Digital Cube says "me too" with Bluedot BMP-1430 PMP

Nothing like another indistinct PMP offering to get us started in the morning. Korea's Digital Cube is making this BMP-1430 PMP for Japan's Bluedot, and they've packed in the usual goodies: 480 x 272 4.3-inch LCD, 30GB HDD, crazy-silly-fresh codec support (MPEG, XviD, WMV,  WMA, MP3 and OGG), and an FM tuner. Everything fits nicely into a 1-inch thick case, but since it's outside Korea, Digital Cube left out the usual DMB tuner. We're not sure why Digital Cube can't do us the same favor -- but it's not like we're bitter or anything.

[Scott @ Jul 4th 2006 10:34AM]

Its almost a Carbon Copy of my Cowon A2

http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/cowon/a2/

[Domenic @ Jul 4th 2006 3:01PM]

This looks great, except that it's 30 GB is less than the iPod's 60 GB. Do any 60 GB PMPs exist?

[Rob @ Jul 4th 2006 8:53PM]

It may be functionally not so unusual but it appears to be based on Linux and can be tinkered with:

http://www.digitalworldtokyo.com/2006/07/bluedot_pmp_runs_linux_loves.php

[Steven Noble @ Jul 5th 2006 2:08AM]

Maybe someone else can explain the attraction of these things over a tablet dvd player that plays divx. I totally understand why an mp3 player is preferred over a discman mp3 player: due to its size, less likelyness to skip, and switching disks is a pain when songs end in 5 minutes.

But a tablet dvd player isn't that much bigger than these pmp. With 5 or 6 disks you can pack all the content that is on the hard drive. And since you typically watch one track for about an hour, switching disks isn't that big of a deal. Plus you have the added benefit of being able to pop in a dvd from the local drugstore if you aren't by your computer.

So why is nobody hyping new innovations in portable dvd players? Is the technology there just done?

[dreampc @ Jul 5th 2006 5:05AM]

So is "blue dot" related to Blaupunkt?

Those versed in German, might wonder the same.

[Dignan17 @ Jul 5th 2006 8:50AM]

So it's just another renaming of the V43 for another country/company? That's not really anything special. They've done it before, and I've been hearing that they recalled a bunch of V43 units.

And be warned:
www.v43mania.com

This is the same product, just another name.

[hrf3420 @ Jul 5th 2006 10:56AM]

lol, its the blaupunkt english version.

[E71 @ Jul 5th 2006 4:25PM]

Oh, come on... AV500 has 100GB storage capacity, catch up! catch up! catch up!