In a guest article for Pocketables.net, Ben L. has written how the ZuneHD doesn’t quite live up to its “HD” buzz word.
The first gripe Ben L. has can be said of a number of ‘HD’ players, i.e. player itself can’t display HD content due to its 480×272 screen which is 14% of the lowest HD [...]

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Having a wealth of video in your pocket for commuting or travel is one thing and we all know today’s screens are more than capable of satisfying every time.
When you take those videos inside and delve into the world of TV-Out, however, it’s another thing altogether.
So, here’s a handy rundown of the TV-Out quality of [...]

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The latest from Chinese camp Newman/Newsmy is the A16HD, a 16GB HD PMP that offers TV-Out at 1080I/768 decoding and has a slick-looking PSP style interface (pic after the break).
For viewing on the go there’s the 5 inch, 16 million colour LTPS (low temperature polysilicon display) 800 x 480, 16:9 widescreen display which supports [...]

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Chinese brand Hott have knocked out the first in their new series of PMPs, the Hott HT764TV.
It comes with a 2.8 inch 320 x 240 TFT screen, TV-Out, RM, RMVB, AVI and FLV video support and MP3, WMA, WAV, APE and ACC audio formats, as well as having a gravity sensor system
See a complete unboxing [...]

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Overall the player is quite solid, it isn’t however, for a touch screen player, in the same league as the S:Flo, its more like an advanced version of the VX777 with a bit better UI. Now the sample we got has the firmware that will most likely be on the first VX787 that go on [...]

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The RM970 was the first player on the market, back in Jnurary of 2008 to introduce us to the all new rockchip RK2706 chipset. Since then this players widescreen design has been widely imitated and pretty much stood as a benchmark design for the many players that followed.
Now though its time for the player to [...]

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We recieved a sample of the Chuwi T8 touch screen MP4 Player, overall it has the potential for being a decent player, but it seems Chuwi just stopped short in refining their design and UI, which causes the player to come out as being crude and rough around the edges. Apply the high selling price [...]

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We had this emailed to us by the old Onda factory yesterday, its the first renderings of the Onda VX787, it will have a 4.3″ touch screen, TFT screen of 480×272 resolution and 16 million colors, NO WIFI (unlike previously thought), the touch screen is to be capacitive and we speculate will be running on [...]

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Ainol seems to be hard at work at developing new and more innovative players, unlike other Chinese MP4 makers who are keen on capitalizing on the touch screen trend, Ainol is sticking to traditional push button navigation, but emphasizing on style and functionality.

The V2000SL, with the SL standing for Slim, is in fact only 10mm [...]

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The first real images of the previously unknown X780 have hit the internet. We have little information on this new player, simply because the automated translation of the source article is really bad, its hard to make out what the real specs of the player are - one thing the article does make clear, is [...]

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