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Entertainment
Hollywood Studios Strike DivX Deal For Download-to-Own Movies
10:01PM Danny Allen | There are a ton of devices that support DivX playback (the PS3, DVD and Blu-ray players, etc.), so news of Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, and Warner Bros agreeing for their movies to be downloaded in DivX for the first time is actually pretty interesting. And any added competition for iTunes and Cinema Now is only going to help keep them on their toes, right? More »
Music
Samsung YP-R1 PMP Plays Your Torrented Episodes Of 30 Rock
1:00PM Dan Nosowitz | We’re loving Samsung’s new line of PMPs, and as lifelong haters of forced video conversion, we’re especially glad that Samsung’s been throwing us torrent-using pirates a bone with great codec support and a 2.7-inch touchscreen in its new YP-R1 PMP. More »
Entertainment
Denon’s DBP-2010CI and DBP-1610CI Blu-ray Players: Pay More for Less
4:30AM Wilson Rothman | Denon’s DBP-2010CI and DBP-1610CI Blu-ray players are made with high-end components, but at $US700 and $US500 respectively, they are missing perks found in much cheaper players. More »
Screens
1080p DivX Support Coming to LG HDTVs in May
6:34PM John Herrman | LG has announced support for full 1080p DivX video in their new line of TVs, which begin shipping in May. LG has always been quick to try out new—if sometimes marginal—technologies in their TVs, like DivX playback from mass storage, which LG introduced in 2007. Similarly, this feature is great news for those of us who want a convenient way to play torrented Blu-ray rips our HD home video collection, but will mean absolutely nothing to the majority of people who buy the sets. [Gizmag] More »
Entertainment
HDi’s Dune Blu-ray Players Have BitTorrent Plus Insane Codec Support
5:01AM Jason Chen | HDi’s Blu-ray player is one of the first great Blu-ray + digital file players we’ve seen, being BD Live compliant and playing back DivX/XVid/WMV9/H.264/MKV files. Best of all, it’s got a built-in BitTorrent client. More »
Entertainment
Warner Bros. to Offer DivX Downloads
11:00PM John Mahoney | Already the format of choice for, ahem, somewhat clandestine distribution of digital video files, DivX has now officially partnered with Warner Bros. to distribute video in the format. Sony beat WB to the punch by about 9 months, and we’ll have to wait even longer for Warner to come around to HD DivX, which won’t be ready until September of next year. SD downloads are expected to become available this month. Full details follow. More »
Gadgets
HP Mediasmart Connect HD Video Streamer Lightning Review
6:00AM Jason Chen | The Gadget: HP’s Mediasmart Connect, a networked receiver that plays back H.264, DivX, XviD, MPEG-2, WMV video, photos, and even connects to your Media Centre to act like an extender. It’s also expandable space-wise with HP’s Pocket Media Drives, and supports 10/100 Ethernet and 802.11a/b/g/n. It comes in a glossy piano black finish which attracts dust and fingerprints as easily as an actual piano. More »
Screens
LG’s HS102 Projector Has Divx Player Aboard, 2-Hour Battery
12:30AM Kit Eaton | Projectors, unless they’re of the mini- or HD-kind tend to have me thinking “meh…” apart from LG’s new HS102. ‘Cause though it has just 800 x 600 native resolution with switchable 4:3/16:9 ratios, it’s got Phlatlight LED illumination tech that gives it a 2,000:1 contrast ratio and 150 lumen brightness and it’s got a Divx player (playing files from USB-attached storage, it seems) built right into it. And there’s a rechargeable battery jammed in there too, making this projector portable in the real sense, since it’ll run for two hours unplugged. Out in South Korea for around a $US555 equivalent, there’s no word on when it’ll hit these shores. [Naver via Zoomgadget] More »
Phones
LG Rountable Hypes HD, Mobile Phone/Digital Camera Convergence
4:00AM Jack Loftus | According to LG, the future of HD video, mobile phone cameras, and the point-and-shoot varietals couldn’t be more, well, the same. At a round table event in London this past week, the company hyped up convergence between the industries, and used its camera-happy KC-910 to show why there is no reason why mobiles should not overtake or absorb digital cameras in the near future. When one looks at what the KC-910 (aka Renoir) will bring to the mobile phone market, it’s hard not to agree. As we’ve detailed here before, this “phone” comes equipped with an 8-megapixel cam with a Schneider-Kreuznach lens and xenon flash. ISO is rated up to 1600, and it also does VGA video at 30fps as well as high-speed 120fps filming (at QVGA resolution). More »
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