The News Review:
- Play DivX movies on PlayStation3
- Your IT questions answered
- LG maps growth chart ; unveils Viewty
- Pioneer DCS-370 – 5.1-Channel Home Cinema System
- Detailed verview of Blip.tv Video Sharing Site
- “Great investment for Gaming and multimedia”
Play DivX movies on PlayStation3
Malaysia Star – Dec 25, 2007
10 for the PlayStation3 that allows the console to play DivX and WMV movies. However the update doesn’t support DivX 3. 11 WMV formats with DRM protection and videos larger than 2GB. The firmware also adds voice-modifying capability so users can change the tone of their voice when chatting online.
Your IT questions answered
Townsville Bulletin – Dec 24, 2007
I now suddenly have a window on my screen stating `DivX 6. There are no buttons at the top to minimise restore or delete it and only three options – `Remind in a month’ `Remind tomorrow’ or `Get the update’. So is it genuine or some sort of scam? In either case if I don’t want it how can I get it to disappear? I don’t particularly like it when such items thrust themselves on you give no details about their authenticity and have no apparent easy way to find out if they are K… A: Merry Christmas Peter. Well it does seem that DivX have released version 6. 8 recently so it should be safe to upgrade. The easiest way to get it to disappear would be to uninstall your current version of DivX. It’s been a while since I used this video codec and don’t recall anywhere that you could configure the updates but it may have changed by now. Start it from your `Start’ menu and see if it has any configurable options.
LG maps growth chart ; unveils Viewty
Livemint – Dec 24, 2007
The touch-sensitive screen comes with a year?s warranty. The phone has sold over 310000 units globally since its launch in Europe this year. This 3G phone taps into the standard fast-speed downloads and uploads over the mobile network. The full screen enables users to view high quality DivX video files in widescreen format.
Pioneer DCS-370 – 5.1-Channel Home Cinema System
TrustedReviews – Dec 24, 2007
The speakers and sub plug into the rear of the main unit using supplied colour-coded cables making setup a quick and pain-free procedure. The main unit is capable of delivering 60W per channel matching the speakers’ maximum input power rating. It will willingly accept DVDs CDs Video CDs and Super Video CDs plus it’ll decode DivX MP3 WMA JPEG and even non-DRM MPEG-4 AAC files from discs. It’s a shame Pioneer couldn’t squeeze DVD-Audio and SACD support onto the list but it was probably viewed as an unnecessary cost. Music and photos can also be played back from a memory device plugged into the front-mounted USB port which is a nice feature that makes it dead easy to transport content from your PC (but you can’t connect a PC directly). Among the unit’s other talents are the ability to decode Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks plus Dolby Pro Logic II for turning stereo sources into 4.
Detailed verview of Blip.tv Video Sharing Site
ReelSE nline Video News – Dec 24, 2007
To upload the video contents you may opt for a Web interface or FTP or from a mobile phone or through a client-side batch uploader and through a version of the Internet Archive advance contribution interface. tv offers uploads of the video files in formats like Quicktime MPEG 3gp DivX Real Media WMV mp3 or gg. The upload facility available through the Web interface allows multiple versions of the same video. tv recommends maximum file size of 150mb though in practice Blip. tv accepts up to 1 gigabyte file sizes.
“Great investment for Gaming and multimedia”
CNET Reviews – Dec 24, 2007
It works beautifully at upscalling my dvd’s and playing blu-Ray’s as well as playing my mp3′s through my surround sound. Supports non sony hardware and is very user friendly meaning I didn’t have to call anyone to set it up. Now supports PC mods on certain games and is relatively easy to transfer files from your pc to the PS3 which is nice if you would like to watch divx or downloaded movies on your tv and your computer isn’t connected. I’m really amazed at how good and solid this product is. nly downside is most of my friends have xbox (which isn’t so bad but not as open hardware wise) so it’s hard to play online with friends however they’ve played my ps3 and all but two are getting a PS3 this christmas.