Vosonic's VP8360

It's certainly nothing we've never seen in the past manufactured a variety of other ways by other companies, but Vosonic's got a new one due, the VP8360. It uses a 2.5-inch laptop drive, which means more storage (up to 120GB as of right now), but it also means more space and juice consumed by the device, which supports MP3, WMA, AAC, MOV, MPEG-4. Still, there isn't really an abundance of media reading photo banks out, and this one will take most anything you can throw at it (CF, SD, Memory Stick) and play some Tetris while you're waiting for your files to transfer.

[Via Josh B and DAPreview]

[David @ May 15th 2006 4:49AM]

120 GB, Its really huge. So guys we can go for nonstop fun. Only worry is the price of this gadget.

[Heather @ Apr 20th 2008 2:01AM]

Hi, I'm in NZ and just purchased one of these 160gb gadgets for NZ$750.00 and its worth every penny. I started out trying to downsize my tapes in the car. I purchased a PSP with an 8gb card thinking I'll be able to store all my music and Dvds + have the gaming as a bonus. But as I'm a real music enthusiast 8gb for 2 music dvds at NZ$120-180 per card depending on the deal would get pretty expensive. My laptop only has 80gb of hard drive and I was looking to purchase an external hard drive anyway - this killed 2 birds with one stone. Music DVDs take avg of 4gb at origonal video quality.

I needed something portable - can't go with out my music. I bought a 12 v 400w inverter to feed my bose portable speaker - connected it to my vosonic for camping and wow - what a combination. Even when not on holiday the volume is still quite audible to listen to without headphones if it is on me in town. I even bought a din/rca converter to hook up to my old stereo through the aux port and it sounded great through my stereo.

I'm just looking now to see about whether it has a MPEG 2 format. My manual says it only takes MPEG 1&4 but other sites says its compat with MPEG2 as well. We're converting my old PC to a TV multimedia and most of the TV cards/tuners specify recording in MPEG 2. Would be great if I could record my music programs to PC Multi media HdDr and drag and drop them onto the Vosonic without converting them to MPEG4.

Hope this helps, Cheers Heather

[Stephan @ May 15th 2006 4:58AM]

That makes my Gmini 400 look like a kids toy. Price seems to be my only hesitation. Hope they sell it without a hard drive.

[Eugene Turner @ May 15th 2006 5:42AM]

"5V/2.5A DC IN
Li-ion 3.7V 2300 mAh battery (NP-100 compatible)

Non-Stop Photo backup: Approx. 38 times for CF 1G card
Non-Stop Music playback: Approx. 12 hours
Non-Stop Video playback: Approx. 4 hours

*The Li-ion rechargeable battery can be recharged approx. 500 times.
*The times of backup will subject to the Hard Drive/ memory card/ Files type.
*The battery life may vary with use."

3 hours video=playback with a 120gb drive? All i need now is to be able to buy this in Australia :D

[Freeheel @ May 15th 2006 10:08AM]

You can buy this in Australia. Jaldigital.com.au sells it. You can buy it with or without a HDD and the price is similar to the Epson P2000 family, Jobo Gigas, or a big iPod.

[Blademonkey @ May 15th 2006 11:31AM]

Here are my questions:

-Can you upgrade the 2.5 HD yourself without voiding the warranty?
-what is the viewing angle of it?
-How much does it weigh?

I currently have an AV 500 which rocks, but the use of 1.8" HDs limits my capacity, and you can't open them without void their warranties.

-Blademonkey

[David @ May 15th 2006 12:08PM]

I don't think you can change or upgrade the 2.5 HD by yourself in the first period of Warranty time, while if it is out of warranty time, yes, of cos, you can change. With that size of 120GB in it, i think it is more than enough for a time-being, if you try convert a file or compress the file, it will only take up storage not more then 300MB~500MB per movie.

[Blademonkey @ May 15th 2006 12:49PM]

Agreed.

also, does anyone know of how it's recording setup works?

the AV500 comes with a breakout box which REQUIRES you to be pluged into a wall socket for power, sucks.

I know that there are accessories I can buy for it, but at 400 bucks, the AV 500 SHOULD come with everything!

[Freeheel @ May 15th 2006 1:24PM]

You can upgrade the HDD. There's a section in the manual on how to do it. You can buy it without a HDD and install your own. This is one of the reasons why it's such a cool device. Vosonic wants us to play with it and use it to our liking.

[Jeff @ May 15th 2006 4:08PM]

I've been considering the AV500 for awhile now. Perhaps I consider this instead? It's definitely tempting. Hmmmm..

[Crackpipe @ May 15th 2006 4:25PM]

Saw it here for $299 but oddly if you pick it from link on the right, the price changes. The $299 price though sticks if you place it in cart. Def worth that price!
http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/s.nl?sc=2&category=765&it=A&id=999

[hanson @ May 25th 2006 2:26PM]

Hello,

the VP8360 is really the best device with the best pricing in this field. You can store thousands of pictures, videos and more...

take a look...

http://www.easy-tecs.com/shop/suche.php?such=&sort=&suchbegriff=vosonic&von=0&sid=4a28e02d6788e99b4c3ca01d744e316d

cheers hanson

[Fred @ Aug 29th 2006 7:56AM]

Has anyone more comments on this device have used it more intensively since May 2006

[citation2b @ Dec 3rd 2007 4:59AM]

I have the vp8360 and I regret not spending more and getting the Epson. I cannot access my photos, I cannot copy or transfer them, so as a pro photographer this is a nightmare.
Any ideas would be appreciated.

[Thian A @ Oct 12th 2006 2:29PM]

I really impressed this product it's great but I experience a very bad manner of sales and after sales service of the import agency in Thailand.

[NotaBene @ May 26th 2007 12:30PM]

I buyed today a Vosonic like device (Magnex DJ-Book 2000) without HD and installed on it an old Hitachi 20Gb HD. I think is the same unit with only a different name. It work fine on Audio and Video, also Photo backup is OK; only the FM radio receiver do not seems to work: It scan the band but I can't hear any station. You may see it at
http://www.magnex-shop.it/product_info.php?cPath=211_213&products_id=262433347
(the page is in italian only !)