Video player is good, native DivX still to come

Video files can be accessed only from the Albums' subfolder as there is no separate icon for the video player in the main menu. The video files can also be viewed as a grid or filmstrip, and can be shared via Gmail, HTC mail, Messages or YouTube.

Video library • available options

The video player on the HTC Desire has seen some minor visual changes, but is still quite basic. You may opt for full screen mode, where the original clip is stretched / cropped to fit the screen.

Quite contrary to initial rumor, the player is capable of only playing 3GP and MP4 videos, which means that you will have to convert most your videos for watching on the go HTC Desire.

Playing video files from the Gallery

All of the MP4 files we tried on the Desire played super smooth without dropped frames or sound lags. We tested videos of up to 640x360 pixel resolution at 30fps and they ran trouble-free.

There is already a player in the Android market that supports DivX and XviD videos. The yxflash player handled well much of the files (trailers and sample videos) we threw at it although anything above VGA resolution was obviously too much for the hardware. We also tried a standard XviD TV-ripped show (624x352@24fps, 350MB) with and without subtitles, but in either cases there were annoying lags to ruin the experience. The bad news continues with that you only get the trial version for free and after it expires you need to pay 9.9 US dollars for the full app.

Just don’t give up on the native player yet. HTC promised to release a firmware update soon, bringing DivX support and 720p video encoding. We’re certainly looking forward.

리뷰 마지막에 다음 펌웨어에서 Divx, 720p 지원한다는 약속을 했다는데 사실이겠지요?? 기대됩니다. ^^