Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.heimat.gr.jp!taurus!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Sryn" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Need info on "Smart DVD Player" Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 08:42:18 +0800 Lines: 47 Message-ID: <35ga7aF4mhp0fU1@individual.net> References: <41f2d8a5_1@127.0.0.1> X-Trace: individual.net 3iud/VITjlJEvOKVuH9+8gyecNLiB6Cs7VS7PiAD1y1/zI38BK X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:24697 http://www.everg.co.jp/?contents=evergreen/dvd/eg-d900sx * Snipped from J@pan.Inc's GadgetWatch #175 newsletter dated 14-Jan-2005 Name: Evergreen D900SX Category: Multiformat DVD Player Price: Open Price; estimated around 10,000 yen Release date in Japan: Already available The Gist: Continuing with the "cheap and functional" roll we're on, here's Evergreen's new vertical slot-loading DVD player, the D900SX. Released on January 7th, the D900SX is atypical in three aspects: it's cheap (about 10,000 yen), can play enough media formats to feed an army, and has a D-Sub 15 pin output. I believe the D900SX is amongst the first vertical-style DVD players to support a range of media formats, and it certainly gets off on the right foot. Equipped with the capability to play MPEG-1/2/4, DivX, and XviD video files stored on DVDs and CDs, Evergreen also proves a friendly member of the community by actually providing users with a list of specific formats that have been confirmed to play. As anyone who has had to deal with players that allegedly "support" DivX and XviD likely knows, this is a nice move on Evergreen's part; there is no longer any doubt that the player can play specific files at specific bitrates, framerates, or in certain audio formats. The D900SX is a slot-loading DVD player, and it has a blue backlit display to show information such as track, time remaining, and so forth. Output jacks on the D900SX include a component output, composite output, and even D-Sub 15 pin output, for connection to your PC's CRT or LCD. The D900SX can indeed output progressive video from DVDs, so it's not as though DVD playback was an afterthought. Nor was audio; the player is equipped with analog 2ch, analog 5.1ch, optical digital, and coaxial digital audio output jacks. The on-screen display can be displayed in either English or Japanese, and depending on whether or not the player is Region Free, I suspect the low price, feature set, and design of this player could make it popular with the international community. One thing we could ask for is some sort of network support; the D900SX is not equipped an Ethernet jack or wireless LAN capabilities. Sryn sryn@yahoo.DELETETHIS.com