Good news. Panasonic, Viera and DIVx

[TimAndrews]

My TV has USB sockets. Amongst various other formats, the manual says it can play some MP4 files, in particular ones created by Panasonic equipment. I had only minor (and varied) successes using my existing codecs. And my 5 year old Codec from Divx produced dreadful 1280*720 files and unplayable 1920*1080 files.
The good news is that the TV is certified to accept "DivX Plus HD" files. So, for £25, I purchased the up to date pack from DivX. Wonderful! All my tests have worked (so far). I can now watch my lousy clips on a big screen.
I assume the media playing capabilities of future TVs will accept even wider ranges of codecs. In the meantime, well done Panasonic and DivX.

[enc]

cool !

dont think our panasonic has USB sockets ...... scuttles off to have a look ......

yes it does

[Marc Peters]

It always seems a minor miracle when things suddenly "just work", doesn't even? Bored this morning, I connected a mobile phone (nokia n to a TV via HDMI. Hey presto, what was on the phone, appeared on the screen. Magic! A fantasic small portable video player!

[Midnight Blue]

As an early up taker of HD Tv's I don't have a USB socket but I do have an Arcos which I've been using for years. It records TV and plays any Divx file I want to put on it.