HDV zoomed in with DV

Great info there Liz.

Now we all have an excuse to buy a Play Station

.....But baby we need it so we can watch our HD stuff

Damn, I already have an Xbox 360! Not sure how I swung that - oh yes, it came at 1/2 price with the last hi-def screen I bought, a 27" Samsung LCD for video editing. In other words I spent extra money on top of the LCD, ie 1/2 the cost of the Xbox, so I could er ... save money at some time - don't you love marketing and the mugs who fall for it <_< Oh yes I hardly ever use the Xbox, except to demo Rumble Roses XXX in HD - but that's another story

There are other options. Most the TV showrooms stream HD to their HDMI or DVI ports from hard disk servers, and I also remember seeing some rather proprietary HDD TV recorders some time back that could save and therefore playback HD files. Anyone know of a cheap (sorry, cost effective) set top recorder today that does that - ie allow one to save HD from a NLE and then playback in the living room?

You'd think there was a way to attach a small external Matrox or similar 300 or 500 gig HDD to your home theater flat screen to achieve the same thing. Hmmm I guess it would need an O/S of some sort ... needs investigating ... anyone got suggestions?

Hmmm I guess it would need an O/S of some sort ... needs investigating ... anyone got suggestions?

On the other hand, you could also buy a KISS HD media player, plays DivX HD video

And guess what - it's made in Denmark

There are stacks of cheap DVD players and DVD recorders in the shops here that advertise playback of WMV and/or DivX. Samsung, Sony, LG etc.. Could they not playback HD (1080 lines) WMV or DivX files recorded to DVD+/-R or the internal hard drive?