JVC Victor busts out line of colorful boring DAPs

by Paul Miller, posted Aug 1st 2006 at 9:50AM

What's a budget-class device manufacturer to do when they can't be bothered with making their line of MP3 players interesting through the tired methods of design and feature inclusion? JVC Victor has answered that age-old question by dressing up their new XA-F112 (top) and XA-F52 (bottom) in all sorts of snazzy colors and calling it a day. The prices aren't anything notable, with the 1GB F112 going for around 17,000 Yen ($147) and the 512MB F52 managing 13,000 Yen ($113). The players support MP3, WMA and PlaysForSure, along with voice and line-in recording, and feature a mere organic EL display, yet manage to be almost an inch thick. But if no-holds-barred design isn't your thing or the risky color schemes are catching your eye, you should be able to pick one of these up this September in Japan.

Filed under: Portable Audio

Tags: dap, jvc, jvc victor, JvcVictor, mp3, playsforsure, victor, wma

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yangyang @ Aug 1st 2006 10:58AM

boring boring boring

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Jacob @ Aug 1st 2006 11:03AM

I really want to know who decided it was time for cyan and pink to make a comeback...

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Eric Cartman @ Aug 1st 2006 4:55PM

The market is already saturated with ho hum daps hurry up Zune so I can replace my IPOD aready.

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