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Mvix MV-2500U Ultra-Portable Media Center

By: Grahm Skee on May 5, 2008 10:12 AM

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Not quite the typical “portable media center” you see here at abi>>, but more of a compact version of the Mvix MX-780HD I recently reviewed. This condensed media player handles all the same codecs of the larger 780 including MPEG 1-4, XviD/DivX, and my favorite DVD ISOs (with 1080i upscaling).

The small unit houses a 2.5” hard drive and sports component outs for HD video along with digital optical out for 5.1 audio. It is on sale now for $150 sans hard drive. If you would like to get a better feel for this unit, please check out the 780HD review.

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Comments

AC on May 5, 2008 12:37 PM

From the website:
"128 X 64 mm" LCD
But I don't see a screen anywhere. It's a very cool idea with the remote control and the ability to add any hard drive to it. But without some kind of screen, even a very minimal one, it would be very hard to navigate. Unless it were attached to a monitor or TV. But what about in the car or while walking around?

ptkw on May 6, 2008 1:26 PM

Enzo, could you please clarify that LCD question (that is, if you know something that we don't)?

I'm interested about this as well. Thanks!

Marcus on May 8, 2008 1:57 PM

The LCD listing is an error, there is no LCD on the MX-2500.

-Marcus

ptkw on May 9, 2008 6:27 PM

Thanks, Marcus!

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