The News Review:
- Nirvanix Names New Engineering VP
- Firmware updates make PS3 better media streamer than Xbox 360
- RE: I second
- RIP standalone network media players
- ptoma PK102 Pocket Projector
- Archos to offer more details about the Android IMT / MID on June 11th
- DivX Inc. Reports First Quarter 2009 Financial Results
Nirvanix Names New Engineering VP
socalTech.com
Nirvanix described Russell as a longtime technology executive with more than 20 years of hands-on experience. Nirvanix said Russell hails from NextEngine where he was vice president of technology. Before that Nirvanix noted he was chief technology officer and a general manager for DivX Inc. Russell has also held leadership roles for the Motion Picture Association of America Sony Pictures Imageworks and Sony Pictures Entertainment. Nirvanix is a privately held company backed by more than $23 million in venture funding. Its backers include Intel Capital Valhalla Partners Mission Ventures Windward Ventures and the European Founders Fund. posted on Tuesday May 19 2009.
Firmware updates make PS3 better media streamer than Xbox 360
Product Reviews
They talk about the Xbox 360 being a full-on Windows Media Center Extender and network media player. They say the same thing about the PS3 adding that the recent DivX update makes the system ‘a more robust media streamer than the 360′. Read the article in full above and let us know what your opinions are.
RE: I second
S News
Even if I did believe in pirating movies I for one do not want to wait for nearly 5 GB of data to download — and that’s for a regular DVD let alone Blu-ray. I’ve seen Divx rips that were HD quality (or near enough that I couldn’t tell the difference) at only 700MBs. You forget the good is the enemy of the perfect–for the average person “good” is. well good enough! coreyography posted.
RIP standalone network media players
CNET News
The 360 is both a full-on Windows Media Center Extender (so it can be used to watch live and recorded TV from a properly configured Windows PC) and a “vanilla” network media player (which can access most standard audio video and photo files from a networked PC). The latter is true of the PS3 as well; in fact I’d argue the PS3 is actually a more robust media streamer than the 360. Recent firmware updates adding. html” >DivX compatibility (albeit with some limitations) have made these game consoles even better media streamers than when they originally launched. However all of those other problems overshadowed the elephant in the room.
ptoma PK102 Pocket Projector
UberGizmo
This makes it a snap to store backups of your presentations or even your material wherever you go doing away with the need to tote around a notebook or netbook. Supported file formats by the ptoma PK102 include JPEG MPEG-2 MPEG-4 RMVB RM WMV DivX and XviD video files while images are handled by JPEG and BMP formats. As for audio MP3 playback is supported although don’t expect the integrated speakers to reach an entire hall. After all the ptoma PK102 is meant for close quarters viewing only with its 480 x 320 resolution images thrown onto a wall nearby courtesy of the DLP Pico chipset. It is powered by a Li-ion battery measuring 51mm x 17mm x 105mm while tipping the scales at 118 grams. Expect to pick up the ptoma PK102 pocket projector this June for $570 thereabouts.
Archos to offer more details about the Android IMT / MID on June 11th
Soft Sailor
2Mbps for download. The release date has been set sometime in July so this should be the press event when they will announce it. Rumors say that the device will support Adobe Flash DivX up to 500GB of internal memory and it will playback videos for up to 7 hours.
DivX Inc. Reports First Quarter 2009 Financial Results
PR Newswire (press release)
9 million of media and other distribution and services revenues. The decrease in non-licensing revenues was due to the transition to a new distribution agreement with Google that was signed in the first quarter and is expected to generate revenues in the second quarter of 2009. “It has been an active start to the year for DivX” stated Kevin Hell Chief Executive fficer for DivX. “We saw meaningful traction beyond DVD players in Q1. For the first time our emerging product categories represented over 10% of licensing revenue and we certified hundreds of new devices including digital televisions Blu-ray players and mobile handsets. In addition we introduced a major new release of our software with the launch of DivX(R) 7 supporting H. 264 and we signed a new software distribution agreement with Google.
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