LG's new BD player is first with high-def DivX stamp
Last year, DivX began to certify certain Blu-ray players for DivX playback, which meant that the high-definition players could support files in the popular codec that were burned onto high capacity Blu-ray discs. As much as 25 hours of standard DVD quality footage could be loaded onto a single disc.
While that news was certainly welcomed by achivers, home video enthusiasts, and [ahem]...other consumers of DivX files, it did not certify the high definition players to play back high definition files. Today, DivX announced that it has certified its first Blu-ray player for 1080p HD DivX playback: the LG BD390.
The $400 network Blu-Ray player has 1080p output, Dolby TrueHD/Digital Plus and DTS-HD 7.1 channel audio, and 1 GB of built-in memory to cover BD-Live features. It features support for Netflix, CinemaNow, NetCast, and YouTube streaming, and even comes bundled with Nero MediaHome Essentials to connect the player to household PCs and media servers.
With DivX 7, users can compress a full two-hour HD film to around 8 GB in size, or just short of the storage capacity of one double-layer DVD.