Philips’ new HDD players: HDD1630 and HDD6330
Two new devices were presented by the dutch company today.
The HDD1630 is a 6GB hard drive-based MP3 player (measures 2.11×3.39×0.64 in., weighs 3.1oz) with a 1.5-inch 16-bit color backlit LCD screen to view your pictures and album art. Battery life is rated at 18 hours.
The HDD6330 (measures 2.52×4.09×0.66 in., weighs 5.3oz) has a 30GB capacity, the screen is 2-inch and there’s also a USB On-The-Go port, so you can directly backup those pictures from your digital camera. Battery life is 15 hours.
Common features (found in both models) include:
- support for MP3 (320kbps), WMA (192kbps), WAV
- PlaysForSure (support for pay-per-song services) and Windows Media DRM 10 support (for subscription-based services)
- FM tuner (20 presets)
- FM, voice, line-in recording (in WAV format)
- backlit sensory touchpads and SuperScroll (Philips’ system for navigating through your music collection with speed and precision)
Estimated retail price is $200 for the HDD1630, and a hundred bucks more for its bigger brother. The devices will be available in October.
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[...] Philips HDD6330 review: “Due to its rather poor playback features, it fails to earn my highest recommendation. However, its highly innovative design, ease of use and excellent recording and presentation capabilities earns my recommendation.” The reviewer rightfully notes that while many of the playback features can be fixed via a firmware upgrade, but the company’s doubtful to care about it. Read our presentation of the HD6330. [via] [...]
...added by HiFi Blog -- Philips HDD6330 review /// November 17th, 2005 at 15:24 PM
[...] This is review #2. You may want to read review #1, or our presentation of the Philips HDD6330 here. [...]
...added by Review: Philips HDD6330 -- HiFi Blog /// December 12th, 2005 at 15:08 PM
[...] The dutch company presented the GoGear HDD1850 during this year’s CES, The model will probably replace the 6GB HD-based HDD1630. It’s got 2 more gigs of space, a longer (not wider) screen and its battery is supposed to last for 18 hours. Still no video capability (just photos and album art). There’s support for music subscription services, an FM tuner and a voice recorder. Expected in May for $200. [...]
...added by CES 2006: Philips GoGear HDD1850 -- HiFi Blog /// January 18th, 2006 at 05:02 AM