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As we reported... Consumers seeking to upgrade their DVD players or add a DVD player to another room should obviously consider 1080p upconverting players so they aren’t purchasing something that is already obsolete to their current or future TV. The Pioneer DV-400V has an HDMI output with video upscaling to 1080p. The DV-400V also has a USB port to transfer audio, video, and photos via the player onto your TV.

The DV-300V and DV-400V DVD players offer multiple media formats including: DVD-R/RW, +R/RW, CD-R/RW, SVCD and VCD. As the popularity of digital media hits an all-time high, both players offer compatibility for WMA and MP3 compressed audio files as well as JPEG files with PhotoViewer. With official DivX certification, both players offer outstanding audio and video playback of DivX media files. Both players use a 108MHz/12-bit video digital to analog converter (DAC) to display a clearer, more accurate picture of all video content.

The Pioneer DV-300V is also available in silver and will be available in April 2007 for a suggested price of $69. A silver version of the Pioneer DV-400V will also be made available for shipping in May 2007 at a suggested price of $99.

AOL, 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros. have teamed up to offer consumers downloadable movies through the AOL Video portal. These new partnerships build on AOLs current 17 video partnerships and 45 on-demand channels that AOL Video announced in July. The AOL Video portal is a one-stop destination to find, watch and share millions of free streaming and pay-to-download video content from broadcast and cable television, and movies.

Through AOL Video, popular movie titles - from recent DVD releases to a large selection of movies representing all genres will be available for purchase and download with prices ranging from $9.99 to $19.99 per movie. Once downloaded, movies can be viewed offline as well as on other PCs and compatible portable devices.

As part of AOL Video’s ongoing expansion of its video-on-demand line up, television content from Fox and Sony Pictures will be easily accessible through the AOL Video portal’s online interactive programming guide (IPG). The AOL Video IPG brings together free and download-to-own video content and organizes it into more than 50 video-on-demand channels. Additional AOL Video on-demand channels will launch in the coming months.

AOL Video will feature Fox and Sony content, for paid download within five new on-demand channels: Fox, Fox Classic Television, FX, Speed, Fuel TV, AXN, and FunnyBone.

PodZinger announced that users can now use its search capabilities to find the video podcasts on the web. This new video search is the only available site that allows users to search each and every spoken word of video segments.

Users now can search the ever-expanding world of video content.  In the universe of searchable podcasts and vodcasts, the categories of information range from sports and science to art and the absurd.  Harry Potter fans can find the latest news and reviews on their favorite student wizard, while snowboarders can seek fellow enthusiasts, and brides-to-be can find wedding information.  With PodZinger, users can also find their favorite independent video podcasts—or vodcasts—such as Rocketboom, Homestarrunner and Ask a Ninja. Advertisers will also find a new, more-targeted method for reaching consumers who use keyword-specific searches to find relevant content.

Via Press release