LG’s gamble with the Blu-ray is still strong, launching models that incorporate multiple functionalities in addition to playback this format. Among the novelties presented at the CES are the LG BD590, a player that has internal hard drive.

That yes, however much some would like to offer the possibility of making copies of films to the internal disk, this is not the idea of the Korean manufacturer. In this disk, 250 GB, can store music, photos, videos and movies purchased on the VUDU service.

At least, since we can not import DVD or Blu-rays, yes we can do it with audio CDs, connecting to Gracenote to collect all these data. Gracenote MusicID service also offers the Stream, which enables us to listen to the music you are playing in a film or series.

The connectivity of the LG BD590 is given by its Wi-Fi module with support for 802.11n and Ethernet port, with which we can access content through DLNA, and a USB to connect to external drives. Hit the market in spring and summer of this year, at a price to be determined.

Sony Ericsson distanced himself after the summer holidays with Revital, an exclusive phone novelty wore as a transparent screen. And it seems the fashion is beginning to spread to other manufacturers, as evidenced by the Samsung IceTouch YP-H1.

This player comes with a 2-inch screen and type AMOLED color that is transparent, in addition to touch. Is postulated as a model quite unique, innovative, though probably with the same problem the phone from Sony Ericsson, a high price.

At least, its features are fairly comprehensive with extensive support for multimedia formats and a sufficiently powerful processor. In the list of formats are MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, M4A, WAV and MP3HD-side audio and MPEG-4, WMV, H.264, Xvid and DivX on the video.

To this we add technologies for improving sound quality, with support for 5.1 audio and an analyzer that constantly makes adjustments. With a capacity of 16 GB, Samsung YP-H1 will IceTouch white, although the manufacturer can offer to customize covers in pink, blue and gray.

Hopefully during CES we unveil the final price of the Samsung IceTouch YP-H1 player, we have already anticipated that it will not be very cheap.

Finally SA075 portable player was introduced by Philips.

So, the company decided to exhibit in the city of Beijing with features and this time final, so the Philips SA075 come with screen resolution of 800 × 480 pixels, while incorporating a HDMI to 720p.

For the moment the launch date of Philips SA075 is unknown, although we doubt be forthcoming.

Mumu T17FHD is a Full HD media player released in China by the company Ramos.

It wears 4-inch screen acting out a beautifully designed and presented some of the following characteristics:

• 4.3-inch screen.
• Resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels.
• Internal Memory up to 16GB of capacity.
• HDMI output.
• Supports media formats, including H.264, MKV, RMVB, AVI, MOV, MPG, MPEG 1/2/4, DAT, MOV, MP4, TS, and AC3, Dolby, DTS audio codec.
• Plays audio files MP3, WMA, RM, OGG, AAC, FLAC and APE.
• Image Viewer.
• Built-in voice recorder.

The Mumu T17FHD player will cost about $102.

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Haier has launched its first touch-screen multimedia player in the United States.

Called Haier Theater, the same attractive design externalized incorporating an accelerometer for rotating the image and being able to support AAC audio files, MP3, OGG and WMA Photo JPG, MPEG-4 videos and text and e-books.

Its range is 12 hours playback, whereas with FM radio and voice recording. Haier Theater will come in capacities of 4GB for $ 90 and 8GB for $ 100.

The Medion Cape 7 is very attractive visually, in line with the Asus Eee Box, and its purpose is to stay as long as possible by the TV. Its 20 mm thick and less than 1 kg weight makes it ideal to carry around the house to another. The highlight of this room is the equipment that makes use of the Ion Nvidia platform, which puts it among the teams that we can use as media players lounge.

The processor is an Intel Atom 230 1.6 Ghz with Nvidia GeForce 9400 graphics, 320GB hard drive and 2GB RAM. As we see, offers similar features to other nettop but with improvements.

The Medion Cape 7 comes with WiFi and Windows 7, and can be bought for 330 euros. That itself is not an optical drive.

The BD390 Blu-ray player from LG allows not only playback recorded content to Blu-ray, but also access Internet content through its network connection, so this is a team with an added value for those who like see Youtube and all content accessible through BD-Live system.

The contents that you will sign in the store in the internal memory of 1GB which incorporates the BD390 and access them swiftly through Reaction Express Mode, which provides a lively and flexible content charging more than usual in this type equipment.

LG is using many new technologies into its domestic appliances and so you have a single remote control for all elements of LG home cinema through SIMPLINK technology.

The LG BD390 is available from this October for a suggested retail price of 299 €.

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Energy Sistem increases its range of players with a new model that brings improvements in various aspects. First, the Design Energy Sistem Series 22, both external and internal, vary, and that has improved the management interface and appearance of the device.

Moreover, incorporating the new processor, faster than at present, allows the management interface that is faster. From here we can reproduce music in MP3, WMA and WAV, and MPEG-4 videos. In the latter case, 1.5-inch screen makes it not too easy.

To this end, the devices adds the functionality of TXT file reader and an FM radio tuner that also allows recording both from this and from external sources. All these features come in a device measuring 7.6 × 3.8 × 0.8 cm.

Energy Sistem Series 22 is available in various colors, depending on the capacity of each. The 8GB model, which costs 54.90 euros, is gold, the 4 GB, with a price of 44.90 euros, color and, finally, the 2GB model is lilac and costs EUR 34.90.

The Memup K-Pearl is the latest portable music player to hit the market to try to do something almost impossible: win before the team takes all consumers: Apple iPod and mobile phone in general.

To achieve central control strip-style trackball to find precisely the RIM Blackberry Pearl. The goal is easily controlled and different menus of the player. This key is also backlit.

The screen is 2.2 inches and comes in capacities of 4 and 8 GB at prices of 70 and 80 euros, a difference that makes ridiculous to think about buying smaller capacity model.

Among its salient features we find the display mode for viewing photos, album covers that we have stored in your memory or the lyrics of the songs. The autonomy of Memup K-Pearl, a key part to decide on a music player instead of a mobile phone is 12 hours in audio mode and up to 4 hours when playing videos.

The Memorex TouchMP incorporating a 2.8-inch screen with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. Combined with a set price can be an interesting option.

This player has 8GB of internal memory, which can expand using MicroSD cards. Besides music, photos and video can also listen to the radio through its FM tuner and supports podcasts.

With an announced price of $ 99, provided that the formats supported are sufficient and the interface is not disastrous, the Memorex TouchMP may arise as a serious option in their range of market.