Hallelujah, it has finally happened! For many the idea of fusing the Internet and TV seems like a pipe dream, yet on Monday, June 30th 2008, I found myself at Cinespace in Hollywood watching history in the making. The friendly folks over at DivX invited members of the community to come celebrate the American release of the DivX Connected, HD Media Player, and no, this is not just any media player...this baby is going to revolutionize entertainment and Internet media. The DivX HD Media Player pretty much does everything short of bringing you your morning coffee! It streams video, photos and music wirelessly to your TV;  enables you to  play all your videos from the PC and the Internet and comes complete with several DivX Connected plug-ins for gaming and infotainment services.

 

But you don't have to take my word for it because once a demonstration had been completed, I touched base with several authorities on entertainment and Internet media like Brad Murphy, VP of Advertising for Revision3; Alex Albrecht,  Host of Diggnation & the Totally Rad Show and Zadi Diaz, Host of Epic Fu for some user feedback. I also caught up with Douglas Sarine and Kent Nichols  Co-Creators of Ask a Ninja, whose plug-in is actually available on the new DivX HD Player. And for behind the scenes info and tips on how you can get your own plug-in up and running with DivX or what went in to making the event a success I turned to DivX's own Ben Cote, Digital Guru and Tom Huntington, Director of Corporate Communication. And folks all I can say is that this new DivX HD Media Player is one hot box!