This Linux-powered portable media player features a gorgeous 4.3-inch TFT-LCD display with 480 x 272 resolution and up to 30GB of storage space for all your audio/video files (XviD, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, etc.). There’s also a USB 2.0 port for loading media files straight from your thumb drive or digital camera. Other features include, a 500MHz AMD AU1200 processor, 64MB of DDR RAM, and a TDMB tuner. IFA 2006 provides us with a hands-on look at this device.

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The last time we heard about the smallest portable DAB radio, it was the Roberts RD49, which claimed that it had the petite-factor all locked up. And then we came across the Trinloc Fusion, a new DAB radio shrunken down to 87.5 x 37 x 22mm (3.4 x 1.4 x 0.8-inches). It’s got 1GB of storage and can play MP3, WMA, WAV, ADPCM (wow, old school), and OGG files, but if you get bored of music, it’ll also display your snaps at 64 x 128. The €150 Fusion will stay juiced for up to 10 hours in DAB mode or 22 hours in playback mode, and is due to come out in November.

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It won’t give you as many retro-gaming options as the GP2X, but if you’re satisfied with a little classic NES action as a break from your daily grind, Odna’s upcoming VX737 PMP looks like it should suit you just fine. Of course in addition to emulating that massive library of 8-bit goodness, the PMP will also handle MP3, OGG, FLAC, and WAV audio, as well as AVI, MPEG-4 SP, XviD, and DivX video, which you can view on the player’s 2.5-inch QVGA screen. What’s more, it appears that Odna’s “inspiration” knows no bounds, with the VX737 sporting a curiously familiar menu system so you’ll feel right at home (check after the break). On the storage tip, you’ll get 512MB built-in, though there’s no mention of an SD slot or other means of expansion; there’s also no word on pricing or availability, but as with oh so many of these foreign products, it seems safe to assume that we won’t be seeing this reaching our shores anytime soon, lest they get their asses sued by a tag team of Sony and Nintendo.

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Our pals over at HD Beat continue to rock CEDIA, taking time to check out Meridian Faroudja’s latest high-end projector offering — the D-ILA1080PMF1 — retailing for a hefty $20,995.. If you stare at that model name for a bit, you should realize that this one sports full 1080p with D-ILA technology backing it up, though the real stand-out spec seems to be its D65 reference color temperature, which should ensure that your colors are spot on. If there’s one area where it comes up a bit short, however, it’s inputs, with just RGB, s-video and DVI coming standard. You’ll have to cough up another $5,000 for the processor upgrade to get a few more options — according to HD Beat, it adds multiple progressive analog video outputs/inputs including RGBHV, component, RGBS and RGsB. Sure, $5,000 may seem like a lot for an add-on, but if you’re throwing down $20k+ for a projector, we’re guessing you can handle it.

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As decreasing chip sizes seems to be all the rage these days, Japan’s Oki Electric Industry isn’t missing out on its own opportunity to go small. The company recently announced that sample shipments of the “world’s smallest MP3 playback chip” were being dispersed, and that manufacturers of cellphones, PDAs, MP3 players (clearly), and essentially anything in which MP3 playback could be crammed into should take notice. The minuscule module — dubbed the ML2011 — packs an MP3 decoder and 650mW amplifier onto a 3.6mm x 4.2mm wafer, and can be conveniently paired with Oki’s reference board and “SoundLib” software in order to bypass that whole headache-inducing “playback software development” phase. If you can spare just a tad more room, and want something that’s instantly mountable, the 5mm x 6mm QFN-packaged version is also on the horizon. While pricing details were kept under wraps, Oki plans to ramp up full scale production by December, and will probably lobby mighty hard to get under the hood of Motorola’s next cash cow.

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These days, a lot of folks lust after a media server in their home to store astonishing amounts of flicks and pics. Not surprisingly, many companies want to build one too. The latest to get its hands dirty in this market is Envive, which announced its new gargantuan new E-Center Pro. This media PC maxes out at 8GB of RAM, 4.5TB of drive space (yes, you read right), no less than a whopping eight tuners (four each on NTSC and ATSC), gigabit Ethernet, DVI / HDMI out with optional HDCP support, optional Blu-ray, and the company says that an HD DVD drive will be available by the end of the year. We should point out that while the E-Center Pro comes with Windows Media Center 2005, it requires the custom-built EnviveOS to utilize all eight TV tuners. The press release tells us that this dense black box will start at $2500 and will begin shipping next month — but there’s no way to answer our most burning question, which is what it will actually cost with all the options tricked out? Yes, we asked, which means we can’t afford it.

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