The News Review:
- Two deals raise profile of DivX
- Cowon Q5W Portable Media Player
- Slyck.com ‘¢ View topic – closest to Giganews?
Two deals raise profile of DivX
San Diego Union Tribune – Jan 22, 2008
DivX reached a distribution agreement with Sony Pictures Television where Sony movies and TV shows will available to download in the DivX compression format. DivX called the deal a milestone because it was its first with a major content owner – the kind most worried about piracy. The company also said it has reached a licensing deal with chip maker Advanced Micro Devices under which the DivX format will be included in processors that AMD is developing for digital televisions. Both agreements give DivX well-known partners who haven't balked at the company's technology because of its early history.
Cowon Q5W Portable Media Player
PC World – Jan 22, 2008
Here you definitely need the stylus for selecting items in tiny dialog boxes and typing on the virtual keyboard. Video looked impressively sharp and colorful on the 800-by-400-pixel display especially when I played wide-screen-format DivX-encoded movies. Motion was very smooth and the picture was visible from a wide angle. The device scored poorly in our lab audio tests and the included earbuds are basic at best–though with some adjustment of the on-screen graphic equalizer I was able to get acceptable sound through my own headphones. You can record voice notes with the built-in microphone but the player lacks the ability to capture video as a DVR can (and as the rival Archos 605 WiFi can); the Q5W also cannot record from the FM tuner (a common function in audio players with built-in FM tuners including Cowon’s own iAudio 7). I hooked up the Q5W to the component inputs on my HDTV using the included cable (which also provides a lower-quality composite connection for older TVs).
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Slyck – Jan 22, 2008
I mean the bronze package & 2GB doesn’t even get a full DVD. Might as well just rent it for less. Even if you get something in divx format that’s only really 1-2 titles. I guess your right about offering block accounts and high retention. Wouldn’t make sense for most companies. Astraweb seems to be the best and only one I have found that offers the block account option. I have used them briefly and they worked good.