Category: Personal video players
Mustek introduces 40GB PVR-H240 Plus media player
Mustek has launched a new media player – the 40GB PVR-H240 Plus.
I-Fighting's FT4021 PMP looks just like the iPhone
If LG’s Chocolate mobile spawned a wave of imitators in the Far East, I shudder to think how many gadgets are going to nick iPhone’s styling in the coming months. Early out of the blocks is Chinese firm I-Fighting’s FT4021 personal media player.
How Zune music sharing SHOULD work
Stuart Dredge writes…
The killer app of Microsoft Zune was supposed to be its built-in Wi-Fi capabilities, which would let you merrily share music with other Zune owners, without fear of a big fat lawsuit from the music industry. And since iPod couldn’t do it, the feature seemed set to give Zune a real chance at toppling Apple’s market-dominating MP3 player.
Real announces UK availability of new RealPlayer for download
We previewed the new RealPlayer a few weeks back – and if you liked what you read, you’ll be pleased to know that the media player is now available for download for free in the UK.
Ocean Blue calls for a single PVR standard
Ocean Blue Software has called for a single standard for digital TV recorders (PVRs). Managing Director of Ocean Blue said that the introduction of Freeview Playback has been a step in the right direction, but that most PVRs contain proprietary software due to a lack of industry standard guidelines.
Ocean Blue would like to see a single brand across satellite, cable, and even IPTV broadcasts. Their Voyager software system is already the standard mandated middleware solution for Freeview digital TV receivers, while Sunrise is a DVB compliant suite of software that can receive analogue and digital video and audio, with Surfsoft being a Freeview Playback standard.
Could Ocean Blue be suggesting that they would offer the best software standard?
iRiver unveils W10 PMP with Wi-Fi and VoIP
iRiver is sticking everything bar the kitchen sink into its personal media players nowadays, and its new W10 PMP is no exception. There’s not much information on its specs, other than the fact that it supports VoIP and a location-based Wi-Fi technology called WPS.
Get your Halo 3 Zune now (if you're in the US)
Oh woe. Woe! Us Brits can’t buy a Zune yet, and it’s still unclear whether we’ll be able to this side of Christmas. For those of us who think Microsoft’s personal media player could – eventually – provide some much-needed competition for Apple’s iPod, the ongoing delay in bringing Zune across the Atlantic is frustrating.
Archos unveils three Generation 5 PMPs which play YouTube videos
Archos has unveiled its new line of personal media players, dubbed Generation 5. It includes three new PMPs, the 405, 605 and 705, which for the first time will support Flash-based video from YouTube and other online video-sharing sites.
Microsoft Zune gets a US price cut
Us Europeans haven’t even got our hands on Microsoft’s Zune player yet, and Americans are already getting money off the thing. Bah.
Sony launches DVP-FX850 Portable DVD player
It seems like something of a backward step for Sony to be producing portable DVD players. But we all have large collections of discs, so why not? And the DVP-FX850 certainly does it with a bit of style.
