Sharp’s Aquos LE820 Quattron HDTVs Getting DivX HD

April 7, 2010 By Geoff Duncan

Sharp's new Aquos LE820 four-color "Quattron" HDTVs will be able to play back DivX HD files...so long as you pop them in via USB.

Sharp’s latest “Quattron” LCD HDTVs have attracted some attention via advertisements featuring an astonished George Takei (Star Trek’s Mr. Sulu) gazing upon the red-green-blue-and-yellow four-color output of the displays. Now fans of high-definition digital video will have another reason to be astonished: the Aquos LE820 line will also feature support for DivX HD playback. Users will be able to load their DixV HD files—which support resolutions up to 1080p—onto a USB flash drive and pop it into the front panel of the LE820 televisions.

“Sharp is highly regarded for providing innovative and stylish TVs,” said DivX Inc. CEO Kevin Hell, in a statement. “We are excited to grow our relationship with them and take consumers’ viewing experiences to a whole new level.”

Although a growing variety of home video devices support DixV encoding, DivX HD provides for a clearer experience on big-screen high-definition televisions. According to Sharp, a typical 8 GB USB flash drive will be able to hold two DivX HD films.

Some Sharp-watchers are disappointed the LE820s won’t be offering the embedded content service that Sharp was showing off in January at CES; nonetheless, support for DivX HD may give the sets a competitive edge for some media fans.

The Aquos LE820 sets are now available in Europe; no word yet on U.S. release dates or pricing.

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John B at 11:39am 14th September 2010 I bought it of their website www.hsti.com I saw their product at the CES show in LAs Vegas last January. Their product allows the TV to see files shared through standard windows or mac shares and streams the file to the tv for playback. It works quite nicely. When I dont have connected to my TV I plug it in to my digital picture frame and stream my pics from my compouter to it. John
Kent Anderson at 11:05am 14th September 2010 Hey John, Do you know where I can get my hands on the Wireless Media Stick? thanks Kent
John B at 10:24am 14th September 2010 This TV is AMAZING!!!!!!!! The color is superb and very close to 3d without the 3d..... One this though, I use my Wireless Media Stick made by a compnay called HSTi to stream my DIVX HD movies directly to the USB port from my computer making this TV a wireless enabled TV. This TV is now PERFECT!!!! amazing experince... Thumbs up wayyyyyy up.