Published on 06/27/2006
Anything But iPod looks into the Mvix MV-5000U home-based media player as a solution for simple living room entertainment. The MV-5000U supports all major codecs including MPEG 1/2/4, AVI, DivX XVID, DVD files (IFO,VOB), VCD files, DVD ISOs, AC3, MP2, MP3, DTS pass through, WMA, OGG, and M3U . If you have a HDTV, you can even up convert it to 1920 x 1080i for superior pictures. The MV-5000U comes with a built-in FM transmitter as well, but it fails to perform like many other FM transmitters. Most major audio formats are also covered, along with JPEG images. Unfortunately, the remote control has an awkward button placement scheme. Overall the $249 MV-5000U does the perfect job for media playback if that's what you're looking for.