DivX,
Inc. announced today that it has granted DivX Certification to six new Blu-ray DVD players from Panasonic, Philips, and Denon. Here's
part of their press release:
The new DivX Certified DVD models join the world’s best-selling Blu-ray playback device, the
Sony PLAYSTATION 3, which has been capable of DivX playback since December, 2007. The growth of DivX technology in the emerging Blu-ray
market demonstrates growing traction of the Company’s licensing business into new product categories. DivX technology has already become
a de facto standard on standard definition DVD devices, with an estimated 41 percent penetration in the global market as of the end of
2007.
Thanks to the superior compression and high visual quality of the DivX format, consumers can take advantage of Blu-ray
technology to store and playback over 25 hours of DVD-quality video on a single Blu-ray disc. Newly certified DVD players include devices
from Panasonic (Model: DMP-BD30EE), Philips (Model: BDP7200) and Denon (Models: DVD-2500BTC1B, DVD-3800BDC1B, DVD-3800BDSP and
DVD-2500BTSP).
If you'd like to read more, DivX's entire press release can be found here.