While we've been patiently waiting for the US launch of the
Gigabeat S (set for release
today tomorrow according to Amazon), Toshiba has been quietly prepping their new Gigabeat V series of
Windows Portable Media Centers. Sure, the V30T player looks nothing like its sleeker sib, but that's due to the fact that this portable flaunts a new Wansegu (AKA, OneSeg) ISDB-T tuner for viewing the Japanese-flavor of mobile digital television launched last month -- in other words, the
T-DMB / DVB-H / MediaFLO of Japan. Now on top of extracting that sweet TV from the ether, the V30T features a 3.5-inch, 320 x 240 display, support for WMV/WMA/MP3/WAV/JPEG and PlaysForSure WMA formats, and a brawny battery capable of up to 7/9/25 hours of TV/video/music playback, respectively, while keeping it all less than an inch thick. But this is all about the TeeVee Jack, so the V30T packs in a 30GB drive which, when combined with the EPG, allows you to record broadcasts up to 24 hours in advance for a maximum of about 130 hours of recorded, portable video. Expect the V30T to drop late June for about $450 in green.
[Via
Impress Watch]
posted May 30th 2006 7:00AM
just a toy for 450$
dzieci, i think it's not just a toy. It's very innovation device that can make our life more comfortable and pleasantly.
I like it.
Seems pretty promising
I like it for all the features it has. Hopefully there is a firmware upgrade to support divx and xvid.
looks awesome. Just "throw" in a pda and phone too and it would be actually worth getting.
Cool idea, but until we get mobile TV network here in the US... Besides the ability to watch live TV it really has no benefits over the Gigabeat S Series. Same screen resolution and PMC software. Good to see that Toshiba continues to come out with new gadgets though!
"Good to see that Toshiba continues to come out with new gadgets though!"
Coming out with new gadgets is one thing, shipping them to retail outlets appears to be an entirely different matter. Good job Toshiba! ;)
If this 'thing' can actually endure 9 hours of video/25 hours audio then I say it's very much worth the $450.
The T.V. viewing/recording is a nice touch too (I guess).