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Gerd

4 years ago

in Review of the Portable MPEG Player - MG25 on Blade's blog
Hi John,

thanks for the review, I ordered this unit two days ago and it will be in my mailbox by tomorrow supposedly. I had been looking for this combination of USB harddisk with MPEG/DivX playback builtin just when I found the MG-25 on the web by accident. I had already bought a nice big 2,5 " Fujitsu 100 gig harddrive a few days ago - this will fit nicely...

I also have a HUGE collection of MP3's, DivX's and VOB's (all legal of course :-). If this baby works as advertised, it'll be my dream unit. No more CD / DVD burning, no more DVD player that refuses read my CD's or DVD's, and all the sourround bang with the convenience of a remote control.

*** This is it, folks: add a nice cheap 19" TFT monitor with S-video input (see Acer, IIyama etc.) and a cheap 5.1 PC speakerset with digital AC3 input (e.g. Creative digital 5.1 speakerset) ===> ready is the ultra cheap superversatile, semi-mobile home theatre !!!
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For the battery question above: the Sigma chip used for MPEG decompression etc. eats DC current for breakfast. But if you can hold a soldering iron, try it out for yourself: buy 8 high capacity NiMH AA's (2500mAh), buy a battery holder that connects them 4-in-series & 2-in-parallel (providing a little over 5 Volts and about 5000 mAh), connect a power plug fitting in the MG-25's 5 Volt DC input (WATCH POLARITY!). I would guess the above battery pack will last about 3 - 4 hours max.

I'll post another comment as soon I have my unit setup and tested...
Cheers,
Gerd
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