Panasonic has decided to release the Panasonic MW-10 in the US market. The gadget combines several components into one sleek system, making it the ultimate multimedia solution for office, bedroom, or living room. The MW-10 features an integrated CD player, an FM/AM radio tuner with 45-station (30-FM/15-AM) preset memory, a universal dock for iPod, a 9-inch WVGA LCD display, and a 4GB storage space that is expandable via an SD memory card slot. In addition, its speaker is constructed with low-density bamboo cones to achieve pure sound and crisp dialogue. The Panasonic MW-10 will be available in December 2009 with a suggested retail price of $299.95 a pop. [Press Release]
The Western Digital WD TV Live Media Player is now available for purchase via Best Buy. Priced at $119, the gadget supports most of famous multimedia file formats, and features Dolby Digital and DTS decoders, HDMI out, and an Ethernet jack for DLNA streaming. You can also connect this media player to your computer via the USB 2.0 port to view videos, photos or listen to music from popular Internet sites, such as YouTube, Flickr and Pandora on your HDTV. [Engadget]
Still remember the Asus O!Play HDP-R1 media player hat we mentioned back in July? Asus today announced the availability of this gadget in the US market. Priced at $99.99 each, this media player is compatible with a wide variety of codecs with 1080p resolution including MPEG1/2/4, H.264, VC-1, and RM/RMVB. The Asus O!Play HDP-R1 also has eSATA and Ethernet ports. [Engadget]
QNAP Systems has finally released the QNAP NMP-1000 networked media player that was debuted at 2009 CeBIT. The device supports BitTorrent Server, FTP Server, remote web browser access, and DLNA compliant. The QNAP NMP-1000 can function as an external USB or eSATA drive to your PC. The gadget supports most of famous multimedia file formats including XVID, H.264, H.263, WMV9, VC1, AVI, MPEG/MPG, MKV, FLAC, WAV, WMA, AAC, PCM, AC3, and OGG. Pricing info is still unavailable so far. Video after the jump. More
Korean Giant Samsung Electronics will launch the YP-M1 Portable Media Player. Available in black and white, this music player features a 3.3-inch wide AMOLED touchscreen with an nVidia Tegra chipset for HD video playback, Samsung’s DNSe 3.0 technology, T-DMB, an FM radio, a dictionary function and a stereo speaker. The gadget also supports also features most of famous multimedia formats including MPEG4, XviD, H.264, MP3, and WMV. Measuring 9.9-mm thick, the 8GB Samsung YP-M1 is priced at 299,000 Won or around $252. The company will also release a 16GB and a 32GB models in the near future. [Korea Times via iPod and MP3 Players]
by Johan on September 13, 2009
The Xtreamer player is the cheapest way to play and stream HD (MKV H.264) movies or user-generated videos, listen to high-quality digital music and show high-resolution picture slideshows on your TV. The gadget supports composite video/audio cables, USB port, and 802.11n Wi-Fi. Each purchase also comes with a remote control to navigate through your entertainment choices. You can buy the Xtreamer media player streamer for only £99 ($165). [Xtreamer]
Chinese manufacturer Spark has rolled out a new hard drive media player that looks like a huge egg. Dubbed as the VTube, the gadget has a 2.5-inch hard drive and plays most of video files including DAT, MPG, VOB, TS, AVI, DIVX and XVID. Measuring 212mm x 150mm x 56mm, the VTube also has a USB2.0 port, an AV port, a HDMI port, and Wi-Fi connectivity. The VTube HD hard drive media player is priced at 899 Yuan or equal to $132. [PCOnline]
Ainol will release the V8000HD portable media player that will be available in three models including the V8000HDG (Jetfire) with a 5-inch 800×480 touchscreen, the V8000HDB (Defcon) with a 4.3-inch 480×272 display and the V8000HDA (Metorplex) that gets a 4.3-inch 800×480 touchscreen display. All of these media players support for H.264 (MPEG4-AVC) decoding and playback of MKV, MOV, PMP, MP4 video files. Other features include an HDMI output and a USB connectivity. [itechnews via iPod and MP3 Players]
Creative has officially released their new Zii Egg touchscreen media device. The gadget is capable of outputting video in 1080p and 1080p HDTVs via HD cable. Measuring 115mm x 62mm x 12mm and weighing 108grams, the Zii Egg features a 3.5-inch 320×480 true-color display with up to 32GB internal plus SDHC slot (supports up to 32GB of external SDHC Card), X-Fi audio processing, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, 3-axis accelerometer, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, GPS receiver, a 32MB NOR (Linux Kernel Boot ROM), a 256MB Mobile DDR RAM, and dual cameras (forward facing HD camera and rear facing VGA camera). More
Our friends at Engadget Spanish have a new toy in their office. Asus has sent them the ASUS O!Play HDP-R1 media player. The gadget supports an HD video playback in a wide variety of codecs, including MPEG1/2/4, H.264, VC-1, and RM/RMVB. Unfortunately, there is no info on pricing or release date in the US. Asus will release this HD media player in Taiwan for around $169. See more pictures after the jump. More
