Holy DAPs galore: MSI's Mega Players MP-529, 535, 536, 540, MV-566 Pro, 569, 571
posted Jun 6th 2005 7:30PM
Whoa, MSI, you've been busy — why release one product at a time when you can throw down seven? There's a whole lotta DAPpage goin' on here, so we'll try to sum up painlessly. The MSI MP-535 (above) has got a 20GB hard drive and line-in audio but no video playback support despite its curiously PMP-like design. Click on for the rest of the goodies.
Next up, the MP-529 (below) — also sporting a curiously large proportioned screen for having no video playback.
Motion JPG is all you get, folks, despite its 2.5-inch TFT LCD. Other specs: MP3/WMA/WMA DRM/FM tuner/voice
recorder/12-hour battery life. Soft porn not included.
Onward to the MP-536 (below, right), a 5GB MicroDrive player with an SD/MMS slot and USB On-the-Go, and the MegaView
566 Pro (below, left), an update to the MV-566. The new
version adds USB On-the-Go to the original, and supports MPEG4/DivX/WMV/JPG/BMP/GIF/MP3/WMA.
More? Dear god, yes. Below is the MV-571, which comes with a choice of 20/40/60GB hard drive and a high-res 640 x 480
pixel 3.7-inch screen. It does MPEG1, 2 and 4 (ASF, AVI, MP4), DivX 3.11/4/5, Motion JPG, WMV9, MP3, WMA, Janus, AAC,
WAV, JPG, and BMP. It’s also got an SD/MMC slot, USB On-the-Go, TV tuner (via docking station), audio/video recording,
screen capture, FM tuner/recorder, and an optional Bluetooth module. It’ll go 3.5 hours for video playback, and 7 hours
for audio alone.
The MP-540 (below) is yet another micro hard drive-based player with a 1.8-inch color screen TFT.
The very last of the line is the MV-569 (not pictured), with a 7-inch screen (800 x 480) that does MPEG4, WMV9, DivX,
ASF, AVI, JPG, BMP, GIF — and may possibly sport either WiFi or GPRS. GPRS, on a PMP? WTF?
demarn, you are lucky yourip isnt listed, or your isp would be getting a report of someone peddling child pornography. knock it the fuck off.
What is with these first post morons?
That first one is quite sexy and would be awesome if it wasnt for the lack of video support.
yea.
I like the MV-571. Battery life is a little low, but those are some nice features. If they can get the 20GB below $400, I just may buy it when it hits the market.
The MV-571 looks cool. Link to more info?
DUDE... Sega Game Gear anyone?
Yep, more like a Game Gear or GBA.
Who cares if you are the first comment. Stop making stupid comments like that. It states "Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry".
Anyway, MSI is supposed to come out with one with a digital camera in it, but I guess they scrapped that idea. If the screens are anything as bad as my MegaView 566 was, then I will not be making a purchase on one of these.
I can't believe I paid $399 for that. I thought they canned it, but it appears Apex came out with it as well and it sells for $299 in CompUSA and it looks exactly the same.
How come they all look so different if they are from the same company.
It seems like they are a family of players, except all of the sibs look like they are adopted!
Does anyone know where I can get the Mega 536 from??