BD30EE), Philips (Model: BDP7200) and Denon (Models: DVD-2500BTC1B, DVD-3800BDC1B, DVD-3800BDSP and DVD-2500BTSP). Read more

Posted on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

SanDisk Signs DivX Agreement

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DivX is announcing today that SanDisk has signed a license agreement to bring DivX video compatibility to the Sansa line of mobile DAP devices. The SanDisk video products will now include interoperability with the DivX Stage6 video.

"This partnership aims to allow our customers to take full advantage of innovative video features and content found only through DivX," said Daniel Schreiber, Senior Vice-President and General Manager for SanDisk's Audio Video Business Unit.” Read more

Posted on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:23:01 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Casio's EX-S600D To Capture Video in DivX

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DivX today announced that the latest edition to Casio's Exilim line, the EX-S600D, is the very first Casio digital camera to have DivX certification. This means that your digital videos will be immediately encoded for playability on over 1,500 devices, such as DVD players and portable video players.

Bill Holmes, VP of consumer electronics at DivX, says, "By creating high-quality video in the DivX format, users can easily share and distribute their personal content across a wide range of devices, an advantage that is not offered by other digital video technologies that are confined to the PC or one kind of portable device." Read more

Posted on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

DivX Gets Mac-ified

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DivX announced Thursday that they have released DivX for Max 6.5, which is a digital video player and converter. It has been tailored to fit the "Mac" feel, designed as an easy to use, "lightweight, drag-and-drop application." You will of course also be able to convert videos into DivX format, which is playable on tens of million of DVD players.

This is the first time DivX has officially released a Mac version of their player application. Darrius Thompson, a DivX executive, says, "The new player is elegant and very easy to use, while at the same time offering the kind of high-quality, cinematic experience that Mac users expect from video products." Read more

Posted on Fri, 26 May 2006 01:10:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Rapsody DivX DMB TV Gadget and Girls with Antenna Ears

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Korean Rapsody found a cool way to promote its unique DivX HDD enclosure and DMB TV device. It features hot gadget models with antenna ears. Those must have great reception.

The Rapsody RSH-DMB can be equipped with 2.5" notebook HDDs. It supports MPEG 1,2 and 4, MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG and JPG media formats. Media files can be transferred via USB 2.0.
The portable media device features TV out (Component Video) of course as it does not have a display. It also has optical audio out. Measurements of the compact RSH-DMB are 114x114x25mm. Read more

Posted on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:19:05 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Mvisto DivX and ISO Pocket Media Player Review

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Posted on Tue, 19 Apr 2005 06:24:15 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Wigo Mvolt-100 DivX Media Flask

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Posted on Fri, 8 Apr 2005 01:14:11 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

iMUON Small Portable DivX Video Player

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PVP4U reports about the Korean iMUON portable video player.

The iMUON PVP comes with a 20GB and a 2.2 inch color QVGA screen. This PVP feautures a similar form factor as the iRiver H320 music player.
Supported video formats are MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, DivX 3.X, DivX 4.X, DivX 5.X, VOB. Also supported are JPEG Images and MP3 music. The screen has a resolution of 320x240 (QVGA).
More details on PVP4U.


We ranked the best PVPs available on the market.

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Posted on Tue, 30 Nov 2004 02:48:02 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Acesonic DGX-500 5-Disc Karaoke DVD/DivX Player

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I am not into Karaoke, but lots of people are. So there are also lots of gadgets for Karaoke on the market. AceSonic just released a 5 disc DVD changer Karaoke Player that also supports DivX and Avi formats. Apparently the first one on the market.
The Acesonic DGX-500 supports CD, CD+G, VCD, DVD, CD±R/W, DVD±R/W and Dual Layer DVD±RW. The Karaoke DVD Player features: Karaoke Mixer Functional with 2 Microphone Inputs, Progressive Scan Output Via Component Video or VGA for Flicker-Free Images, plays NTSC and PAL, 5 Discs Continuing Play Mode for Non-Stop Video and Music and more.
Available for $299.00 at acekaraoke. More DVD Player at our DVD Ranking Site.

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Posted on Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

DivX Portable Media Devices

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There is a new kind of portable devices that are basically external hard-drives enhanced with media playback electronics.

Sigma Designs a leading manufacturer of media signal processing electronics announces that AL Tech, DTS Infocom and Dvico introduce portable media devices powered with Sigma Designs technology.

The TViX from Dvico was already in the news and is available on Amazon.com in different hard-drive configurations.

These portable media devices typically operate as external PC storage, offering 50 to 250 GB of storage capacity using a USB 2.0 interface. As such, they can be readily loaded up with video files (MPEG-2, DivX, MPEG-4, etc.), audio files (MP3, WMA, etc.) and image files (such as JPEG). Once loaded, they become portable media players that can be used with televisions in the living room, in the car, or while traveling. Common video outputs (composite, S-video, component) and audio outputs (stereo, SPDIF) enable the device to be easily connected to any television. Users access content and control playback in a manner similar to a DVD player, using a convenient remote control that enables set-up, browsing, and playback control (play,-pause, rewind, fast-forward, etc.).

I rather have a wireless accessible DivX video player located in the living room to download movies and watch them on the TV like the D-Link DSM-320. If those portable media devices would have wireless access they would be interesting.
More details in Sigma Designs press-release.

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Posted on Tue, 2 Nov 2004 01:25:16 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

DivX TV Network Player: I-O Data AVeL LinkPlayer 2

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I-O DATA announces a new LinkPlayer, AVLP2/DVDLA, in the USA.

The I-O Data Linkplayer enables users to watch DivX and WMA videos via a network connected PC on the TV in the living room. It also is a DVD player. The AVeL Linkplayer 2 also supports High Definition resolution (Video Up to 1080i / Photo Up to 2048x1532).

The first shipment of LinkPlayer will be in the middle of November in the USA. The MSRP will be $249.00. More details on I-O Data's product page.

I think the D-Link DSM-320 wireless media player is the better choice here, as it already comes with wireless connectivity. It already sells on Amazon.com for $173.95.

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Posted on Mon, 18 Oct 2004 01:03:07 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Plextor ConvertX PX-M402U does DivX

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The DivX video encoding standard becomes more and more popular. Plextor jumps on the trend with a Video converter Gadget that is DivX certified.

Anybody who tried to compress and convert Video knows how much CPU power and time it takes. To have an external box deal with the work frees up the PC for other tasks. Still a the PC should have some solid power for the data transfer between the Plextor ConvertX PX-M402U and the hard-drive.

Besides DivX the ConvertX also supports MPEG-4, MPEG-1/Video CD and MPEG-2/DVD formats. The box takes video input directly from TVs, VCRs, DVD players and camcorders. The encoding is performed in realtime while capturing the video from the source. The PX-M402U has a USB 2.0 interface.
The Plextor ConvertX PX-M402U sells for $148.99 on Amazon.com.

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Posted on Tue, 17 Aug 2004 02:39:54 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

KiSS Plasma with Built-in W-fi DivX DVD Player

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KiSS known for its DivX compatible DVD Players, offers now a high-definition 42" (other sizes avail.) Plasma with built-in DVD Player.

In addition to standard Plasma specifications, the KiSS Plasma has a TV Tuner and holds a built-in a DVD player. As all KiSS DVD Players, this is a DivX compatible DVD Player (KiSS DP-500) with Ethernet Port and PC Card slot for wireless connection (802.11g), enabling it to read Audio/Video/Picture files from a connected PC as well as playing Internet Radio Stations with WebRadio.

No Pricing information available yet. News seen on Engadget.

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Posted on Wed, 2 Jun 2004 12:39:38 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ZVUE! Personal Video Player to support DivX

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HandHeld Entertainment and DivXNetworks, Inc. today announced a licensing agreement to integrate the DivX® video decoder with HandHeld's $99 ZVUE personal video player, which will allow playback of DivX and MPEG-4 compatible files on the ZVUE.

The ZVUE! will be supposedly the first DivX Certified handheld product on the market. DivX, often called the "MP3 of video," is among the most popular video technologies in the world with over 120 million users.
HandHeld Entertainment will sell its "ZFlicks" DivX upgrade package for $69. ZFlicks includes the MPEG-4 firmware upgrade for the ZVUE, DivX video encoding software, a USB cable and an SD card. ZFlicks will be available at zvue.com.

So to have a useful ZVUE you need the ZFlicks upgrade which brings the player to $168, still very affordable compared to other MP4 Players.

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Posted on Wed, 3 Mar 2004 20:33:41 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Review Of KiSS DVD player DP-450 with DIVX

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Techseekers.net has reviewed the KiSS DVD player DP-450 with MPEG4(DivX) playback.

After playing around with the Kiss DP-450 DVD/DivX player I got around to writing a review on it. It does provide excellent DivX, XviD and RealMagic MPEG4 playback, but its not without its little problems.

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"All in all, I was impressed with the DP-450. DivX and XviD playback was outstanding, with some high quality files,you would be hard pressed to tell the difference between that and a DVD. Some DivX files can take up two CDs, and if they are SVCD it can be 3 CDs. With a DVD-R burner you can put both DivX files onto one disk enhancing the playback experience. The same applies to the 3CD SVCD. Just take the 3 MPEG2 files and put them on one DVD-R.It is such a timesaver to put the movies onto a CD-R rather than convert it to 2CD VCD to watch it in the living room. Excellent stuff. "
Full Review

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Posted on Wed, 9 Apr 2003 22:56:49 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr