Archive for Portable Meda Players

Lisse Q10 PMP sports a retro design

Posted in Portable Meda Players by Conner Flynn on October 12th, 2009

Lisse Q10 PMP sports a retro designWe don’t see very many portable media players that feature unique retro designs, but this one sure does. The Lisse Q10 features a 3-inch WQVGA display with a resolution of 400 x 240, memory card support up to 32GB, FM radio, TV out and a voice recorder.

The Lisse Q10 PMP is compatible with the all of the popular file formats including WMV, AVI, ASF, RM, RMVB, MPEG, VOB, MP4, WMA, AAC, WAV, OGG, FLAC and MP3. Aside from retro good looks, the built-in battery will give you up to 20-hours of audio playback and up to 8-hours of video playback.

Newsmy A16HD PMP

Posted in Portable Meda Players by Conner Flynn on September 21st, 2009

Newsmy A16HD PMPAnother Chinese PMP that pumps out 1080 video. Newsmy of China has dropped another portable media player. One that offers 1080i output support. It’s dubbed the A16HD and also features 720p video recording capability through AV-In.

The PMP is powered by the Windows CE 5.0 operating system, sports a 5″ display at 800 x 400 resolution, with support for RM/RMVB, AVI, FLV, MP4, VOB, MOV, 3GP, MPG, DAT or MKV videos and holds 16GB of internal memory. The Newsmy A16HD will retail for $150. We don’t have any word on whether it will journey to the new world or stay where it is.

Teclast T56 PMP does 1080P

Posted in Portable Meda Players by Conner Flynn on September 20th, 2009

Teclast T56 PMP does 1080PIf you want a PMP that outputs 1080p video, you’ve probably noticed that a PMP like that is hard to find. Even the ones that have HD in their name aren’t up to it. Now it looks like China’s Teclast could be the one to get in on the 1080p action first and beat some of the big players.

Well, if the new T56 PMP actually does what it says anyway. The device sports a 5-inch screen that boasts full 1080p output from its HDMI port, or a standard 800 x 600 resolution on the screen itself. No info on storage yet, but the rest of the specs are high-end across the board. Features like built-in GPS, an FM tuner, a memory card slot, and a unibody-type enclosure.

Philips 16GB GoGear Muse PMP

Posted in Portable Meda Players by Conner Flynn on September 9th, 2009

Philips 16GB GoGear Muse PMPPhilips’ GoGear Muse sports a typical glossy body, 16GB of internal storage and a 3-inch display. This one takes the Opus’ place as the company’s top-of-the-line player. It also features support for BMP, GIF, PNG, OGG, APE, Real Video and Real Audio formats, and of course MP3.

According to Philips users can expect up to 25 hours of audio playback on a single charge, while watching video will give you just 5 hours. The device will hit Singapore first for S$349 (or $244). It may or may not show up in North America later.

RAmos T11 RK portable media player

Posted in Portable Meda Players by Conner Flynn on August 7th, 2009

RAmos T11 RK portable media playerRAmos has introduced its latest portable media player, the T11 RK. It’s similar to its predecessor design-wise, but inside you’ll find different specs. This PMP features some impressive interface and touch controls and is powered by the Rockchip RK2806 chipset.

Some other features are a 5″ touchscreen display with 800 x 480 resolution, 8GB of internal memory, 720p TV out, built-in FM radio and support for a whole range of video and audio formats. The RAmos T11 RK portable media player will run you about $102.

Samsung YP-R1 Portable Media Player

Posted in Portable Meda Players by Conner Flynn on July 7th, 2009

Samsung YP-R1 Portable Media PlayerSamsung’s YP-R1 is a smallish and good looking portable media player that will hit South Korea next month. Sadly, we don’t have a price on the device yet. We do have some specs though.

The YP-R1 will have a 2.7″ QVGA touchscreen display with haptic feedback, DNSe 3.0, Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity, dictionary, a voice recorder, TV-out, an integrated FM radio and recording capability. Battery life will give you 25 hours of audio playback, and 5 hours for video.

Sonix7 Media Pro PMP: 20-hours of battery life

Posted in Portable Meda Players by Conner Flynn on May 17th, 2009

Sonix7 Media Pro PMP: 20-hours of battery lifeLooking for a PMP with a long battery life? You might want to check out the Sonix7 Media Pro. The PMP features a 3.2-inch touchscreen display with an impressive 20-hours of video playback on just one charge. But that isn’t the only trick it does.

The player also boasts a camera, MP4, AVI and Xvid support, plus is an eBook reader. The 8GB and 16GB models will cost you £89.99($136) and £104.99($159).

HifiMAN HM-801 PMP

Posted in Portable Meda Players by Conner Flynn on May 13th, 2009

HifiMAN HM-801 PMPThe HifiMAN HM-801 portable media player (PMP) is a different kind of PMP. It combines a Burr-Brown PCM1704 DAC and a OPA627 op-amp in a single modular unit that lets you use your own amplifier if you want. Supposedly sound quality isn’t compromised as it features full support for FLAC and lossless WMA.

Keep in mind that it lacks video support, media-related features and internal storage all together, so make sure you have a ton of SDHC memory cards if you want to use the retro-ly named HifiMAN HM-801.

Energy Sistem 30xx Series PMP with speaker

Posted in Portable Meda Players by Conner Flynn on May 13th, 2009

Energy Sistem 30xx Series PMP with speakerEnergy Sistem has rolled out the new 30xx series PMP with a built-in speaker that will let you experience a rainbow of colors. This gadget features a 1.8-inch LCD, 16GB of storage space, an FM tuner, a built-in mic, and a couple of headphone jacks.

They sport a sport of unique and sporty looking rainbow of colors. The new Energy Sistem 30xx series also supports most of popular audio/video formats including Microsoft’s new PlayFX. The Energy Sistem 30xx Series PMP is priced at $149.

Atree J2 PMP

Posted in Portable Meda Players by Conner Flynn on May 12th, 2009

Atree J2 PMPLike a primitive Terminator, the Atree J2 portable media player from Korea sports a glowing red eye and possible plans of human extinction. The Terminator eye is used to navigate through the system’s menu, sort of like the iPod’s scroll wheel.

All of the popular video and audio file formats are supported, and the J2 features a TFT display at 320 x 240 resolution, 5.1 virtual surround sound mode, integrated FM tuner and a Korean-to-English dictionary. Internal memory will be expanded by a microSD memory card slot.

Cube H100HD PMP with 1080i video Out

Posted in Portable Meda Players by Conner Flynn on April 21st, 2009

Cube H100HD PMP with 1080i video OutOh boy, another portable media player from the land of China. But this one is a tad different. It’s the Cube H100HD, not to be confused with the cube B52HD. The “HD” isn’t a total scam since it does support High Definition output, but not surprisingly it can’t handle full HD.

The Cube H100HD sports a 5″ WVGA display, support for all the popular audio and video formats and 720p and 1080i video via the out port. They threw in an e-book reader just in case you are mildly literate too. Oh and an integrated FM radio.

Cube B52HD HD PMP

Posted in Portable Meda Players by Conner Flynn on April 12th, 2009

Cube B52HD HD PMPThe Cube B52HD is a new HD PMP from Cube that comes with a 5 inch (480 x 272pixel) touchscreen display and lets you enjoy 720p videos when you connect it to an HDTV. Sadly, you won’t be getting HD on its 5 inch screen.

The player supports RM, RMVB, MPEG, AVI, FLV video files and MP3, WMA, WAV, APE, FLAC, OGG audio files. Some other features include an FM tuner, and 8GB of storage space. The Cube B52HD HD PMP is currently available in China for $80.

Lenovo MRT800 touchscreen PMP unveiled

Posted in Portable Meda Players by Conner Flynn on April 5th, 2009

Lenovo MRT800 touchscreen PMP unveiledLenovo is going to launch a new portable media player, the MRT800. The PMP has a 4.3-inch 480×272 LCD touchscreen display. It supports RM/RMVB, AVI, ASF, MP4, FLV video; MP3, WMA, OGG, APE, FLAC, WAV audio as well as JPEG, BMP images.

Other than internal memory, the Lenovo MRT800 also features a microSD card slot and includes an FM tuner and voice recording function. It looks nice, but there’s not much else going on with the device.

Game-800 pocket emulator

Posted in Portable Meda Players by Conner Flynn on March 31st, 2009

Game-800 pocket emulatorThis media player does it all. It will crank out music, videos and pictures, but it’ll also play your favorite old school video games. The device features a 320×240 LCD screen and has a software emulator on board that lets it play NES, Famicom, GameBoy, GameBoy Color and Sega Mega Drive games.

There’s even a text-to-speech eBook reader that can read any TXT file out loud in Chinese or English. Oh and a handy digital camera too, which must be low quality. You’ll get 4GB of onboard storage, which can be expanded up to 8GB total using an SD memory card.

Mintpass’s mintpad almost ready to unleash its minty-ness

Posted in Portable Meda Players by Conner Flynn on March 24th, 2009

Mintpass's mintpad almost ready to unleash its minty-nessThe mintpad may look like a puny PMP, but inside it’s got a scheduler, camera, chat, music player, video player, voice recorder, even a web browser with flash support. It’s finally ready for official export out of South Korea. They’ve already prepared a 64-page full English manual and 20-page product brochure.

Right now they are working on the languages for a number of regions, including the US. That should be finished between April and May. No word on price yet, but it has a $150 price point over there. All indications are that it will leave you feeling minty fresh. We can’t wait to check one out.In the meantime check out a video below.





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