| You can have the freedom to take your audio, video | | | | multimedia system to be less than a kilo. It hould |
| and digital photos with you on the road and enjoy | | | | have sufficient storage and a fair -sized screen |
| your digital content on the go, thanks to portable | | | | (anything above 4" is acceptable). People who are |
| media players. | | | | constantly traveling are likely to appreciate such a |
| A portable media player and a hard drive based MP3 | | | | device provided it has sufficient storage for over a |
| player are not dissimilar; however, a media player also | | | | hundred hours of video, capable of being played on |
| allows you to watch movies in addition to listening to | | | | the built-in 4.3" LCD color screen. The player hould |
| audio files. Usually, it comes with a built in color LCD | | | | also be able to play a variety of video files including |
| screen which facilitates file navigation as well as | | | | MPEG-4, WMV and protected WMV. |
| watching video content. You can also use these | | | | Slow motion, adjustable screen size, video editing and |
| devices to view digital images or to store data from | | | | even a video book-marking function are among the |
| your computer. Various players have different sizes | | | | other functionalities we expect from a good |
| and features, while some are equipped with | | | | multimedia player. |
| expansion slots for media cards akin to the ones in | | | | Usually, if you buy an optional DVR station, the |
| digital cameras. | | | | device is transformed into a Digital Video Recorder, |
| These are not so portable as to allow you to carry | | | | capable of recording from TV and most video |
| them around in your pocket. If the screen is too | | | | sources such as VCR, DVD player or camcorder in |
| small, you won't be able to watch videos on it. Thus, | | | | MPEG-4 format, and satellite/ cable box. You should |
| screen size impacts the overall size of the player. | | | | be able to create a DVR station, by connecting the |
| Battery requirements are affected, too, and these | | | | device to an external video source, and schedule |
| players come equipped with a battery for video | | | | recordings or record instantaneously by using an |
| playback. The weight and size of the device is | | | | infrared receiver which controls the external video |
| determined by the larger screen and battery with | | | | sources. |
| adequate power. However, they are twice the size | | | | You should also be able to transfer your photos, |
| and weight of hard drive-based MP3 players and | | | | while on the move, from a PC or mass storage |
| come with a screen size of 3 to 4 inches. | | | | device, using a docking adapter and with the help of |
| Ordinarily, we expect the weight of a portable | | | | a USB 2.0 interface or directly from a digital camera. |