New line of portable video players from iRiver
Tuesday August 3, 2004
Portable digital entertainment products continued to roll out of production this week as iRiver announced their new PMP-100 portable media players. Priced at $499.99 for the 20GB model (PMP-120) and $599.99 for the 40GB (PMP-140), the larger unit can store up to 150 hours of video and 1,200 hours of music. A 3.5-inch color LCD provides the display for both video and menu navigation, while an audio out jack provides stereo sound for headphones or portable speakers.Audio and video file formats supported by the PMP-100 (which is due in stores later this month) include AVI, MPEG4, MP3, WMA, WAV, ASF and JPEG. Other interesting features include a built-in FM tuner, voice recorder, line in recording, picture display and USB 2.0 transfer.