Erae FOCE F3-3510 5GB Slick Portable Video Player

[Suhit Gupta]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://WWW.PVP4U.COM/archives/2005/01/erae_foce_f3351.html' target='_blank'>http://WWW.PVP4U.COM/archives/2005/01/erae_foce_f3351.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Erae showed their new FOCE F3-3510 5GB Video player at CES 2005 . This slick pvp is very small and light-weight and still features a 3.5 inch color screen. It can also directly record video and has a TV out. The battery live is 5 hours for video and 10 hours for audio playback. USB 2.0 interface is available for data transfer. Erae does not have a product page up yet for the FOCE F3-3510."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/erae_foce_pmp_F3-3510.jpg" /><br /><br />I think this is one of the few units that truly looks portable and pocketable. Does anyone have any experience with the company Erae?

[DrVictorVonDoom]

5GB? Huh? I wonder how much... vs. Samsung's YH-999 Plays For Sure PMC

Samsung YH-999
20 GB Portable Media Center

http://product.samsung.com/cgi-bin/nabc/product/b2c_product_detail.jsp?eUser=&amp;prod_id=YH-999GS%2fXAA

The Samsung YH-999 Windows Mobile™- based Portable Media Device is a revolutionary handheld entertainment device that makes it easy to store and play recorded TV, movies, home videos, music and photos transferred from a PC with Windows® XP. You can watch and listen to your favorite entertainment anytime and anywhere - in the palm of your hand or through a TV or stereo. Store and play up to 80 hours of video, up to 5000 songs or tens of thousands of pictures.http://product.samsung.com/images/prod/product03/b2c_m_yh999.jpg

[TomB]

uhhhh, I think we are talking size here. The YH-999 is over two times the size. Oh course why consumers would want these when you can do the same things and more on a small iPaq at half the price is beyond me. I would be amazed to see these fly. Last time I looked a company that introduced a $99 handheld video player at the last PCExpo (2003) had only shipped a couple of thousand units after a year on the market. I wonder how many of Microsoft's PMCs have shipped since November at $500? Asian manufacturers keep releasing players (they were all over CES) but consumers just don't seem be be interested...

[DrVictorVonDoom]

Sorry but no. Product size is moot (see below) unless you are a drawf.

Both products have LCDs at 3.5".

Samsung YH-999 PMC: 3.8"(W) x 4.2"(H) x .83"(D)

ERAE FOCE F1-2210 PVP: 4.0"(W) X 2.3"(H) X .71"(D) ,--this has yet to even hit distribution.

Looks like the extra 2" on the Samsung is for the speaker. The player also has a kick-stand.

I am asking about price as it relates to capacity (5GB vs. 20GB), content, availability and DRM. I doubt any major retailers will pick that up. I saw the Samsung, Creative Zen and iRiver PMC/PMPs at BB, CC, Tweeter, Amazon, J&amp;R and I am sure many of the the mom and pop shops.

Also, NPD put total sales of PMCs (not including PMPs) at about 30K since Oct., not including in-channel inventory. I thiks this is a first good attempt into this category. Prices will drop and the products will better. It's all about convergence.

[Snow White]

Yo yo yo Dr Doom don't you be dissin my dwarfs bitch! As far as portability, I like to carry my PMPs in my breast pockets. I have other equipment up top so I favor pocket portable devices. No way I would bother with a Samsung YH-999 PMC so size is not moot. In fact few media players can compete with a cheap PPC dig? So get with it and don't be so quick on the draw. God forbid the wicked witch ever throws a dwarf spell on your candy butt!

[DrVictorVonDoom]

" In fact few media players can compete with a cheap PPC dig?"

Can you back that up? I saw no pricing.

Again, let's not get off topic. As I asked in the very beginning in my original line of questioning in comparison to a PMC, WHAT IS THE PRICE? Do you know?

And both will fit in your breast pocket along with your pencil protector.

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