I’m sure this is old news, but I spotted something interesting in a Samsung brochure I received in the mail last week – quite a few of their newer DVD players support DivX. I’m pretty surprised that a major manufacturer of consumer electronics is supporting a format that has such a chequered history, but kudos to them. For more info, check out the Samsung site. If you are a Samsung DVD player owner, they are offering a firmware upgrade for some of their DVD players which adds DivX support.

On a related note, I see a few of their portable music players (like the Yepp) support Ogg Vorbis.