Actually that’s not true at all. Xbox also supports Divx, it has for a while now. And I’ve been streaming my Divx for a while via WinXP using a program called TVersity (http://www.tversity.com)… though WMP11 will also support the streaming functionality.
Xbox360 ftw.
If you have a PS3 you don’t need this. Like mentioned above lookup tversity or twonkey. I currently use twonky its awesome.
http://www.twonkymedia.com/
P.S. PS3 pwns 360
This is exactly what I am looking for. I have a zillion movies strung all over the network and have been looking for something to play them with.
I almost jumped on it but it seems to have a lot of bugs and it looks like more of a pain than its worth by many of the reviews I am seeing.
So once again - A great looking product with a lot of promise. Just poor execution.
Where is Quality Control these days. Do people ever test their products anymore. Geez.
If this had capture/burn capabilities, I would be in - but I’m not, so who cares.
wrong. the 360 now has divx support. you don’t need media center anymore. you can stream from an xp or vista computer or just hook up an external drive to the xbox or a usb thumb drive and your good to go.
(crap carusoa beat me to it… stupid keyboard)
Acctually, the 360 supports .avi now with an update that microsoft put out a couple of months ago. Also, you don’t have to use Media Center, you can just use WMP 11 (I realize some people may not like using WMP) to stream files. Works great with my music, videos, and pictures. I’m not sure, but I think that it can maybe stream h.264 as well. So, not crippled.
I like the Burr-Brown and the DAC, but I feel that my PS3 does a lot of what this does and then some. Am I missing something besides the audio quality?
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Sorry, I’m a tech idiot.I kindly ask…what is this?
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a glorified dvd player.
I think that an HTPC is heading down the right track. So much more yo ucan do and customize. For instance - DVR, Burning on the fly, All Media, Picture Viewing, not to mention all the other stuff you do on a PC. So many more options with an OS you already know. Microsoft may suck but since that is all we have to work with mostly, I would say it is still a better long term investment than this device or a PS3/Xbox.
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Acctually, the 360 supports .avi now with an update that microsoft put out a couple of months ago. Also, you don’t have to use Media Center, you can just use WMP 11 (I realize some people may not like using WMP) to stream files. Works great with my music, videos, and pictures. I’m not sure, but I think that it can maybe stream h.264 as well. So, not crippled.
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You might be able to use TVersity, too, even though they don’t explicitly mention support, since it uses the whole media center thing with WMP 11:
http://tversity.com/support/devices/
This could open up additional formats, as TVersity emulates via streaming for Flash, etc.
p.s. I hope the question of h.264 support gets figured out.
Ouch… from the user manual:
Won’t find me buying this. It’s OLD tech… We’re talking Divx 3.0 or older, with interlaced only streams? Most of my streams are 4.0 or 5.5 progressive. Looks like my little TVisto stays. 
Meh… if you can live without the networking abilities, I would highly recommend an Oppo universal upconverting DVD player instead. My 970HD has played every PC video format I’ve thrown at it, also does SACD and DVD-audio, will outperform most other players in video quality, and is about half the price. I always steer clear of the PC-based solutions - they tend to be “unrefined” feeling.
So, it’s like what the inevitable port of XBMC to the 360 will be (thanks to the hypervisor exploit), except it costs more and can’t play games?
Pass.
Well, if by “support” you mean “can show them to some extent”, sure, but they’re far from watchable. There’s no custom control over zoom or aspect ratio adjustment, and no function for sync correction. Unless God authored your divx/xvid files, they’re going to look piss-poor on the 360’s current player.
And yeah, you can hook up an external drive, so long as it’s FAT32 – ie, no big files and using decade-old tech.
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Meh… if you can live without the networking abilities, I would highly recommend an Oppo universal upconverting DVD player instead. My 970HD has played every PC video format I’ve thrown at it, also does SACD and DVD-audio, will outperform most other players in video quality, and is about half the price. I always steer clear of the PC-based solutions - they tend to be “unrefined” feeling.
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Haven’t heard of this - how’s it handle x264 files?
Uhmm… Fat32 can handle up to 2G files, which is the most AVI files can be anyway due to their index field limits. MPEGs can be longer as can WMV, but really even at astounding quality 2G can hold a couple hours easy. And despite XPs insistence that you can’t, you can format drives larger than 32G with FAT32. I have a 1TB drive formatted as FAT32 in front of me as I speak… Linux and/or command line utilities exist to do it easily.
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Uhmm… Fat32 can handle up to 2G files
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And most high-def files are 4-20GB. Limiting the 360’s external drive support to FAT32 is FAIL.
Can one use the Netflix “Watch It Now” feature through the browser on this thing? Netflix is pretty picky about things when using it on the PC.
I am using Popcorn Hour (also known as Networked Media Player). It only costs $179 and can play H.264.