Mustek Personal
Media Center (4OGB HDD)
With an amazing 40GB HDD memory – enough to store over
five days' worth of footage – this is a personal media
player like no other.
We've seen many a device claiming to be personal media centers,
but the reality is often a disappointment. Not the Mustek Personal
Media Center. This is a product that genuinely lives up to its
name. Forget those wannabe players that only have enough memory
for a couple of hours of film, or even 10 or 15. With the Mustek
Personal Media Center, you can record a colossal 66 hours of
movies at high quality – or at standard quality, 125 hours.
If that figure seems totally mind-boggling, think of it like
this: that's five days of footage.
Just think of it; your entire DVD or music collection stored
on a device that's little bigger than a cigarette packet. The
elephant-like 40GB HDD memory is enough to store 10,000 of your
favorite songs (if it's possible to have 10,000 favorites.)
Store a selection of films, TV shows and albums - no matter
how long your train or plane journey, it's going to be pretty
difficult to get bored with a selection that size.
 Of
course, size is no guarantee of quality. Huge amounts of memory
are no use if what you store with it is unwatchable. But rest
assured there's no problem on that score. Even we were surprised
at just how crisp and clear both the picture and the sound are,
easily as good as a high end full-size TV. Just look at the
screenshots from the impressive 3.6” LCD screen and see
for yourself. You can also choose between two levels of quality,
and store 66 hours' worth of footage at top level.
As well as working as a digital video player and recorder and
digital music player, the Media Center works as a photo player
and voice recorder. You can record direct from your TV, and
even play back footage recorded to the Media Center on your
TV. Admittedly the movie quality isn't quite as high when played
in this way, but it's still pretty impressive. The Media Center
also has a direct print function – print pictures straight
from it without the need for a PC.
Another key feature of the Media Center is its SD/MMC card slot.
While you can use this in the conventional way to expand the
player's memory by up to 1GB (if you need to expand a 4OGB memory!),
it can also be used for transferring images from your digital
camera to view. You can turn your Media Center into a virtual
photo album – one that can store an incredible 280,000
photos!
Despite the hefty amount of film and music it can hold, the
sleek silver Media Center measures a compact 11 x 8cm, and weighs
less than 300g including the battery, making it truly portable.
You can choose between battery and mains power, and all the
software you could need is included.
The Mustek Personal Media Center has to be the most exciting
mini multimedia device we've seen yet – and if the list
of features hasn't got you excited enough, take a look at the
price. That amount of memory at this sort of value, from a known,
trustworthy brand such as Mustek, makes this an essential portable
media purchase.
Measures 11 x 8 x 3cm (l x w x d)
Mustek
Personal Media Center (4OGB HDD)
£259.95/$455.00
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