Archives for April, 2008
One of my favorite gadgets was the Mvix 5000U- it was one of Mvix’s first media boxes released a few years ago. The only time it was disconnected was so it could be filled with more media. The interface was crude but it really handled playback well especially the DVD ISO I kept ripping to the internal hard drive. The pain of it was I had to keep running it back and from my living room to my office to keep it hard drive filled with my latest videos.
The Sansa e200 is one of the best selling budget players ever and that shows on the number of loyal users it has. The original firmware is buggy and somewhat limited, so when Rockbox was released on the player many people praised it. Now a new player has joined the game, SansaLinux.
MobiBLU Cubes were popular back in the days and introduced us to tiny mp3 players long before the Zen Stone or Sansa Clip even hit the drawing board. The series has been dead for a while now, so it’s surprising to see that it’s now back in the shape of the Cube3.
Last year Sony introduced the NSC-GC1 Net-Sharing CAM, a pocket-sized camcorder that captures video at up to 640×480-pixels and 30 frames per second. Now, they’ve introduced a high-end version called the Handycam HDR-TG1 that can capture full 1920×1080-pixel high-definition video in AVCHD format, which it records onto MemoryStick Pro Duo flash memory cards. Its $900 price tag left my jaw on the floor, but there are some nifty features included for a camcorder this size and it does include a 4GB Pro Duo Mark2 memory card in that price.
Transcend recently introduced a new addition to its successful line of T.sonic MP3 players – the T.sonic 615. Based on the popular design of Transcend’s best-selling T.sonic 610, the new T.sonic 615 boasts familiar good looks and an extremely lightweight compact design. The T.sonic 615 has a lustrous pearl-white casing and a brilliant dual-color OLED display that is easy to read from any angle, even in broad daylight. As a high capacity (up to 4GB) portable music player, the T.sonic 615 allows for storage of up to 1000 songs, and on a full charge provides 15 hours of seamless music entertainment.
You know MP3 players have reached critical mass when they reached a disposable price of $8.50. The AAA battery powered DN-2000 is a basic no-frills player, no screen and no memory. The player has an SD slot where you can add your own memory up to 1GB.
The Sony NWZ-A820 Walkman MP3 player series offers high-quality music, photo, and video playback, along with built-in Bluetooth audio streaming, EX-style earphones, and phenomenal battery life.
The Sony MDR-AS50G Active Headphones feature an innovative design that spirals down for easy, compact storage, and it helps to ensure a secure fit. The modular cable is ideal for fitness and portable applications. The sound quality is good, and the price is fair.
If you have a cheap generic flash MP3 player with a voice recording feature, you can mod it to accept a standard microphone. Great for lo-fi podcasting. First open it up. Inside you’ll probably find something like this:
During the early days of the iPod, Mac planned to create a bulletproof case for the iPod. I’m not sure if the bulletproof iPod made it’s way to the market or not. Bulletproof iPod? Ever heard of it before?
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