'1st portable Mpeg4 player' available for Sharp Zaurus

By klsh on August 1, 2002 5:58 AM | | TrackBacks (0)

Note: I have seen the Zaurus on sale at Best Buy for $331 (this is a clearance sale, the SL-5500 is still current model, Best Buy just has a policy of clearing shelves on stock to refresh inventory.)

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My impression is they could lower the price to $299 since it is NOT a Pocket PC compatible unit, and the general public doesn't understand it is the preferable model.

tkcVideo is a multi-format video playback application for the Sharp Zaurus, making the Zaurus the worlds first portable Mpeg4 player. Because Mpeg4 encoded files allow the use of lower bitrates with the same quality, it is possible to encode more than 1 hour of 320x240 (the Zaurus screen resolution) Mpeg4 video to a 128mb Compact Flash card.

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