The News Review:
- Pentax Refreshes D-SLR Line Adds Compacts
- Review: Cowon Q5W portable media player
- Advice from our experts
Pentax Refreshes D-SLR Line Adds Compacts
Twice – Jan 24, 2008
5-inch LCD face detection a dynamic range adjustment feature IS 3200 21MB of internal memory and an “auto picture” mode that analyzes a scene and chooses the best picture mode for the scene. The S12 will offer 23 shooting modes including manual control and the firm’s “green” mode for easier operation. It will retail for a suggested $279. Another 12-megapixel model the A40 ($299) features a 3x optical zoom lens a CCD-shifting image stabilization system face recognition dynamic range adjustment a 2. 5-inch LCD and DivX movie recording. It also offers 21MB of internal memory and 22 shooting modes including manual control.
Review: Cowon Q5W portable media player
Computerworld – Jan 24, 2008
Here you definitely need the stylus for selecting items in tiny dialog boxes and typing on the virtual keyboard. Video looked impressively sharp and colorful on the 800-by-400-pixel display especially when I played wide-screen DivX-encoded movies. Motion was very smooth and the picture was visible from a wide angle. The device scored poorly in our lab audio tests and the included ear buds are basic at best — though with some adjustment of the on-screen graphic equalizer I was able to get acceptable sound through my own headphones. You can record voice notes with the built-in microphone but the player lacks a digital video recorder’s ability to capture video (which the rival Archos 605 WiFi unit can do). The Q5W also can’t record from the FM tuner a common function in audio players with built-in FM tuners including Cowon’s own iAudio 7.
Advice from our experts
Free with registration – Personal Computer World – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jan 24, 2008
Mark Hemsworth AAVI is actually what’s known as a ‘wrapper’ for different types of video. Think of it as a carrier bag which could contain almost anything. So you could have video encoded using DivX Quicktime or DV to name but three all stored in files with the AVI extension. So it sounds as if your MVIX 760HD is currently incompatible with the video format used by your Ixus. Hopefully there’ll be a firmware update in future that supports your camera’s video format but don’t count on it. Sadly incompatibilities.