PMP Tests (P. 13/13)

"Slim Devices Squeezebox 3"

Issue: 5/2006

On test: Slim Devices Squeezebox3 Wireless

It's a sad fact that glancing down the spines of your CD collection is still much the quickest way to browse your music. Using the tiny LCD screens on digital music devices still has some way to go, but the latest creation from Slim Devices makes some healthy steps towards the ideal. → More

"Philips WACS700/05 Wireless Music Station"

Published on: 3/2006

On test: Philips Streamium WACS700

It’s funny how so many things in life are cyclical. Just when you never thought something will never come back into fashion, it’s suddenly the next big thing. It happens in fashion, it happens in music, in literature and film. Now, it seems, the comeback has finally hit the world of audio technology. So, just when you thought the idea of multi-room hi-fi had been consigned to the great bad ideas dustbin in the sky, back it comes with a vengeance. Everyone’s doing it: from Sky with its Gnome Wi-Fi radio to Sonos with its higher end wireless system. → More

"Slim Devices Squeezebox 3 network music player"

Published on: 3/2006

On test: Slim Devices Squeezebox3 Wireless

I first reviewed Slim Devices' network music player, the Squeezebox, in April 2004. We're not quite two years on from that, but the machine has already undergone two major revisions: first, in March 2005, an upgrade of its networking capabilities and audio engine, and then, just seven months later, a complete case redesign... → More

"Archos AV700"

Published on: 3/2006

On test: Archos AV 700

The AV700 offers widescreen video when on the move, with enough features to satisfy any media addict. → More

" Archos AV700"

Published on: 3/2006

On test: Archos AV 700

The AV700 offers widescreen video when on the move, with enough features to satisfy any media addict. → More

"mPack 600 media player"

Published on: 3/2006

On test: PQI mPack P600

When it comes to watching video on the go, it doesn't have to be the iPod or Creative Zen Vision:M all the time. The mPack 600, from Taiwanese PQI is an pleasant alternative to those looking for something off the usual menu. → More

"PQI mPack P600"

Published on: 2/2006

On test: PQI mPack P600

Compared to the overwhelming popularity of MP3 players, handheld video players still only hold niche appeal. → More

"Archos PMA400"

Published on: 1/2006

On test: Archos PMA 400 30GByte

Many of us would like to have a combined contact book, diary and portable media player, rather than carrying several devices around. This concept is fraught with difficulty and the Archos PMA400 shows why. → More

"Sonos Digital Sound System Review"

Published on: 12/2005

On test: Sonos Digital Music System

This is probably the last you’ll hear from me. You see, I’m changing my name and skedaddling. Making a break for it, skipping the country, doing a Lord Lucan, call it what you will. And all I’m taking with me is a suitcase big enough for the Sonos Digital Sound System. → More

"Archos AV500"

Published on: 11/2005

On test: Archos AV 500 30 GB

Archos has made itself the premier company for portable video players, gradually chipping away at a niche market until its products are now available on the high street. It's now easy to see the appeal of video on the move -- Apple's iPod now has video capability, which will soon make it the most popular portable video player in the world by default. → More

"Sonos Digital Music System"

Published on: 10/2005

On test: Sonos Digital Music System

A wireless future has been the dream of neophiliacs for decades. Even as far back as 1927, Fritz Lang's Metropolis shows a robot emitting pulsing, glowing rings into the air -- presumably some kind of macabre wireless communication that anticipated Wi-Fi. → More

"Archos AV700"

Published on: 9/2005

On test: Archos AV 700

We thought the Archos AV400 was great, but we doubt that you bought one. → More

"Hermstedt Hifidelio wireless music centre"

Published on: 8/2005

On test: Hermstedt Hifidelio

Germany's Hermstedt isn't a name you'd usually associate with hi-fi or digital music. The firm is better known for its ISDN-based file-transfer solutions for media companies, so the Hifidelio Music Centre marks something of a departure - I suspect the hand of a company staffer who had the product developed because he or she wanted to buy one. → More

"Archos AV4100 Pocket Video Recorder"

Published on: 5/2005

On test: Archos AV 4100

The Arcos AV4100 certainly offers plenty to any perspective owner and is seen as the king of the portable media world, but can the device live up to the hype? We loaded up a player with recordings to find out. → More

"PQI mPack p800"

Published on: 6/2005

On test: PQI mPack P800

Our biggest gripe with most portable media players is their cliquey attitude to reading video. → More

"Archos AV4100"

Published on: 6/2005

On test: Archos AV 4100

An entire DVD collection in your pocket. It's a grand claim, but one that the Archos AV4100 personal video player can justifiably boast. → More

"Archos AV420"

Published on: 5/2005

On test: Archos PVR AV 420 20GB

The personal video player (PVP) has come of age. The Archos Pocket Video Recorder AV420 builds on the superlative foundation established by the Archos AV320, itself a CNET Editors' Choice winner. → More

"Epson P-2000 Multimedia Storage Viewer"

Published on: 5/2005

On test: Epson P-2000 (40 GB)

The P-2000 looks like a pure indulgence when you take it from the box and turn it on for the first time. → More

"Thomson Lyra PDP2860"

Published on: 5/2005

On test: Thomson Lyra PDP 2860 20 GB

Thomson has finally released the personal video player that it announced almost a year ago: the 20GB Lyra PDP2860. → More

"Samsung YH-999"

Published on: 5/2005

On test: Samsung YH-999 20GB

Portable TVs have an uncomfortable late-80s feel to them. Back then, we all walked around with handheld gadgets from the future that weren’t really handheld at all. → More

"Creative Zen Portable Media Center"

Published on: 5/2005

On test: Creative Labs Zen Portable Media Center 20GB

The portable video player market is percolating, with some manufacturers already releasing second- and third-generation devices such as Archos's AV420. → More

"RCA LYRA 2780 Portable Media Centre"

Published on: 3/2005

On test: Thomson Lyra PDP 2780

The LYRA.2780 Media player from RCA, while not as well known as the latest models from Creative or iriver is certainly going to be one of the first players you’ll see when you walk into any Dixons store in the UK. So does the player with its unknown branding warrant a look? → More