Go Play AV: Portable Audio, Video, Media and Game Players

Pocket-lint report Mustek have released some interesting new portable DVD players:

Mustek has launched two new portable TV/DVD players in the run up to Christmas. With integrated an DVB-T receiver, the devices can not only playback DVDs and CDs, but digital TV as well.

Sounds like a great idea for the long car trips.

Read complete article: Mustek unveils MP70D and MP80D portable DVD players - Pocket-lint.co.uk

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Engadget report on a stylish new portable DVD player, the Nakamichi Lumos:

If you’ve been looking for a portable DVD player that’s a little more stylish than the usual fare, you may want to head down to your local Nakimichi distributor to check out the company’s new 7-inch Lumos with its “jewel polished, sensuous black frame.” We have to admit that this slot-loading model does look rather sensuous, and is all the more appealing when you find out that it supports both DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW discs, MP3 and photo CDs, and even images and movies straight from your digital camera, thanks to the built-in SD slot.

Read complete article: Nakamichi’s stylin’ Lumos portable DVD player - Engadget

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ubergizmo report on a new portable DVD player, the iLuv i1055, thhat has a unique and special feature:

The iLuv i1055 is able to display video from the iPod or any other DVD player via its 7″ widescreen LCD display. This tablet-style portable media player comes with a special dock for 5G iPods that is located at the back. Not only can it play video, the iLuv i1055 also supports audio CDs and the MP3 format as well.

Acting as both a player and an extended screen, this impressive device is both accessory and player, and could just be the perfect add-on for iPod video users. You can see in this image, the iPod docked snuggly in the back of the i1055. We want one!

Read complete article: iLuv i1055 portable media player

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Mustek have announced an upcoming 10inch portable DVD player, the Mustek MP100, as MobileWhack report:

Mustek today announced that it will be launching its new line up of DVD players for 2006, including the spiffy Mustek MP100 featuring DivX support. It’s a portable little desktop theater with a 10″ 16:9 widescreen swivel LCD.

The MP100 plays DVDs, CD/R/RW, MPEG4, MP3 for audio and comes with integrated image viewer. While USB 2.0 compatibility is not clear, it features an MMC/SD card reader, which means you can quickly preview songs/photos from several portable devices that use these cards.

The MP100 also offers anti-shock protection - very useful of course - and progressive scan for some very neat image quality. The battery life is supposed to be pretty good, and it can be recharged quite easily.

Read complete article: Mustek MP100 Portable DVD Player : MobileWhack.com

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Gizmodo give a quick opinion on the Coby TF-DVD7050 portable DVD player plus a coupole of other Coby players

It’s not exactly Sony, but if you’re looking for something portable, here’s Coby’s recent offerings. The TF-DVD7050 is a tablet-style portable DVD with a nifty little 7-inch screen. Comes with a headrest mounting bag, headphones, car adapter, rechargeable battery, a retractable stand for desktop viewing and a remote control ($149.99).

Read source article: Coby MP3 Player and Portable DVD - Gizmodo

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“COBY TF-DVD7050 7″ TFT Portable Tablet-Style DVD Player” (Coby)

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Engadget report on a new style portable DVD player, the jWin JD-VD736:

We’ve never heard of electronics manufacturer jWin before, but that isn’t stopping them from trying to earn a place in our travel bag with their budget-minded JD-VD736 3.6-inch portable DVD player. Kind of a small screen, we realize, but we’ve been known to watch 2-hour American Idol specials on our Treo 600’s smaller, low-res screen, so the progressive scan jWin certainly wouldn’t be untenable. Throw in MP3 CD playback, an SD/MMC slot for pics and tunes, credit card remote, and that flip-less monoblock form factor we’ve been seeing more of these days, and you’ve got a nice set of specs for $220.

This one’s a bit different, seemingly aimed more at the single-viewer market - like most current hard disk based portable video players. It’s not one you can set up in the car for the kids to watch. But if you’ve got the money get ‘em one each!

Read source article: jWin JD-VD736 3.6-inch portable DVD/MP3 player - Engadget - www.engadget.com

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“Jwin JD-VD736 Portable 3.6″ DVD Player” (JWIN)

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MobileWhack alert us to a new portable DVD player from Toshiba.

Toshiba Japan has announced the introduction of the new SP-P2800 portable DVD player - a truly decked out DVD player. The player has a display capable of 800 x 480 resolutions and a viewing angle of 170 degrees all around.

The SP-P2800 supports DVD-Video, and DVD-R/RW in VR mode. You’ll also be able to play back MP3, DivX, and WMA files stored on CD/CDRW discs. The device includes a 14 bit/108MHz video DAC for high quality picture conversions.

One final tidbit - the SP-P2800 has a built in 4 in 1 card reader (supporting SD< MMC, Memory Stick, and XD picture cards). MP3, WMA, JPEG, and DivX files can be played back directly from these memory cards onto the player. There’s also tuners for television, CATV, and FM Radio.

It’s that last paragraph that is most interesting. Will we see a merger of devices so that portable DVD players will also sport hard disks? This suits us fine as sometimes you don’t have the time to rip a DVD to watch on a HDD based player. But you’d still have the ability to load the player up with the kid’s favorite movies for that long road trip.

Read source article: Toshiba SD-P2800 Portable DVD player : MobileWhack.com

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With video enabled iPods and other media-less portable video players dominating the news lately, cNet has squeezed in a review of a portable DVD player, the Initial IDM-1731 (someone gets paid to come up with these names…), although they have seen better, giving this one only a 6/10

The good: Low price; crisp picture; long battery life; S-Video output; compact and light; plenty of volume through headphones; car adapter included.

The bad: Awkward battery charging and connection; long battery-charge time; no separate contrast control; remote necessary for many basic functions.

The bottom line: The Initial IDM-1731 portable DVD player offers a budget price and a decent-looking picture, making it a solid choice.

For us, the portable DVD player is still a very useful device, one because they have large screens and two, you don’t have to spend any time uploading your movies so can be more reactive in what you watch. There’s life on the old portable DVD player yet. Our own experience are they are a godsend for long car trips, and can prevent car sickness.

Read source article: Initial IDM-1731 Reviews. Portable DVD Players Reviews by CNET.

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“Initial IDM-1731 Portable DVD Player with 7″ LCD” (Initial Technology)

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I4U News reports the availability of the interestingly designed Axion DVDMan AXN-6042 Portable DVD Player

Axion offers a very compact portable DVD player with the Axon DVDMan AXN-6042.

The AXN-6042 features a 4.2 inch TFT screen with a resolution of 320×234 pixels. This portable DVD player resembles a portable CD player. This portable player can also play music CDs.
Other features include: stereo speakers, dual headphone jack, car and home power adaptors and Axion extension port.
Via the Axi-port a Sega gaming joystick and a TV Tuner can be connected.

Source: I4U News - Axion Offers The DVDMan AXN-6042 Portable DVD Player
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“Axion AXN-6042 4.2″ Wide Screen TFT LVD DVDman Player” (AXION)

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