Specifications

sports car and expecting them to achieve the full potential of
what the vehicle has to offer.
There are many small items that need improvements in the
video section and some options are far but complete (ISO,
WMA Lossless Audio, embedded subtitles and the issue of
breaking words in the subs onto different lines. Along with the
limits in both Step Frame and Slow playback, poor music
section, picture section, and so on… and so on…)
Never the less, the performance and stability of the TVIX
player is the best seen to date but we did catch it rebooting or
locking up once in a while. Several annoying issues and
limitations have been lifted, the whole experience has shifted
to a more “modern” interface albeit being just a spruce up of
the original icons , we do still have confidence enough
believing DViCo is one of the few companies that will continue
to seriously build better firmware but…
DViCo have been promising things to add which to date are not
found in the older units firmware updates (which incidentally
have drawn to a complete halt) and today are not to be found
in the new model either! So it remains classified as „talking
shop‟ which DViCo can ill afford to do, especially with the
growing market in media players. The poor music and poor
picture section are a killer for anyone looking for a true „media
player‟ beyond a unit to play „video‟ content as that‟s what the
TViX can only convince us of at present: A video player. Can
you really justify its high price just for video playback? And
what about not even using gold plated connectors at these
price levels?
A word of advice here would be not to repeat the silence as
with the M-4100 and M-5100 models at present. We feel
DViCo has been disappointing in the last couple of months not
bringing anything new in firmware updates. While serious
issues exist in playback and stability which has cost the
4100/5100 its popular name and crown, we can however
understand a lot of attention has gone towards bringing this
new model to market, which may have taken precedence over
the development of the previous models firmware updates. My
fears are in that DViCo is becoming a „bigger‟ brand and
believes that it no longer needs to fight for its position in the
market place, but let‟s make no mistake: There are half priced
players doing the same and more than DViCo M6500a unit and
not delivering fast upon things that make the TVIX range more
complete and make it a leader again, will cost the brand its
advantage and name.
Further, It‟s time for DViCo to address and change the design
of its future models, as seeing the same model pop up every
time is getting dull, it is not enough to just pop on an
aluminum front panel and not drop the price as it obviously
saves money on not having to change production lines all the
time. The same size could be maintained in an oval design for
all I care, as long as it is different and attractive.
I am unaware that anything about the music or picture section
has been improved at all. After all this time it is expected and
greatly needed. In the end, for video, despite some missing
items and unfinished options that sometimes work only half,
DViCo delivers a decent video player and will probably
concentrate on tuning that section mainly in future firmware
updates. As can be seen from the review, „ A FEW DREAMS
HAVE NOT COME TRUE.‟
Now the most important question you all want to see
answered. Would I buy the TViX M-6500A as it is today? I think
I would but not only for what the player can do today. DViCo
has been building up respect for a long time and has a little dip
at the moment. If they crawl out of their caves again, the M-
6500A has a tremendous potential to be the leader of the pack
again but it will take time and hard work as the competition is
currently offering more at a reduced price, be it, these come
with less convenience in use…
Extra Note:
DViCo has pushed itself hard to release a firmware including
embedded subtitles, picture rotation and picture transitions
before the release of this review and the dispatch of units to
consumers. Hellas, it did not make the deadline but was very
close so another update containing these should be expected
shortly.
If it would have been included at this time, we would come to
a different conclusion in the end stating the TVIX does most
what we expected. These missing items however today force
us to exclude these from our conclusion.
This review will be edited once these are added and properly
tested.