Toshiba Gigabeat V30T: a Portable Media Center with mobile TV

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]

[dzieci @ May 30th 2006 7:31AM]

just a toy for 450$

[Jenny @ May 30th 2006 8:04AM]

dzieci, i think it's not just a toy. It's very innovation device that can make our life more comfortable and pleasantly.

[Intrepid @ May 30th 2006 8:23AM]

I like it.

[Jonathan Keim @ May 30th 2006 9:02AM]

Seems pretty promising

[Icon @ May 30th 2006 9:43AM]

I like it for all the features it has. Hopefully there is a firmware upgrade to support divx and xvid.

[Neil @ May 30th 2006 10:27AM]

looks awesome. Just "throw" in a pda and phone too and it would be actually worth getting.

[MyGigabeat.com @ May 30th 2006 11:04AM]

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!

[sdsdv10 @ May 30th 2006 12:52PM]

"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! ;)

[deadtrevor @ Jun 12th 2006 12:22PM]

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).