The News Review:
- DivX Technology for PS3 Games Now Available
- Creative Zen Vision W (60GB)
- Samsung DVD-1080P8 DVD Player
DivX Technology for PS3 Games Now Available
I4U – May 14, 2008
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.
Creative Zen Vision W (60GB)
nytimes.com – May 16, 2008
Wi-Fi would be excellent in a dream world. Summary: I have been using then vision w for almost a year… cannot play all Divx without some problems (audio sync) for the rest of the playable video files is excellent to view tv shows or movies in there. Excellent software & converter!The player is bulky heavy and fragile so it can’t be taken several places or in the pocket.
Samsung DVD-1080P8 DVD Player
TrustedReviews – May 15, 2008
For audio Samsung offers a choice of optical and coaxial digital outputs for piping Dolby Digital DTS and MPEG-2 bitstreams to your amp plus stereo audio output for connection to a two-channel system. Aside from 1080p upscaling there aren’t many other features to get excited about. Perhaps the most appealing is the deck’s ability to play back MP3 WMA JPEG XviD and DivX files. For the latter there’s a code in the setup menu that allows you to register your player and watch Video-on-demand content. therwise it boasts all the usual trickplay functions such as a two-stage zoom mode bookmarks an unusually fast 128x search speed slow motion Instant Replay and Skip functions that enable you to skip forward or back by 10 seconds. EZ View makes the picture fit the screen in different ways depending on the aspect ratio of your TV and the source material. The deck also supports Samsung’s Anynet+ the HDMI CEC mode that allows it to be controlled by the remote from a compatible Samsung TV.