Compal's APA00 and APA01 support HD video, can't display it

Compal's enlisting two new recruits into the PMP army, the APA00 and APA01. Both uCLinux-powered devices sport 7-inch LCD displays, DMB-TH, FM Tuner, 802.11g, up to 80GB HDD, an SD/MMC slot, and component / composite outputs. Codec support includes MPEG, Xvid, WMV9, H.264 and a variety of audio formats. The company's boasting HD support up to 1080i, but with a WVGA resolution, you're not gonna be enjoying that crisp of an image without an external screen. Aesthetics aside, the only difference we could find is an extra six grams of heft in the black-clad APA00. Not a peep on pricing or availability.

[Via Pocketables]

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[Shinigami Posted Feb 12th 2009 5:39AM]

1080i is the same as 720p, in other words nothing special.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 12th 2009 6:00AM]

Look quite cool to me... I download everything in 720p anyway. 80gb is not that much though... still its enough for 18 720p movies.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 12th 2009 8:38AM]

the iriver is better than this in so many aspects -

http://www.techreviews4u.com/2009/01/08/irivers-clix-2-now-less-than-100/

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 12th 2009 2:13PM]

I believe the extra 5 inches of screen make this quite a different animal to the iRiver

[thethirdmoose Posted Feb 12th 2009 9:35AM]

I don't think there are any portable devices with an HD screen.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 12th 2009 10:36AM]

The article theme seems just a bit ignorant to me. The benefit of 720 or 1080 support is that the files will actually play. The human eye can't distinguish 720 or 1080 detail at those small screen sizes. Anyone with an XBMC who has tried playing a 720p or .264 file will agree that it would be nice to play those files that download automatically instead of having to filter out those downloads or re-download the files.

[xirsteon Posted Feb 12th 2009 3:09PM]

Looks better than the stupid Archos device. Only wish this would make it to the western hemisphere.