Dcube Mvision - play HD content without a HD disc player?

October 29, 2006

Surfing on the web today I found an interesting article at Gizmodo, showing a device that allows the playback of HD contents without a Hi Definition player.

Bypass the Blu-ray and HD DVD "revolution" altogether with the Dcube Mvision, an HD DivX player that can also play ripped DVD files from its hard disk. This setup box plays back DivX, OGG, WMA, WMV and MP3 files from its internal hard disk, and sends Dolby 5.1 sound through optical and coaxial ports, too.

Where is the "bypass"? Well, this is the most complicate part. In the original article, the method described seems to me a bit... suspicious, because it involves BitTorrent. Even if it's not illegal, BitTorrent is often used to illegally spread copyrighted material. Is it really this may be the solution of the war between two rival formats?

More pictures can be found in the original article here.

Source: Gizmodo