mp3, mp4, mp5 – whatever it takes

September 11th, 2007 comments (18) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob

I was checking out the bargain basement tech over on DealExtreme this morning, and came across this oddity. According to the manufacturer, what we’ve got here is an MP5, yes M-P-FIVE player.

MP5 Player

As far as I know, there is no official MP5 file format. As best I can tell is that this is just some sort of marketing hooey, designed to deceive the public into thinking they’re getting their hands on something new and exciting. The $60 player looks like any other cheap MP4/MP3 media player, complete with a 2.5-inch color screen, an FM tuner and 1GB of flash memory.

If you’re willing to take a gamble on one of these players, you can pick one up here. As is always the case with this kind of stuff, Caveat Emptor.

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  1. Gary says:

    My daughter bought one at a tech fair called commart in Pattaya recently. It will only play AVI files, but in general works very well.

  2. Steve says:

    I have a similar player with Mp4 on it. Its just a marketing ploy, they don’t play mp4 files. Its a nice little player though. It comes with software to convert your mp4, divx or whatever to the proprietary format that the player uses.

  3. thegreatfixer says:

    MP5 is HERE AND REAL read more http://www.pmptoday.com/?s=mp5

  4. technabob says:

    Well, it’s still not an actual file format. There are just a bunch of companies using the “MP5″ name.

  5. HAMZA RENIN says:

    I WANT THIS MP5PLAYER. PLEASE……….

  6. Punkas says:

    I like This MP5 Player

  7. Jarzan says:

    MP5 is just a term used in China as an upgrade from MP4 players. So far, there isn’t any MP5 formats. They are basically video/audio players that has a touch screen.

    And even if it’s an MP4 player, doesn’t mean it can play MP4 (MPEG4) video files. MP4 is just a term for an Audio player that has Video (whatever format) playing capabilities.

  8. nomiko says:

    Hi my name is nomiko.I looking for mp4or mp5 but cheap 40between70 if can you find give me my imail pls thank you

  9. OzzyDownunder says:

    Wanting a MP5 Player go to eBay and search for “MP5 Player” and you will find many

  10. Connor says:

    MP5 means you don’t have to use video converter to convert the video’s before watching on player.

  11. Bob says:

    wow… seems like a copy of the i touch

  12. josh says:

    i have one plays all files

  13. camille says:

    ,, I like this MP5 player…I love it

  14. cy says:

    ulol gago! lokohin mo sarili mo! asshole! jerk!

  15. amal says:

    hi me name is amal ^_^ i like thes mp5

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