• Panasonic Shows Portable TV With Wi-Fi, DLNA, Web Radio Support

    Friday, March 25th, 2011

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    Panasonic Japan today announced the SV-ME870 [JP], a portable, digital 7-inch VIERA TV. There are quite a few of these devices available in Japan, but this one is probably the “mobile TV” with the most features on board at this point.

    Here are the main specs:

    • 7-inch LCD screen with 800×480 resolution
    • waterproof (protected against water immersion for 30 minutes at a depth of 1 meter)
    • 4GB internal memory (for recording TV shows)
    • Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11b/g
    • DLNA support
    • digital (web) radio support
    • YouTube connectivity
    • MP3/AAC/WMA and JPEG support
    • SD/SDHC/SDXC card slot, USB 2.0 port
    • 300mW×2ch stereo speakers
    • weight: 494g

    Panasonic is planning to sell the SV-ME870 for around $500 but hasn’t set a release date yet. It looks like a cool device, but don’t expect it to be sold outside Japan anytime soon.

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