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Saturday, October 27, 2007
Entertainment

Ziova Streaming DVD/DivX Player Gets Firmware Update

6:43AM Jason Chen | The Ziova CS505 we reviewed earlier this year just got a firmware update, adding features like a GUI redesign, commercial skip and some other minor details you can find in the changelog. It’s not a major update in terms of functionality, but as you can see from the gallery, it looks totally different. Much more bubble-y than before, and supposedly much more responsive. We don’t have a unit to test on, but if you do you can load it yourself to check it out. galleryPost('ziovaupdate', 4, 'Ziova'); [Ziova] More »
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Saturday, April 28, 2007
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Ziova CS505 Upscaling DivX/DVD Network Streamer Hands-on: Our Favorite Player Yet

6:00AM Seamus Byrne | We’ve been known to download DivX files using BitTorrent on occasion, and there’s nothing better than using an upscaling DVD player like the Helios H4000, the LG DN191H or the Oppo DV-981HD to watch these shows and movies on our TVs in high def. But the Ziova CS505, much like the Helios X3000, can stream the files directly from your computer without having to burn them to a disc beforehand—the ultimate in convenience. Although both this and the Apple TV stream video, they’re in totally different classes. Apple TV is made for playing back movies and music purchased from the Apple store, and unless you re-encode your downloaded BitTorrent movies from DivX, it’s not going to play on Apple’s offering. This and the Helios X3000 are for every other non-Apple format. In many ways, the Ziova CS505 is even better than the Helios X3000 we tested before—which technically makes it the best streaming, upscaling and DivX player we’ve used yet. Make the jump to find out why. galleryPost('ziovacs505', 8, 'Ziova DivX and DVD Player'); More »
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