MPM-201 Portable Video Player Review

The field of portable video players is becoming rather crowded. Portable Media World has an in-depth review of yet another entrant, the NHJ MPM-201. Like most of its ilk, it has a 3.5" color LCD, but a larger 30GB capacity and slots for reading both SD and CompactFlash media cards.

The one feature that makes the MPM-201 really stand out is its ability to record video directly without having to be attached to a computer. However, great features don't mean a thing if the basics aren't there. Unfortunately the MPM-201's screen quality just wasn't there:

On paper, the MPM is the ultimate device, and it had everything to put the Archos to shame (except for the AV-500) and make the other Microsoft PMCs blush. But a small error by NHJ spoils everything, the screen is really bad and I urge NHJ to rectify this error as soon as possible, as they will get a serious beating when they put the device on the US market like this. You do get an enormous amount of kit for this price, because it's almost 100 Euros cheaper than the first PMCs by Samsung and Creative (which are lower specs).

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