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May 05, 2004
New MPAVIO Featuring Mind Control?
A new music/video player from Korea, the MPAVIO, has come on the market (in Japan at least). It has some nice features including a 2.5" color LCD screen, a (wireless?) remote and a 20GB capacity. In addition to playing MP3 and WMA music, it can play MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AVIs, DviX 4.X or 5.X video and display JPEG images. It also has a video output for playing movies on an external device. The MPAVIO sizes up at 5.6"x3.3"x1.6", but its weight isn't given.
This is all well and good, but the most interesting feature is the optional MCP (Mind Control Program). You would think mind control would be a differentiating feature worth explaining, but unfortunately it never is. And thus far I haven't been able to find any English explanations of what the mind control option is. Until then, I'd be unlikely to try it on myself...
just FYI these have been available on eBay for some time. kinda chunky.
Posted by: austin at May 5, 2004 05:31 PMI bought one off ebay.
Pros:
-Plays DivX and XVid with no problems so far. (I don't mind converting videos but some people might)
-Rechargeable battery lasts pretty long (at least enough for a regular length movie)
-Comes with remote, a/v cables, DC adapter, usb cable
-easy transfer, just acts like an external hard drive
-upgradeable firmware (although no upgrades exist yet)
Cons:
-Poor menu/interface. Not sure but I don't think there's any playlist support. No loop or random. Just basic play pause stop ff and rew.
-Volume and brightness controls really hard to adjust. tiny wheels on side of player
-there is an on screen volume control that can only be changed using the remote
-player gets pretty warm while playing videos, using it with the TV only makes it slightly warm
-chunky and heavy
-no screen protection. does come with a fabric sack to keep it in though
Despite all the cons, its still great. It's much cheaper than most of the other pvps on the market. It's more compatible with DivX and XVid (from what I hear, the other players arent too good). The lack of features doesnt bother me too much since I'm probably only going to use it to play single videos.