This content can be accessed using a host of devices:
portable video players, MP3 players, handheld gaming consoles, PDAs, smartphones and mobile handsets.
THERE are plenty of reasons why
portable video players haven't been popular, including cost and formatting problems.
TDK had said earlier in the year that it was working on a six-layer, 200GB Blu-ray disc, and it insists there will be a market for such a high-capacity disc.Officials at TDK believe that everybody wants higher capacity, because of the emergence of Internet video and
portable video players; which means that having, for example, 50GB of video data is a possibility.
In addition, MAGIX, Miami, Fla., launched MAGIX Movies2go, which allows consumers to transfer videos and slide shows to various mobile devices, including
portable video players (such as PlayStation Portable and iPods), cell phones, PDAs, and laptops.
Envisioning an era where people turn to televisions, not
portable video players, to watch their favorite shows, music videos, and newscasts, Apple Computer opened its online video store last October.
QUALCOMM's MSM7500 chipset will transform the wireless device into the ultimate personal multimedia experience, enabling devices from high-end PDAs and Smartphones to cost-effective wireless computers to
portable video players, music centers, gaming consoles and more.
"The StarCore V4 architecture is ideal for a broad range of consumer electronics devices, including multimedia-enhanced wireless terminals, low-cost E-GPRS and WCDMA handsets integrating single-core wireless modems, and
portable video players," said Alex Bedarida, vice president of marketing for StarCore.
Customers can also watch titles on compatible Sony Bravia TVs fitted with the Sony Internet Video Link device, on devices connected to a Windows Media Center PC, or on compatible
portable video players.
The combination of a single DRM system for mobiles and the emergence of hard discs in this equipment could pose a major threat to iPod and have an impact on
portable video players.
THIS is about as cheap as
portable video players get.
LAST year saw the emergence of
portable video players, such as the Windows-based Creative Zen and Archos AV400 series.