Oppo unveils sleek 2GB V5 widescreen PMP
By Darren Murph 
posted January 28th 2007 6:30AM
posted January 28th 2007 6:30AM
While you may be a bit more familiar with Oppo's upscaling DVD player lineup, the company is hitting us up with an ultra-sleek "credit card sized" portable media player this time around. The V5 touts a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio, three-inch touchscreen LCD, and a design that bears striking resemblance to your run-of-the-mill digiframe. Nevertheless, the 2GB V5 relies on an overly simplistic control scheme, leaving the buttons on top of the unit's frame rather than around the bezel, and comes in at just 11-millimeters thick. Although the company seems a bit more interested in just how pretty this thing looks than dishing out the juicy details, we do know that your MP3 and MPEG4 files will play back just fine here, but any info concerning battery life, availability, or pricing are noticeably absent.[Via TheMP3Players]
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Whats with these 2GB-8GB PMPS? Are companies denying the existence of hard drives? Think of irivers CES line-up all of their new 'PMP's had midget size capacities. When was the last time iriver released something 8GB+? Flash is good but it has to be used where needed not in products that are designed for high-cap.
i have been trying to figure that out myself. who are buying these things? you cant even fit 3 movies on one of them...at least give us a flashcard slot or something, sheesh!
This might turn out to be very cool. I consider their upscaling players a groundbreaking product, maybe this will be something similar; a no-frills, high quality PMP at a reasonble price.
If it's anything like their DVD player, it'll be pretty good.
umm... why is google trying to translate the site from Japanese when the site is clearly written in chinese?
Also, if is anything like their DVD players, it will support DivX and XviD with subtitles and selectable audio channels.
oppo = best dvdplayers out there, oppo = best pmp out there?
Amen, shamrock593.
Anyway, this looks nice.
I think this model comes with an SD slot to add more storage. I know that Oppo's newest A3 pmp player (www.oppo.com) come's with an SD card slot.
@shamrock 593, @Vinn;
Hard drives = expensive, bulky, high power consumption.
These devices are not for carrying your video library around in. They're to see you through an aircraft journey or to pass the time while waiting for an appointment. Then you use your 'puter to re-fill them.
I think its cute. If Apple had made it, we'd be so much more excited.