The Management Consulting Group

The past decade has seen the technology market being inundated with fancy products, the most favorite of which have been digital media players. Some of these gadgets play music while others play videos and some of them come with both these capabilities combined. The most popular of the lot is arguably Apple Inc’s IPod systems which have been a big hit with the masses. They can store and play many formats of music files including Mp3 as well as various video formats.

The Mp3 format which has been the most popular music format ever devised has been followed by the Mp4 audio and video format. There is a popular misconception that the Mp3 and Mp4 formats have been followed by an Mp5 format of digital media. The fact is that Mp5 is not a format at all but a marketing gimmick which certain manufacturers have used to promote a series of digital media players that have been branded as Mp5 players.

It is widely believed that there are not many technological enhancements that these Mp5 players incorporate so as to warrant being called a new species of gadgets and that at best they can only be called advanced digital media players in that they incorporate a few extra features. Though this might be true to some extent, there are many distinct advantages that these gadgets have over the traditional IPod and other Mp3 players in the market. These features do not make them a must have but at least broadens the horizons for a purchaser. Here are some of those advantages which would make you want to buy an Mp5 player.

The built in DV cameras that most of these Mp5 players come with, lets you record videos in addition to just storing and playing them back. The other advantage secured by these gadgets is that they can transcode video formats back and forth from one format to the other. This allows a user to view any video in any format as well as enables the conversion of the video into popular formats such as Real media and other formats.

These Mp5 players invariably have a built In DV camera that allows for recording of video in addition to storing and playing it back. They come with the ability to transcode videos from one format to the other depending on your choice. This allows the user to view any video irrespective of what format it has been encoded in.

Most of these instruments have a huge in built memory, but also support external expandable memory using SD cards and other external storage devices. The most visible advantage is the large 2. 4 inch TFT display screen hat they sport, which offers crystal clear images and great clarity. The usual display systems in other digital media players are mostly grainy and of inferior resolution. The most gratifying advantage is that these gadgets come very cheap. When compared to the renowned brands, they are either similarly priced or less.