PMC200, the newest media player from Sweden

With Jens of Sweden knocked out (although it still has an active website, the company hasn't released a new product in over eight months), it looks like Swedish Valei Computer may be poised to claim the crown of the Swedish portable media industry. This Stockholm-based newcomer has just released its latest media player, the PMC200, which comes with a host of features that you might expect: a 3.5-inch screen, a 16:9 aspect ratio, DivX / AVI / MPEG / DAT playback, video out (NTSC and PAL support), four hours of battery life for video (up to 10 hours for audio), USB 2.0, the ability to read text files, and if that weren't enough, it can record video as well. We've got zero information on how many Swedish krona kronor you'll have to spend for the pleasure, nor when you might be able to obtain one, nor if SVC will be selling these little players outside the kingdom.

[Via Svartlinks]

[Jorge @ Oct 8th 2006 4:09PM]

What does this feature do: "Remarkable anti detonation function"? Some anti-terrorist feature? And why doesn't my iPod have it?

[weatherman @ Oct 8th 2006 4:23PM]

That screen doesn't look 16:9.

[Well... @ Oct 8th 2006 4:31PM]

Actually, it's 'kronor' in plural. 'Krona' is singular.

[Alex C @ Oct 8th 2006 4:44PM]

"Remarkable anti detonation function"

Non-Sony manufactured battery.

[n2k @ Oct 8th 2006 5:28PM]

They should have imported Kindyelec Company Ltd's PMC-300 or PMP-600 instead. Much cleaner looking, smaller and even weighs less.

PMP-600
http://img.alibaba.com/photo/11589000/Portable_Media_Player_with_HDD.jpg

Size: 130 x 78 x 22.5 (28)mm
Weight: 253g

[John Holmes @ Oct 9th 2006 7:09AM]

So, exactly how much is swedish about this product?

/A Swede

[Geoffrey @ Oct 9th 2006 12:23PM]

I was told by Swedish Valei that it's only available in Sweden right now with a cost of approximately 2800Kr, which is around US$380. They also told me that if I was interested in a large number in the US, they could arrange it. I assume they're talking wholesale distributor large number.

Geoffrey

[Bilbo @ Oct 9th 2006 11:14PM]

Weatherman, I totally agree. That can't be 16:9.