Philips SA6145 4GB/Go

If you are looking for a player, which is easier to take on traveling, then watch out this new Philips SA6145 4GB/Go, you can play Music, watch Videos, Pictures, etc. In functions its all similar to Ipod, that means its a cool alternative if you don't want to have an Ipod. Also the software which comes with it, claims to be lot easier than itunes to install. It is very easier for the first time users to start using it, as you get all the softwares you needed, including device manager, media converter, etc.
The main features of Phillips SA6145 4GB/Go, which really took my sight on it are:

• Robust and portable 4 GB multimedia player with 3.5-inch color display and built-in speakers
• Supports MPEG4 and WMV video files and WAV, MP3, and WMA audio files
• Rechargeable Li-Poly battery supports up to 20 hours of music playback
• Built-in FM radio and voice-recording feature
• Speedy USB 2.0 connectivity

Its quite good for people who don't want to waste more than $150.

Cowon A3

Cowon is about to launch its new portable media player known as the Cowon A3 in Japan. It will going to be equipped with the DaVinci chipset that works great for high performance video playback. Also it has features like, a 4″ WVGA (that's 16 million) display and supports WMA, MP3, OGG, WAV, FLAC, APE, and AC3 audio as well as mobile TV solutions like DMB, DVB-T, and 1-Seg. It will come in 30GB and 60GB models that retail for $450 and $540 respectively.

Maxian E900 Blue Black PMP

Maxian has launched a new media player known as the E900 Blue Black that will be made available in Korea. The E900 Blue Black features improvements over the E900 series, featuring a color that follows its namesake along with a 60GB hard drive. The LCD displays up to 16 million colors (more than you’ll need) at a brightness of 350 candela, along with a 170-degree viewing angle. In addition, you get H.264 support. Too bad for people like me (living outside of Korea) will may probably never get hold of the E900 Blue Black.

Toshiba 60GB Media Player

Toshiba Announces the MES60VK 2.4 Inches wide screen and a huge 60GB Space which can play music continiously for 10 long days or store upto 40 days of music of average quality.You can view the video’s and pictures stored via the 2-3/8″ Size Screen in bright and vivid colours.You can connect the player to a Tivo Series DVR and download Live TV shows and watch them anytime, also the downloading features allow you to download music directly from napster or AOL and store in WMA or MP3 formats.

Also features connection with the XBOX Console where in you can use it to play your own custom background tracks while playing the games. Also features a FM Radio which can be used to store the LIVE FM and a intergrated microphone useful for recording lectures and seminars.It also supports WAV,WMV 7, WMV 8, WMV 9 video files, displays JPEG files, weighs just 4.84 oz.The Batteries continiously work for 12 hours when fully charged.

The market price of this product is in the range of 240$ to 399$ based on the sellers.

Cowon D2TV

Portable Media Players are making quite a splash these days on the market, and it seems like the best ones these days are based on video playback.

A company called Cowon has recently released the D2TV, a PMP that has enough memory for 9 hours of 1Seg mobile TV. Or if it is audio you’re looking to play, you can do about 45 hours. As far as battery power is concerned, you can do about 7.5 hours.

There are two models available. The D2-2G is a 2GB model available in white and costs about $220. The D2-8G is in glossy black, and costs about $310.

Unfortunately, these models are only available in Japan. This is quite typical of technology that usually hits Asia before it comes to us.

Okay, I’m going to open up the floor. Does anyone know what the best video PMP is out there? I suppose some people could say the iPod, but the screen may be too small. This D2TV has a 2.5 inch color touchscreen, but maybe that’s not good enough for you.

Still, you have to ask yourself at what point does the PMP get too large to be a PMP? Right now, the Cowon D2TV does not look like it will fit into your pocket.