H.264/MPEG-4 AVC standalone player

[pirecrompir]

Any news on the current and (near) future availability of such players?

Thanks,

Gregor

[mitsubishi]

There's a few things floating about, a lot of the new Hard Drive players seem to support AVC, I don't think high profile or HD though.

The linksys Kiss 1600 looks interesting, slated for June 1st.

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/3349119/Kiss-1600-High-Definition-Media-Player/Product.html
http://www-uk.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=UK%2FLayout&cid=1172713255586&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=5558660635B01

Don't know what it supports AVC wise though.

[bond]

every bluray/hddvd player supports avc

[PlazzTT]

What kind of containers are supported for AVC content?

Is there any talk of Matroska support in a standalone?

[Zero1]

KiSS 1600 is supposed to support HP@L4; but we shall see when it arrives.

As for MKV support, no company seems to want to touch it; so it's MP4 for now.

[pirecrompir]

Two of the best options at the moment seem to be the Dvico TViX HD M-5100SH and M-4100SH:

http://www.tvix.co.kr/Eng/products/5100sh.aspx and

http://www.tvix.co.kr/Eng/products/4100sh.aspx

which are already available and you can find (a very favourable) review here:

http://www.mpcclub.com/banner_log.php?id=5040

As for the Kiss 1600, the (p)reviews on the net are far from excellent, eg:

http://www.mpcclub.com/banner_log.php?id=5038

Are there any other networked, h.264 capable players around?

Cheers

[HookedOnTV]

Netgear AV8000

[b_squared]

The Playstation 3, of course! :cool: