Another day, another media extender!
Looks like DivX isn’t entirely satisfied with their hardware licensing program, and wants a bit of the action. I am speculating — However, given the nature of their beta signup survey and the blurred image (without a blurred file name referencing their “Connected” initiative) I feel pretty confident in saying that they’re working on a media extender.
Assuming I’m right, the next question is: Do they sell the hardware themselves or let a partner brand it. I’d probably hedge and sell online under my own name and let a partner with sales channel experience brand it for retail. Sort of like Snappy has done with HAVA and Pinnacle. Speaking of Pinnacle, they don’t have a media extender in their lineup… Hm.
I signed up for the Beta. My current method of transferring online video to my TV is to transcode it into Divx, load it on a memory stick and play it from the stick through my DVD player (JVC CX-60). It would be nice, though, to be able to stream it directly, and maybe play HD video as well.
I’ve heard from two reliable sources who confirm DivX is indeed working on a CE device.