Creative isn’t exactly breaking the mold with these, but the company has just announced its new ZEN X-Fi Style and ZEN Style series of portable media players, which both keep things fairly simple and inexpensive. The ZEN X-Fi Style (pictured above) is the higher end of the two, with it packing a 2.4-inch non-touchscreen display, [...]

We know Patriot isn’t exactly the first name you think of when pondering your next media streamer, but the $129.99 price tag affixed to the black box shown above definitely piqued our interest. Like most of its rivals, this one features a 2.5-inch HDD slot (though you’ll need to bring your own drive, obviously), a trio of [...]

QNAP recently introduced a new network appliance that combines a set-top player with a NAS server. The new NMP-1000 Network Multimedia Player’s internal hard drive and software can catalog digital pictures, videos, music, and other content from computers on the home network. The player can also play those files back in the home theater using the included [...]

Chinese PMP maker, RAmos has exported to Korea its Q25ihi portable media player under its MuMu Music brand. The device will also be released in China as the Q25L. RAmos’ Q25ihi features a 3-inch capacitive touchscreen display with 400×240 resolution, FM tuner and transmitter, G-sensor for auto screen adjustment and a Flash-based GUI. The Q25ihi supports most [...]

Sony’s packed in a plethora of buzz-worthy tech into its ZX5 series of Bravia LCDs — thin panels, edge-mounted LED backlighting, 240-Hz Motion Flow, and wireless connection between the media receiver section and the glass. The new 46- and 52-inch versions have got the styling portion of the competition aced, but we’re still smarting over [...]