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DivX is coming for Blu-ray players, while PS3 could lag behind

The single most popular Blu-ray player sold today isn't even a dedicated console, it's the Sony PS3. As we learned today, six forthcoming dedicated Blu-ray players could get something the PS3 lacks: total DivX support.

DivX announced today that six new Blu-ray players will soon come to market that have all achieved complete DivX certification. This means Panasonic, Phillips, and Denon will soon have players that fully support the format, allowing more than 25 hours of DVD-quality DivX content to be burned onto a single Blu-ray disc.

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Jandre025898d ago (Edited 5898d ago )

I stand corrected. But why is it that they cant play anything over 2gb? I guess I havent downloaded any por.... educational films that are over 2gb yet, but I dont think thats an issue they cant fix...

heyheyhey5898d ago

lol, funny

but yeah- the reason is that very few DivX films take up over 2gb, and even then there is the option to split the file into 2 parts

but still- i hope they correct this

Silellak5898d ago (Edited 5898d ago )

Somehow, I think the PS3 will be okay.

Still cool though, I guess.

sonarus5898d ago

yea it will get full certification. Funny enough i don't use divx movies as much as i thought i would. I still just stream movies with the browser

barom5898d ago

Can someone explain to me the difference between FULL certification and what the PS3 has now?

krisq5898d ago

It doesn't play subtitles from .divx container. It has to for full certification.

barom5898d ago

so not much

nothing people should complain about then

Guwapo775897d ago

Some correct me if I'm wrong... But the difference between PS3 Divx and the full Divx players is

1. PS3 limits Divx movies to 1gig
2. PS3 doesn't play all forms of Divx movies (majority but lacks a few)

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Lord Anubis5898d ago

YAY PS3 is getting full certification!

decapitator5898d ago

Agreed. Firmware updates come in handy during times like this.

Obama5898d ago

I know divx doesn't play rvmb files, but is it possible to download real player on the ps3 and play the file?

decapitator5898d ago

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At the moment, I don't think that is possible but maybe later on when some applications are made available on the PS3, it could be done.

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It's good SLI is dead and buried - and my wallet agrees

Kevin writes: "Multi-GPU gaming was one of those things that seemed like a good idea for as long as it lasted. I mean honestly, the idea of a modular approach to graphics upgrades – be that SLI or CrossFire – was brilliant. I repeat, the idea was brilliant."

darthv722d ago

Im old school... when i hear the term SLI, I immediately think of 3dfx. I still have a pair of 12mb Monster V2's in an old rig. I never tried out the more modern take on SLI or Crossfire for that matter.

Vits2d ago

I mean, it was mostly for bragging rights. It was a very temperamental tech that improved with newer iterations, for sure. But folks like myself, who have used it, probably recall that troubleshooting was an integral part of the experience and the value that you got out of the setup was really low.

However, none of that mattered because it looked sick as hell on a well-built PC.

babadivad1d 13h ago

It really did look amazing.

Wretchedstain1d 21h ago

I remember doing my research at the time 😂 I got 2 GTX 460's, as they in SLI were meant to be better than the 480 at the time. Not all games were optimised at the time, which meant some games meant setting them up for 1 card alone. Never forget the time I came home from night shift, turned on my computer like normal, went and made a cuppa, come back and it was still off. Tried to turn on again, and one of the 460's caught fire... good times.

shaenoide1d 20h ago

Why ? For the price of two SLI cards you only get one RqtX card now...

OpenGL1d 16h ago

Exactly what I was thinking. When SLI was around an Nvidia flagship card was $700, less than half the price of their current flagship.

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Keoken Interactive lays off majority of team after failing to find funding at GDC

Deliver Us Mars developer Keoken Interactive has laid off the majority of its staff after struggling to secure funding …

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mastershredder4d ago

The industry model and standards and who's in place to approve/disapprove have changed ^ what Keoken is feeling now is much like the Mobile burst 15 years ago. Expect more to come out of your own finances. Investors are treating games like movies and now (thank$ a lot for involving yourself hollywood) only the big (and money blind) investors get involved, effectively killing a lot of content that would come out with proper non-gate-kept and/or with incentivized funding.

Markdn4d ago

And when you only make a fraction of your games worth on gamepass you suffer

Tacoboto4d ago

Palworld and Manor Lords are so suffering.

RiseNShine3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Sorry but i couldn't care less, Deliver us Mars was as woke game as they come, climate change disaster, all female cast plus only a comic relief indian guy (it takes only 5 minutes into the game for the main female character to say how smart she is compared to the guy), evil white guys, ugly females, then add generic gameplay and puzzles (how many times do you have to cut things with a laser for gods sake), you can't change anything in how the events develop so 0 agency in the story, sub par graphics even while using UE4. So well, go woke go broke, that's how it works.

Miacosa3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

That stinks but with a 68 average critic rating on their games probably made it difficult for people to invest considering there is a bloat of games getting made these days.

ROCKY283d ago

You guys will be back with team strength and funding !