Digital Media Player

ViewSonic today announced a new palm-sized media player, the VPD400 MovieBook. It features a 4.3-inch high-resolution screen, 8GB of internal memory, an extendable Micro SD storage slot and features a battery life of up to 12 hours of audio and up to six hours of video.

The VPD400 MovieBook plays HD movies and video (with optional subtitles), as well as lets you share photo albums, read digital books, record voice memos, and of course, listen to music. It supports the following video and audio formats: AVI, MKV, FLV, MPG, MOV, MPG, VOB, RM/RMVB and H.264 for video and MP3, WMA, WAV, FLAC and DTS/AC3 for audio.

The ViewSonic VPD400 MovieBook is available today for $129.99.Read more

ViewSonic this week announced the new VMP70 media player box, a new device that makes viewing Full HD 1080p multimedia easy. Simply insert a USB or external hard drive into the player and watch HD movies and TV shows on your television. You can view photos and listen to music as well. It also includes an S/PDIF port for surround sound connectivity, HDMI cable and a remote control. Sound expensive? It's not. It is available now for under $100.

The VMP70 weighs less than one pound and supports more video and audio formats than any media player available today, including MPEG1/2/4, Divx/Xvid, MKV, H.264, VC-1, WMV9, RM/RMVB, DTS, Dolby Digital, WMA, MP3, FLAC, OGG and MKA to name a few. Connectivity options include HDMI, Component, composite, S/PDIF and duo USB drive slots.

The VMP70 is now available for an MSRP of $129.99 with a promotional holiday price of $98.99.

Microsoft announced this week that the Zune HD media player is now available for pre-order and will be in stores on September 15th.

The new media player includes multi-touch navigation, 16:9 OLED display, integrated HD Radio receiver, HD video output capabilities, built-in Wi-Fi and web browser, as well as a touchscreen QWERTY keyboard.

The Zune HD will be available in 16GB and 32GB. Pre-orders are available now at Amazon.com, Best Buy, Walmart, and Microsoft. The 16GB will sell for $219.99, the 32GB, $289.99.

MvixUSA has announced the worldwide launch of the Mvix Ultio, a Hard-Disk Based media center capable of HD digital media playback with video output as high as 1080p and support for the largest array of AV formats and codecs ever by any media player.

Ultio's high-end video processing doesn't just play Blu-Ray quality video, it allows you to store entire Hi-Definition media on its internal hard drive, plug it into a TV via a HDMI and enjoy movies, digital music and family photos on large LCD or Plasma. The flexibility and scalability of Ultio makes it easy to play HD movies or home videos. Ultio supports most 1080p HD video codecs, and formats such as H.264, MKV, Dixv HD, MOV, VC-1, FLV, etc. It is also capable of playing unique formats such as AVC-HD and FLAC!Read more

NETGEAR's new Digital Entertainer Elite (EVA9150) is a new digital media player that lets you stream your digital content (video, MP3s, photos, recorded TV shows) over your home network to your HDTV. And with its 500GB hard drive, the Digital Entertainer Elite is the largest capacity home video jukebox currently on the market.

The Digital Entertainer Elite works with Windows, Mac and Linux computers, and Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. It features two USB ports so you can access your content from a USB flash drive, digital camera, iPod or other USB storage device. The Digital Entertainer Elite also doesn't require a UPNP server running on your machine. Searching is done directly on the device, so you can navigate content on multiple PCs (and devices) at the same time. To make it even easier, the Digital Entertainer Elite automatically finds all digital media files on your home network and organizes them into a library.

Jumping on the "green" bandwagon, the Digital Entertainer Elite is environmentally friendly with features such as an energy-efficient power supply and auto-sleep mode which uses as little as .01 watts.Read more