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November 30, 2004
iMUON Small 20GB Portable Video Player
Korean iMUON offers a portable video player with 20GB and a 2.2 inch color screen.
This PVP feautures a similar form factor as the iRiver H320 music player.
Supported video formats are MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, DivX 3.X, DivX 4.X, DivX 5.X, VOB. Also supported are JPEG Images and MP3 music.
The screen has a resolution of 320x240 (QVGA). Video play-back runs for 5 hours and music play-back for 10 hours on a single battery charge. The iMUON comes with two remote controls. One wired known from MP3 Players and one wireless, like a small TV remote. The iMUON measures 110.5 x 64 x 23mm and weighs 203g.
When and if this interesting PVP will enter US or european markets is not clear.
More details on iMUON product page and more photos on CDKorea's Discussion Board.
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November 29, 2004
New 7 Inch PVP from Hauppauge - pMVP
Hauppauge known for its TV PC cards launched a portable video player with 7 inch screen in Germany. It sells for 599 Euros. Well regular PVP4U visitors will immediatly see that the Hauppauge pMVP looks very similar to the MobiNote DVX-POD 7010. The only difference are the two black lines on each side. The rest of the PVP looks the same. Also the specification is the same.
So I think it is save to say Hauppauge OEMed the DVX-Pod from MobiNote.
More details in Hauppauge Press-Release (German) (via Heise.de).
We ranked the best PVPs on the market on BestPVPs.com.
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November 26, 2004
New JoyCoder PV395 20GB Portable Video Player
We reported in July about the JoyCoder PV-330. Taiwanese EECS offers now an new improved 20GB personal video player, the PV395.
The JoyCoder PV395 features a 20GB Hard-drive and a SD-Card slot. This PVP has the standard 3.5 inch screen. It plays back AVI and MPEG. Interesting to mention are built-in speakers. Data is transferred with a USB 2.0 interface. The Joycoder runs an embedded RealOne player. It can also directly record Video and Audio from external sources. The Joycoder PV395 measures 127(w) x 76(h) x 22(t) mm and weighs 220g. As accessory a SD-Card Mini-Camera is available. A UK site offers the JoyCoder PV395 for £299.99 (~$565).
More details on EECS JoyCoder PV395 product page. (Thanks John).
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November 20, 2004
NHJ MPM-201 30GB Portable Video Player on Sale
The 30GB portable video player from NHJ, the MPM-201 is on sale at Amazon.com (via Target).
The NHJ MPM series features a 3.5" LCD screen with 480x234 pixels, USB 2.0 and a TV tuner in the cradle stand. It also comes with a remote. The unit measures 140.4(L) x 30.5(H) x 80.4(W)mm and weighs 288.6g without battery. The NHJ MPM-201 features a 30GB and the MPM-202 a 60GB hard-drive.
Amazon.com sells the NHJ MPM-201 for $449.00.
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November 18, 2004
PuMP iStation using Sigma Designs Chips
Sigma Designs announces in a press-release that Korean Digital Cube is launching their PuMP iStation 1000 PMP-1000.
The 20GB Portable Multimedia player features a 3.5" screen with 320x240pixels. The PVP supports Supports DivX, Xvid, MPEG1(VCD), MPEG2(DVD), MPEG4 (ASF, WMV), JPEG and BMP. On the audio side it supports also everything under the sun with MP3, WMA, OGG, AC3 and AAC.
The PuMP iStation measures 123.0x76.8x21.5mm and weighs 246g. More details in Sigma Designs Press-Release and on Digital Cube. (Korean)
Sigma Designs also recently announced that the TViX from Dvico is also using their chip-set.
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Tight Systems sells MobiNote DVX-Pod 7010 instead of TAZ I
Today I received the newsletter of Tight Systems the startup that works on a portable media player dubbed TAZ I. Well the product is delayed, because Tight Systems is not able to get financing. To raise funds Tight Systems is now selling selected consumer electronics. Right now they offer two. One of them is the cool 7" portable media player MobiNote DVX-POD 7010.
We reported about Ama Technology selling the MobiNote DVX-POD for $599 in the US. Tight Systems is the second store offering this PVP. Tight Systems offers their newsletter subscribers a "secret store" link that offers the DVX-POD 7010 for only $549 including shipping. Not a bad deal and you help a struggling start-up.
There is though some confusion in the TAZ I fan community with this move. They were waiting for the TAZ I all this time and now they can drop their money on a different portable video player. And in case the TAZ I really makes it on the market, what should they do then?
More details on Tight Systems store.
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November 8, 2004
The Best PVPs
We launched a Portable Video Player Ranking and Shopping Site called BestPVPs.
Portable Video Players also called PVPs, Portable Media Centers, PMCs or PMPs are fairly new. The second generation of those gadgets is on the market right now. There are lots of PVP announcements, especially from asian OEMs, but when it comes down to actually wanting to buy one, the selection is actually limited. BestPVPs will scan the market to list here the most interesting Portable Video Players that are actually available for purchase from somewhere.
Take a look what we currently have featured on BestPVPs. If you think a interesting Portable Video Player is missing (must be available for purchase somewhere please email us.