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MSI Digi VOX USB 2.0 HDTV adapter


MSI has recently launched their Digi VOX USB 2.0 HDTV adapter. It allows you to watch and listen to digital TV (HDTV) on your PC or laptop. The adapter is very affordable (at about $120), and has some neat features; time shifting, recording in MPEG-II, DVR capabilities, capture images, and no extra power [...]

Commentary: What happened to the PSP?


When the Sony PSP came out on March 24th there was a lot of hype. I am guilty myself of pre-ordering a value pack and devoting a few hours of that day to the PSP. Everything about the PSP blew away my Nintendo DS. With its large screen, great ergonomics, and simple [...]

Creative Zen Vision portable media player


The Creative Zen Vision is the new player from the audio powerhouse that is Creative. The magnesium alloy player will have a 3.7-inch screen with a resolution of 640×480 pixels and 262 colors. It also features a 30GB hard drive.
It can play audio and video including the following codecs; AVI, MPEG 1/2/4-SP, WMV [...]

Konica Minolta DiMage Z20 Review


You are looking at the new Konica Minolta DiMage Z20. It is a middle of the road camera with an 8x optical zoom, and 5 megapixels.
PCMAG.com found that it was average at best. Their tests revealed some fringing and noise in the shots.
It does not come with a built-in battery, and is a [...]

BestaPro DMP-1 PVP launched


Here is another neat looking PVP from South Korea from a company called BestaPro. It is the DMP-1. Sweet lookin’ player if ya ask me.
Here are some of the features:

CPU Samsung S3C2440
64MB Memory
20GB HDD (kinda small, if ya ask me)
320×240 LCD screen
Li-ion battery
USB 2.0
TV-Out
and more…
The rest of the features can be found here.

Sanyo VPC-C4 digital camcorder review


CNet.com has an in-depth review of the Sanyo VPC-C4 digital camcorder. It turns out that they like the looks; but found that looks aren’t everything. The Sanyo VPC-C4 gets a paltry 4 out of 10 for performance (ouch!).
The overall rating is a 6.4, so if you are going to choose on [...]

MobiNote DVX-POD take two


There is not much to say about this one except that this MobiNote DVX-POD PVP has included DRM capabilities so you download, and play (and pay for) the DivX Video on Demand service.
You can also see that they added in a “build-in speaker”, cool eh? err….maybe not…
Full blurb [dapreview.net]

Archos Gmini-402 announced


You are looking at the newly announced Archos Gmini-402. This little device can handle MPEG4, MP3, WMA, and JPEG, and it has a 20GB drive built-in.
The screen is pretty small at 2.2″, and I personally couldn’t stand watching a movie at that size, but to each his own. It is priced at approx [...]

Sony Photo Vault review


Sony has decided to create a device that is actually convenient, and easy to use! It is the Sony Photo Vault, and it basically takes the images that are stored in a memory card from the digital camera and burns them to a mini CD-R.
The mini CD-R have a capacity of 200MB, [...]

US Modular announces the iScreen Media Fusion PVP


Well, here is another interesting announcement from MobileMag. It turns out that US Modular has announced another one of their PVP’s. This time it is the 100GB iScreen Media Fusion personal video player. It is priced below $500, and can store up to 80 hours of MPEG4 video.
The downside to this device [...]