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PVR A1

Features

Mulitfunctional portable device: TV recording in MPEG4 compatible format, video playback, digital photo player, digital voice recorder, MP3 player, USB portable disk & SD/MMC card reader 2.5 " TFT LCD screen DPS function (direct connection to a printer - no need for a PC) MP3 Player with digital sound effects (Pop, Jazz, Classic, Bass, Rock) Audio Alarm Pocket-size design for easy carrying Software Converter: Converting of multiple video formats into MPEG4 compatible formats Rechargeable battery and power adapter USB port, AV in, earphone jack, DC in
All specifications are subject to change without notice.
Mustek Optic-Computer & Communication International GmbH
Hansemannstr. 63, D-41468 Neuss Tel.: +1626-0 Fax: +103830 www.mustek.de

Specifications

Product Functions TV recording in MPEG4 compatible format, video playback, digital photo player, digital voice Recorder, MP3 Player, USB portable disk, SD/MMC card reader 2,5 " TFT LCD (6 cm diagonal) Built-in Built-in NTSC / PAL Yes
Display Mikrophone Loudspeaker TV System DPS Support (Direct Printing Service) Audio Effects POP/Jazz/Klassik/Bass/Rock Interface USB, AV input, earphone jack, DC-in Memory Internal 32 MB External SD/MMC card slot Supported Formats Video ASV compatible Photo JPEG compatible Music MP3 compatible Voice WAV compatible Mass Storage Device Yes (Windows: 2000 / XP) Dimensions (L x T x H) 77 mm x 96 mm x 20 mm Weight 110 g Minimum System Requirements 500 MHz Pentium-Processor and higher Windows 2000/XP Available USB port SuperVGA card and colour monitor CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive At least 128 MB RAM and 200MB available hard disk space Accessory USB and AV cable earphone Rechargeable Lithium ion battery Power adapter Bag Software and driver CD User guide

Will Flash Kill Hard Drives? Will Hard Drives Kill Flash?

June 2006

Study Number: NV113-06
Copyright Semico Research, 2006. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part is prohibited without the express written permission of Semico. The contents of this report represent the interpretation and analysis of statistics and information that is generally available to the public or released by responsible agencies or individuals, but is not guaranteed as to its accuracy or completeness.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents... i List of Tables.... ii List of Figures... iii Executive Overview.... 1 Methodology & Acknowledgements... 2 Introduction.... 3 A Little History: Where did NAND come from?.. 4 HDD Costs Stay Ahead of NAND.. 6 HDD Form Factors Continue to Shrink... 8 Examples of NAND vs. HDD Price per Gigabyte Crossovers.. 9 Other Reasons Some Designers Choose NAND over HDD.. 12 1) NAND May Consume Less Space.. 12 2) NAND Weighs Less.... 13 3) Less Quantifiable Reasons... 14 How Much Storage do Consumers Need?.. 15 Digital Cameras.... 16 Camera Phones.... 18 MP3/Digital Audio Players... 19 iPod nano: Apples Big Gamble... 22 Hamburgers, Cokes, and Elasticity... 22 How Elasticity Was Tested On the iPod... 23 Lossy vs. Lossless Compression... 25 Not All HDD Markets will Behave Similarly.. 26 Personal Video Players.... 26 Digital Video Recorders or Personal Video Recorders.. 30 Camcorders.... 32 Notebook Computers.... 37 Summary.... 41

List of Tables

Table 1: Card-Based Camcorder Potential Market... 37

List of Figures

Figure 1. NAND vs. DRAM Price per Megabyte Intersection of 1994.. 5 Figure 2. Actual HDD vs. DRAM. vs. NAND Historical Pricing.. 7 Figure 3. Toshiba's 0.85" HDD.... 9 Figure 4. NAND and HDD Prices at Different Capacities, 2006... 10 Figure 5. NAND and HDD Prices at Different Capacities, 2007... 11 Figure 6. Volume vs. Capacity of miniSD, USB Flash Drive, and HDD.. 13 Figure 7. Weight vs. Capacity for 1" HDD, USB flash drive, and miniSD.. 14 Figure 8. Historical Megapixel Growth.... 17 Figure 9. Samsung Anycall SGH-i310 HDD-Based Camera Phone... 18 Figure 10. HanGo Personal Jukebox - 1999... 20 Figure 11. Idealized Elasticity Curve: Hamburgers vs. Cokes.. 23 Figure 12. The iPod Elasticity Curve... 24 Figure 13. Samsung's YEPP YH-999... 26 Figure 14. Mustek's PVR A1.... 27 Figure 15. Hours of MPEG-2 Video on Various Media... 28 Figure 16. DVR Recording Capacities for HD and Standard TV.. 31 Figure 17. JVC Everio GZ-MG505 HDD-based Camcorder.. 33 Figure 18. Sanyo C40 Card-Based Camcorder... 34 Figure 19. Panasonic D-Snap Card-Based Camcorder.. 35 Figure 20. Sanyo Xacti HD1 HDTV Card-Based Camcorder... 36 Figure 21. msystems mSSD NAND-based 2.5" HDD Look-alike.. 38