Universally accredited with making some of the best sounding portable media players on the planet South Korean techno wizards 'Cowon' have been at it again. The P5 sports a 5 inch 800x480 16 million colour touch screen with haptic feedback and has a a custom Windows Ce 5.0 based user interface. As well as supporting a whole host of audio formats (MP3, WMA, ASF, OGG, WAV, FLAC, APE, MPC, WV) you also get a plethora of video formats too (AVI, ASF, WMV, MPG, OGM) that can be played back at full DVD resolution (720x480). They also include a nice selection of image format support as well (JPG, BMP, PNG, RAW). As if that wasn't enough the clever chaps at Cowon have also thrown in Bluetooth, Tv Out, Txt viewer, a 5 band EQ and a USB 2.0 host port for connecting additional storage or peripherals. Cowon haven't scrimped on battery power either, you can expect to get 14hrs for audio and a hefty 9 hrs for video. It comes in 60GB/80GB capacities and while not currently available outside of Korea, rumour has it it will be hitting Europe and the US in the next few months. If you're in the game for a media player but can't wait that long be sure to check out some of Cowons' other offerings too such as it's A3 and D2 models.

Cowon Korea - Homepage
Cowon Global - Homepage
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