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Amex Digital MP-501 media player starts shipping in teeny-tiny packages September 10
Can't wait to get your hands on Amex Digital's tiny MP-501 media player? Good news, as it's apparently sent out emails to prospective buyers indicating units will start shipping September 10. In case you need a refresher, it weighs just 250 grams and slips into any pocket easily, while still playing AVI / MKV / MPEG-4 files of various codecs and containers from USB or SD cards in resolutions as high as 1080p, for just $49, plus $20 for shipping -- assuming you can find an order form on the company website, which we couldn't. [Thanks, RDSOLO]
Amex Digital claims 'world's smallest 1080p media player' with MP-501
It's hardly as small as Thomson's A1, but it just might be the most diminutive media player in existence to actually handle 1080p without breaking too serious a sweat. Measuring just 175- x 128- x 15mm and weighing 250 grams, this pocket sized player can accept a multitude of film formats from a connected USB storage device or an SD card; once the media's flowing, it can output content as high as 1080p over HDMI, and there's also a composite video / audio output and mini-USB port 'round back. The MP-501 is equipped with an ARM Cortex-A8 processor and the ability to play nice with nearly every file under the sun that's stripped of DRM, and best of all, it's purportedly priced at just $49. Did you just stumble upon your next laptop case compartment filler? Yes, yes you did.
