Well this is a great looking personal media center it's also got alot more than meets the eye, The upcoming iRiver PMC-100 comes in 2 different hard drive configurations, 20gb and 40gb for hours of video, audio playback. Running Microsoft's Media Center Portable software this pocket sized media center is looking for position 1 when released.


The iRiver PMP-100 comes in a very similar hardware specification and looks slightly different running a Linux Based Opperating System.

Both Players come with a 3.5inch TFT Colour Display. There has been no official announcment on the pricing between the 2 mp4 players. However the iRiver official website are talking of May to June 2006 as a release date.

View a full i4u News review here.

3 Words to describe the Cowon iAudio X5L, Small, Sleek & Sexy! This awsome pocket media player by JetAudio ranges from 20gb to 30gb and plays all of the expected media formats for this day & age. With an average battery life of 14hours the X5L is a definate for just about any journey. Some statistics can be found using the link provided below. Cowon have outdone themselves with the super high video quality for digital formats such as WMA, OGG, MP3, FLAC, WAV, ASF. Holding just over 7500 audio tracks or 6 Entire Movies this is a definate, The Cowon X5L also has video/audio output and can be wired to a Television or PC for Direct Playback. The USB 2.0 Interface gives a fast & reliable transfer rate for files up & downloading from the handset. Additional features include Voice Recording & FM Tuner. Cowon earphones included with every purchase of the X5L. Price ranging from as low as £200 this is a must have for those long journeys or maybe just for convenience? The Cowon iAudio X5L is highly reccomended.

Read Full Review of the Cowon Systems iAudio X5L Here!

The Archos AV500

This compact media player is in any doubt a valuble collection to any gadget fan. The slick metal brused design gives this device a beautiful finish, it not only looks good but performs incredably well.

The AV500 comes with a 4" TFT screen, Audio/video in/out Jack so you can connect it directly to your TV/Hi-fi and record media straight to the devices 60GB harddrive.

This is truley an excellent media player supported all the formats availible today, mp3/mp4/divx/xvid and many more.

If your looking for a clean, well designed media player with more functionality than a swiss army knife then the Archos AV500 is exactly just what you need.

Read a review of the Archos Av500 at c|net here