This would be an interesting turn of events, but looking back at that AVForum
post from earlier this week we noticed -- thanks Megazone -- that the
new Samsung HDTVs featuring Internet@Tv Widgets will also include support for just about every video codec we've heard of (full list after the jump). So while some people might be clamoring for widgets on their TV -- we're not -- others just want an easy to playback 1080p MKV files with h.264 inside. Of course this isn't official or anything, but we'll be waiting -- with our hopes up -- until the Samsung press event tomorrow at 5PM EST.
[Via
GizmoLovers]Containers
- MKV
- WMV
- VOB
- AVI
- TS
- 3GP
- MPG
- ASF
Codecs
- XviD
- DivX 3.11/4.x/5.1/6.0/
- H.264 BP/MP/HP
- MPEG-1
- MPEG-2
- MPEG-4 SP/ASP
- Motion JPEG
- Windows Media Video V9
- VC1
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
gamedude360 @ Jan 6th 2009 7:34PM
come on guys, while at ces please ask samsung if they are giving up dlp or not. i am hoping for a new led dlp tv (72 inch one would be awesome)
cypherstream @ Jan 6th 2009 7:45PM
I'd like to see all TV's have advanced codec support. Not only for playback of your own media via USB stick/hard drive or Ethernet, but also paired with Tru2Way so cable operators can move to more efficient MPEG4 encoding for more HD content. Come on DirecTV and Dish Network migrated to MPEG4, when's the rest of the world going to follow?
This announcement is good news. Can't wait to hear more tomorrow.
EatingPie @ Jan 6th 2009 8:12PM
Great to see this kind of thing. The hard part, however, is how to get your movie to your TV.
The PS3 supports many of these codecs now, including 60hz, 50hz (European encodes at 25fps) and 24fps. Sony needs to get off their butts and advertise this more thoroughly. If Samsung gets props, the PS3 would too.
More to the point, though, the PS3 only supports FAT32 on external drives. Meaning 4GB limit (there is a workaround for playing > 4GB, which is almost everything in HD, but c'mon, lame). The best way to get video to the PS3 is via UPNP streaming, though that requires Ethernet.
So while these codecs are great, getting said codec to the device is the hardest part.
-Pie
CogX @ Jan 6th 2009 9:07PM
> So while these codecs are great, getting said codec to the device is the hardest part.
True enough, so that's what makes a NMT, like a Popcorn Hour A-110, so useful.
S4Rs @ Jan 7th 2009 9:32AM
Samsung TV's already have an ethernet connection in them.
I thought MTS and M2TS were the same thing, you could just change the extension and it would play?
New Samsung TV's to support bluray quality video, with 2 channel audio out of its internal speakers. YAY, NOT! Its nice to see more things support MKV. I want that container to go mainstream. Come on windows 7. Support it out of the box.
EatingPie @ Jan 7th 2009 3:52PM
There's a 8 byte difference per packet between TS and M2TS, so it's more than just changing the extension.
The PS3 also needs support for mkv. That's their one missing container.
-Pie
Jaxim @ Jan 6th 2009 10:38PM
I hope the new Samsung TVs also support AVCHD video files with the "MTS" file extension.
I know they already support AVCHD video files with the "M2TS" file extension but it would also be nice if they supported the other AVCHD video file. Both file extensions are valid AVCHD file extensions.
Julius @ Jan 6th 2009 10:45PM
Anyone forget .mov? That one is pretty popular...
a ham sandwich @ Jan 7th 2009 12:22AM
so.....firmware updates for us 9 series owners? :P
jay @ Jan 11th 2009 2:43AM
yeah codec UPDATE for 9 series owners !!!!
numerwan @ Jan 7th 2009 9:53AM
WOAAHH!!! that is insane! ugh, i wish new bluray players could do this as well... Or even my dang xbox without having any third party software... Kudos to you samsung... that is a geek's dream...