Christine Harrell asked:


With the evolution of technology, companies like Apple have developed mini-multimedia devices called iPods. These small, but sturdy hand held media players have captured the attention of the world as they have sold over 42 million in recent years. They can now hold over 60 gigabytes of your favorite music, videos, data and files that you would like transferred from one pc to another.

There are wireless additions and open source software that can customize the operating system to handle applications designed by individual developers. The versatility of the iPods over palm pilots and other similar devices has made them valuable tools for work and play. It has been reported that some medical firms use them to transfer x-rays and client files from one practice to another while also being used to play medical videos for patient care. An iPod in the hand of a forward thinker can become a powerful tool, which can revolutionize work flow within many industries.

Training videos are another great use for the iPod and with the large storage capacity they can be used to coach through many medical procedures. For example, imagine ambulance services with personnel who carry iPods with videos that explain how to give CPR, deliver babies, perform tracheotomies, amputations or any other critical procedure just in case of emergency. This is just one way that this piece of technology can be used to save lives.

There really is no limit to the usefulness of the Apple iPod when creative imagination takes hold of one. There will always be, of course, the regular videos that it can play while you are on an airplane to a foreign country. It can hold more music than the average jukebox found at dance halls and social halls. It even categorizes your favorite genres and will quiz you about the very music downloaded into the iPod.

With wireless technologies becoming cheaper while covering wider ranges of distance, the iPod can keep constant connection within a corporate setting which can synchronize with everyone who uses the same information.

There are companies who can customize your iPod as well so that it matches your company logos or colors. Mostly the iPod will continue to be the toy that teens and young adults use to watch videos and listen to their favorite songs while adults add the customized features listed above. As storage devices, the possibilities are endless. How will you use yours?

Antonio asked:


MP3 players are a great way to satiate the varied needs of music aficionados. The portability and huge memory capacity of MP3 players allow music lovers to carry and listen to their favorite music anywhere and anytime. While traveling for long hours or sitting, in some remote place, anyone can listen to their favorite collection of songs through these portable MP3 players. But, in case you are worried with the costs involved in purchasing an MP3 player then put all your worries to rest as these days MP3 players are available at affordable costs.

The portable MP3 players are available in many types to satiate the needs of buyers. They are available as-

• Stand alone players

• Players in Combo to any other electronic gadget like mobiles and watches

• Players as an extension to the storage devices like Mass USB device.

Portable MP3 players can also be classified on the basis of the type of memory storage used in it like hard drive, flash memory and CD/DVD (Compact Disk) format. The size of a MP3 player may vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. With the help of high-end technology, manufacturers are today offering MP3 player that can slip in to any pocket size. The storage capacity of these gadgets is also increasing day-by-day with some MP3 players promising to accommodate your entire music library. There has been significant change in the design of MP3 players and the market today offers a plethora of choices to customers.

The increased popularity of MP3 players and the resultant competition in the market has led to the availability of portable MP3 players in a wider price range. To further take the advantage, buyers can buy these gadgets at wholesale prices from the online shops. The online shops save on dealer and distribution costs, which they pass on to customers by offering products at wholesale prices. Portable Deals is one such online shop that offers huge discounts to the customers. One can choose from a comprehensive range of stand alone or combo portable mp3 players which are available at wholesale prices in the shop. The shop also offers 30 days money back guarantee, flat international shipping rates, and discounts on the monthly featured products which can make your shopping more pleasurable. To check for more offers on portable MP3 players or to browse through its entire portfolio, please visit the online shop portabledeals.com.

Rose Li asked:


Like all electronic products, features for portable players are also full of jargon. As a reseller of portable DVD players it is important for you to understand these clearly for two reasons:

* Savvy consumers knows and understand electronics and are looking for an equally adept seller

* Novices need help understanding which product is right for them

Here is a list of terms which should help you go from zero knowledge to expert in no time:

** Disc Formats **

CD: Short for Compact Disc Read Only Memory (CD-ROM), is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer.

CD-R: A CD-R (recordable) allows for content to be written once and read many times. This type of disc stores all types of media files.

CD-RW: This is a rewritable medium that allows for content to be written many times and read many times. The CD-RW can also be used to store different formats of content.

VCD: Also known as Video Compact Disc is a format for storing video on CDs, and is not dissimilar to a VCR in that you cannot skip chapters or view rich data, just fast forward and rewind.

SVCD: This stands for Super Video Compact Disk. This is a successor to the VCD and was meant to challenge the DVD format. Quality and storage capacity is superior to a VCD, but lower than the DVD.

DVD: Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Discs. They look like CDs but store six times more data and can display video in chapters.

DVD RW/ DVD+RW/ DVD-RW: These three terms essentially mean the same thing. These are rewritable DVDs. They can be rewritten close to a thousand times, making them very useful as backup media. The + and – and competing standards, though it is generally accepted that + is superior and therefore the industry standard for rewritable disks.

** Media Formats **

MPEG 1, 2, 3 & 4: These are compression standards for audio and video set by the Moving Pictures Export Group. The numerals refer to versions with MPEG 1 being the 1st and MPEG 4 being the latest. These standards apply across all transmission and distribution platforms.

MP4: This is another name of the MPEG 4-Part 14 standard created by the Moving Pictures Expert Group standards. This standard specifies compression for both video and audio. Commercially a number of manufacturers use MP4 on products that can playback both audio and video. However, this is misleading as MP4 products must be able to playback files with the extension .mp4.

WMA: Windows Media Audio is an audio data compression standard developed by Microsoft.

DiVX: This is a compression technique that converts lengthy video sequences into smaller parts without loosing too much detail. It uses the MPEG-4 compression standard.

XVID: The opposite of DiVX, is a compression technique and a direct competitor for DiVX. It also does video compression based on the MPEG-4 standard. The difference between the two is DiVX is proprietary while XVID is distributed under Gnu or is free to use.

MP3: Designed by the Moving Pictures Expert Group, this is a standard for audio files compression.

JPEG: This is a compression standard for photographs and is used by most digital cameras. Having this lets the user playback pictures from the camera on the portable DVD screen.

** External Ports **

AV In: Audio/Video input point to connect external devices like a video cam direct to the player

AV Out: Audio/Video output point for connecting DVD player to home TV, car system etc.

VGA Out: Video Graphics Array port, first introduced in computers now popular in portable devices, used to connect to LCD displays among others.

USB: Universal Serial Bus is one of the most common interface devices on a variety of platforms from computing to audio/video. With the USB you can hook up a whole host of devices to the DVD Player including mobile phones, laptops, computers, mp3 and MP4 players etc.

SD/MMC/MS Card Reader: Secure Digital/Multimedia Card and Memory Stick are all types of flash memory used in portable electronic devices from MP3/MP4 players, digital cameras, camcorders, mobile phones etc. A card reader for these devices ensures content on them can be played on the DVD player.

HDMI: High-Definition Multimedia Interface is an audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data.

It is the digital alternative to analog standards such as:

* RF

* Coaxial cable

* Composite video

* S-Video

* SCART

* Component video

* D-Terminal

* VGA

HDMI connects digital audio/video sources such as set-top boxes, Blu-ray Disc players, personal computers (PCs), video game consoles (such as the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360), and AV receivers to compatible digital audio devices, computer monitors, and digital televisions

S-Video: Separate Video is an analog video signal that carries the video data as two separate signals, lumen (luminance) and chroma (color).

This differs from composite video which carries picture information as a single lower-quality signal, and component video which carries picture information as three separate higher-quality signals. S-Video carries standard definition video (typically at 480i or 576i resolution), but does not carry audio on the same cable.

** TV Encoders **

PAL: Phase Alternating Line is an analog color encoding system used in broadcast television is large parts of the world. DVDs with PAL encoding will only play on players that can decode this signal.

SECAM: Developed in France, it is an analog color encoding system for broadcast television. It is primarily used in France, parts of Eastern Europe some former French colonies.

NTSC: Developed in the USA, it is an analog color encoding system for broadcast television. Primarily used in the US.

DVB: Digital Video Broadcasting is (or will be) the industry standard for digital video in many countries around the world. It is used for satellite, terrestrial and digital terrestrial for portables (including mobile broadcasts).

ATSC: Advanced Television Systems Committee standard defines a digital broadcast standard for the US, Canada, Mexico and one or two other territories.

** Miscellaneous Terms **

Aspect Ratio: Aspect ratio is the fractional relation of the width of a video image compared to its height. The two most common aspect ratios in home video are 4:3 (also known as 4×3, 1.33:1, or standard) and 16:9.

Signal to Noise Ratio: Signal-to-noise ratio compares the level of a desired signal (such as music) to the level of background noise. The higher the ratio, the less obtrusive the background noise is.

Screen resolution: This refers to the number of rows and columns of pixels in the LCD display. So a screen with 800×600 resolution means it has 800 rows of pixels and 600 columns.

Bit rate: Bit rate is a measure of the rate of information content in a video stream. It is quantified using the bit per second (bit/s or bps) unit or Megabits per second (Mbit/s). A higher bit rate allows better video quality.

Modulation/Demodulation: This is a method of transferring digital data stream and converting it into an analog stream.

FFT Pattern: FFT refers to Fast Fourier Transform which is the algorithm used to unscramble the digital signals broadcast by television stations and broadcasters.

A FFT pattern is used in DVB-T transmissions and usually refers to signals being modulated for 2048, 4096, or 8192 carriers (2k, 4k, 8k mode, respectively).

FEC: Forward Error Correction is a system sending extra data with transmissions so that the television stations can quickly establish the cause of errors and fix them.

NES/SNES: Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Nintendo Entertainment System. These are gaming consoles released by Nintendo in the early 1990s. Many third-party devices come with these built-in, including portable DVD players.

ESP Protection: Electronic Skip Protection basically ensures playback of audio/video is skip free especially when mobile…say in a car.

** But why do YOU have to know all this? **

The digital consumer is aware of the interoperability between various digital formats and is generally looking for products that can double up in more than one function.

For example: a portable DVD player with a big enough screen to play back stills from a digital camera might mean the consumer will prefer to spend less on a camera with a big screen and use the portable DVD player instead for viewing pictures.

This is possible with the addition of the SD/MMC/MS card reader.

Similarly most family vacations today have a camcorder as a must have. For these consumers the ability to playback home videos on a larger screen is a must have.

A portable DVD player that accepts multiple video formats including NTSC, PAL SECAM etc. makes it more useful.

The ability to receive multiple TV input signals is essential given the changes taking place in broadcast technology. With Digital TV broadcast signals replacing analog across the world, it is essential that the portable DVD player have the required inputs to play the different TV formats.

Gaming is another “nice to have” feature on a family vacation.

The ability to either plug into existing gaming systems or in fact have a built-in gamer goes a long way in making a sale.

By knowing what the terms mean you are a long way towards knowing who to aim particular portable DVD players at and what features to play up and which points to ignore.

So get out there today, start studying up improve your listings and start selling to a wider market. Your bank balance will love you for it.

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Alden Jerry asked:

Music had always been the heartbeat of human being. It acts as the best stress buster for everyone. Infact, music and living beings have a deep rooted instinctive connection. Even animals, who may not have finer expressive folds on their face or enough creative intelligence, tend to enjoy melodious songs and instrumentals. Due to this instinctive connection, music is one of the oldest invention of mankind. Starting from the ancient classical songs to the present hip-hop and rock mania, music and musical instruments have evolved unbelievably. The latest musical instruments are far more sophisticated and have amazing clarity compared to the age old record players or cassette players. Initially, such instruments were expensive. But, today they are available at competitive prices and cater to a larger mass of middle class people. The Cheap MP3 Players now have become a craze for its cost effectiveness.

The latest MP3 players come in different shapes and sizes. Most of them are very sleek and tiny, so that it is portable and can be easily kept in the pocket. It can be easily used while travelling or jogging. Sometimes even toys can be embedded with a MP3 player, such as-teddy bear MP3, Christmas MP3 and many more. In spite of being available at economical prices, these gadgets have a number of high end technical options which are very impressive for music lovers. These latest MP3 players may have varying storage capacity starting from 500 MB to as much as 32 GB. These cheap MP3 Players include a USB power adaptor, 3 screen protectors, car charger and a silicon case. To ensure high quality audio impact, they are embedded with X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity audio technology. With a striking look and unparalleled audio effect, the players have become the best choice for music lovers.

Unlike the old classical songs, the latest songs are highly instrumental with modern musical effect. Hence a highly advanced musical instrument with good base and treble effect is required for proper sound effect. The hi tech technology also used to prevent loss of sound quality of the compressed music files. With a breathtaking high depth of field and stereo audio system, it gives realistic feel to it. The sound quality is further enhanced by X-Fi technology. The latest music players have multiple features other than just classy music listening capability. It even helps in wireless transfer of pictures and music from the PC to your player. This player also provides Internet connectivity and assists in chatting through windows live messenger, yahoo messenger and other such sites.

Other than the above facilities, these cheap MP3 Players have high quality speakers with amazing noise reduction capacity. There is no need to look out or attach speakers because, this gadget has a built in speaker with immense clarity. The memory can be enhanced by attaching a memory enhancement card. With this the user store innumerable music files for endless enjoyment. The pictures are well pixelated that make them very sharp. Apart from all these, the sound system supports multiple audio formats like MP3, WMA and AAC including unprotected m4a files from itunes. Therefore, because of its cheap price and multiple functionality, the MP3s have become quite popular among youngsters and adolescents.

Antonio asked:


MP3 players are a great way to satiate the varied needs of music aficionados. The portability and huge memory capacity of MP3 players allow music lovers to carry and listen to their favorite music anywhere and anytime. While traveling for long hours or sitting, in some remote place, anyone can listen to their favorite collection of songs through these portable MP3 players. But, in case you are worried with the costs involved in purchasing an MP3 player then put all your worries to rest as these days MP3 players are available at affordable costs.

The portable MP3 players are available in many types to satiate the needs of buyers. They are available as-

•    Stand alone players

•    Players in Combo to any other electronic gadget like mobiles and watches

•    Players as an extension to the storage devices like Mass USB device.

Portable MP3 players can also be classified on the basis of the type of memory storage used in it like hard drive, flash memory and CD/DVD (Compact Disk) format. The size of a MP3 player may vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. With the help of high-end technology, manufacturers are today offering MP3 player that can slip in to any pocket size. The storage capacity of these gadgets is also increasing day-by-day with some MP3 players promising to accommodate your entire music library. There has been significant change in the design of MP3 players and the market today offers a plethora of choices to customers.

The increased popularity of MP3 players and the resultant competition in the market has led to the availability of portable MP3 players in a wider price range. To further take the advantage, buyers can buy these gadgets at wholesale prices from the online shops. The online shops save on dealer and distribution costs, which they pass on to customers by offering products at wholesale prices. Portable Deals is one such online shop that offers huge discounts to the customers. One can choose from a comprehensive range of stand alone or combo portable mp3 players which are available at wholesale prices in the shop. The shop also offers 30 days money back guarantee, flat international shipping rates, and discounts on the monthly featured products which can make your shopping more pleasurable. To check for more offers on portable MP3 players or to browse through its entire portfolio, please visit the online shop www.portabledeals.com

Md Shaffir asked:

Zen Portable Media Player

This sleek device is meant to play video and music on the go. The battery capable of playing for more than 22 hours of continuous audio playtime or up to seven hours continuous video playtime. The creative Zen Portable Media Center has 3.8 inch LCD display that delivers crisp and clear images and a removable /rechargeable Li-ion polymer battery, just a swap a fresh battery keeps it on the move.

- 20Gbyte of storage capacity that can stores up to 85 hours of movies,

- Store and listen up to 9000 songs

- Carry and enjoy up to tens of thousands of photos1

- Large, high resolution 3.8″ TFT LCD backlit for crisp and clear images

- Powerful Windows® Mobile operating system lets you easily sync, find and manage your digital entertainment

- Quickly transfer content from your PC to your ZEN Portable Media Center with its USB 2.0 interface.

- Built-in speakers means you can enjoy your movie or music.

Support Popular formats:-

- WMV

- WMA,

- MP3,

- JPG.