Samsung YM-PDI DMB PMP

Samsung just unveiled a killer DMB player, the YM-PD1 (YM-P1 pictured right) complete with video recording and TV-out capabilities. The personal media player features alone are enough to make this device wish list worthy, but the obvious spec here is Digital Media Broadcasting (DMB) reception, giving you DVDish quality satellite TV wherever you might happen to be, as long as that place doesn't happen to be the United States. You can get it in 20GB and 30GB flavors, along with supplemental storage via SD, and play MPEG4, WMV, AVI, Divx, and Xvid files on it's 4-inch screen. It will also let you play those MP3, OGG, ASF, WMA and Secure WMA Playback files you might have lying around. If you (somehow) manage to run out of ways to stay entertained, you can listen to and record FM radio with the device, or just take pictures of yourself watching TV on the player and then send them to you jealous friends living in the stone age United States.

[Via Samsung HQ]

[Glancing Aft @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

Why does the US suck so much?

[nojetlag @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

Cause they love to spend plenty of their money to produces weapons for killing others. Which later makes them wonder why so many people on the planet might have a reason to do the same to them. Which again gives them reason to top up their military spending.

[dustin @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

no japan is just incredible..

[blahhhh @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

Samsung is not from Japan... but either way, the US is just too behind when it comes to technology, along with many other things. But still, we think we are the best nation in the world... it's this cockiness that makes us fools.

[DAH @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

The other lovely thing about many Americans (though I am one) that number 4 brings to light is our apparent lack of any fluency in proper English.

Apart from that, digital broadcasting is wanted by the public in the US, but there is no significant push because the people thinking for us over here (i.e., the media) do not want to switch.

[Mathias Pettersson @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

Specs say gaming. Separate controller? It also runs for six hours playing mpeg.

[...another Mark... @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

Laugh at us now. But when friggin aliens attack, you'll wish you were in the old US-of-A. We have NEVER been conquered by aliens, and by God, we never will!

[Dave L @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

According to the press release, this device can receive *terrestrial* DMB, not satellite - "The terrestrial DMB TV function...".

[Galley @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

"Laugh at us now. But when friggin aliens attack, you'll wish you were in the old US-of-A. We have NEVER been conquered by aliens, and by God, we never will!"

Post of the month! :-)

[Martin @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

No SD Slot, just CF, see:
http://img2.zol.com.cn/product/0/119/ce4xee8QW4k5k.jpg

[Rich @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

And last time I checked, Samsung were Korean. That's the place you invaded *after* Japan, but *before* Vietnam

[Pizo @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

"Laugh at us now. But when friggin aliens attack, you'll wish you were in the old US-of-A. We have NEVER been conquered by aliens, and by God, we never will!"

You sure about this??? I could have sworn we were when I try to go ANYWHERE to get a bite to eat and Can't order what I want because I dont speak whatever alien's language it is at the cash register.