Depeche Mode MP3 Player i.Beat Vision DM

By: Jenn K. Lee on July 29, 2006 6:47 AM

Finally, U2 isn't the only band with its own specially designed mp3 player. Germany company TrekStor has honored the venerable Depeche Mode with a new version of their i.Beat vision player. The vision DM features the same specs as the original, so you'll still get a 1.3" TFT 262K-color screen, line-in recording, FM radio and recorder, picture and text viewer, TOM (MPEG-4) video playback, and MP3/WMA/WMA-DRM9/OGG support in a diminutive 2.96" x 1.36" x 0.56" package.

The only difference, aside from the casing, is the preinstalled video for "Suffer Well," the band's March-released single.

Available in four storage capacities, the player is bundled with a standard set of accessories (stereo headphones, neck strap, USB 2.0 and line-in cables, and requisite paperwork). It doesn't look like it from the picture, but those headphones better be encrusted with jewels. That's the only way anyone but the diehard DM fan would shell out a ridiculous $309 for the maxed out 2GB model. If you've only got 2/3 of that, you can pick up the 256MB version instead. What a bargain.

[TrekStor via Gizmodo]

Comments

vale on July 29, 2006 2:58 PM

reproductor mp3 depeche

608zz on July 30, 2006 3:15 PM

Finally, another device that does OGG. Sure, it's expensive and all depeche modey, but this is the best thing posted here in almost two weeks. At least these guys know what a decent file format is.

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