New Media Technology: DivX Connected

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 DivX Connected is a new technology being developed by DivX, Inc. to bring about the total incorporation of computers and video in the home entertainment center. DivX Connected has the same starting point as Apple TV, bringing video on the computer to the living room TV. Unlike Apple TV though Connected in only the hardware to bring what is on your computer to the TV. Everything is run off of the home computer instead of having to transfer files from the computer to another media box like for Apple TV. Connected brings all the movies, music, and photos that are on your home computer to the TV in the living room. The Connected hardware is only really a decoder. When the Connected box accesses a server that is running on a computer all the work of decoding, encoding, compression and interpretation of files is done by the computer that the files are on, the Connected box only takes that data which is sent to it and displays it on the TV.


Because all the heavy lifting of Video decoding is done by a home computer, the connected box can play full HD video unlike similar products produced by other companies. Also, because DivX is not owned by apple or other video and music retailers the Connected box is not restricted to products bought from iTunes or the like. The Connected box can play any video file type that the computer the server is set up on can play. And because the Connected box only acts as a transcoder it can bring the internet right to the living room. The box can call up internet video sites like Youtube and play videos right on the living room TV. In the end the Connected box acts like a remote desktop of your computer for your TV without having to have an expensive dedicated media center PC.