WOO WOO!! Lite-On has created a standalone DivX player!

[BillGates]

Lite-On, a brand that is generally well-known and respected at AnandTech has created a DVD player with VCD/SVCD/DVD-+R and DivX (MPEG4) support!

There are a few players (KISS players are the most well know, but are ugly as @#$%) but they are very expensive at the moment and are from virtually unknown companies.

Click the link below for a review - it looks very promising!

LINK

I have no idea on the price of this unit but the article notes that it should be available around Christmas time.


EDIT: Found manufacturer's link.

 

[guapo337]

cool!

 

[MercenaryForHire]

:Q

/me wants

- M4H

 

[Entity]

Damn, that's cool.

Rob

 

[SpiderX]

Hello Santa!

 

[LordMorpheus]

I didn't see a price. How much? If its around or under 300 I might buy it.

 

[Josh]

I've seen other standalone DVD players that play DivX but Lite-On is a good company

 

[Spac3d]

:Q

 

[BillGates]

Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
I didn't see a price. How much? If its around or under 300 I might buy it.

Read my original post again - that info has been there since the beginning.

 

[EvilYoda]

It all depends on the price then, I guess...I wouldn't have to build another HTPC if I buy a high-end DVD player in addition to this...

Can't wait.

 

[rh71]

I got a free space on my rack just for this baby... come to papa...

 

[dquan97]

I'll be in line

 

[conjur]

I'll stick w/my HTPC but if I didn't have one...I'd look into this.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Also interesting are the new DVD players coming out with network ports that can feed audio and video from your PC like the TB Audiotron did for MP3s.

Buy.com has one Oritron for $250 link attempt and an Ars news item said at least one other brand is coming soon.

"Media Applications - DVD, VCD, SVCD, MP3, Kodak Picture CD, JPEG
Network Applications - MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, DivX Files, MP3, WMA, JPEG"

This could make more sense than a HTPC for most people.

 

[joeryu]

thats awesome, supports Divx and xvid. this is surely going on my christmas list~ =)

 

[Sid59]

:slober:

 

[NeoMadHatter]

can you upgrade the codecs though? when new ones come out and such?

 

[BillGates]

Originally posted by: NeoMadHatter
can you upgrade the codecs though? when new ones come out and such?

Hmm, good point. No idea here, and like the review said, the manual was entirely pictures and Chinese, so we won't know for sure until more is known about the player.

 

[Howard]

What about XviD?

 

[Kaieye]

Howard, you just asked the question I was gonna ask. Can it do Xvid?

 

[Sid59]

read the review?

here

near the bottom of the page


answer = success.

 

[Entity]

Originally posted by: Kaieye
Howard, you just asked the question I was gonna ask. Can it do Xvid?

Yes, it can. All the formats are listed on page 2 of the review.

Rob

 

[freegeeks]

I already have a device that supports Divx - Xvid - MP3 etc..
It's called an X-box with a modchip

If you need new codecs, just upgrade the Xbmp and you're set.
Together with my wireless ethernet bridge and Relax I can stream audio and video from my server.
It absolutely rocks


If you can have a modded X-box in Europe for less then 300$ I'm sure you guys can get it even cheaper

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

As soon as I find some information that indicates that this player is region-hackable, I'm buying one.

 

[0roo0roo]

rather buy 300 dollars of dvds. very few people have legit divx