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Loved by Stephen Fry proclaiming "Eat Trevor's dust, Apple!" in a glowing review of the Eco Media Player in his Guardian column on November 24, 2007., and dubbed the Green iPod by the press, this clever wind up (and rechargeable) music and video player lets you watch your favourite movies or music videos, listen to mp3 music files or tune in to the radio, any time, anywhere. Designed by Trevor Baylis, it has 2Gb storage (about 500 songs), and you can easily add to this with plug in SD cards.
The eco wind-up system means that you never need to worry about running out of power or wasting environmentally harmful batteries - one minute of winding gives up to 40 minutes of play time.
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Not content with simply being a piece of technological genius, the Eco Media Player is the very definition of convergence, playing as it does music, video and fm radio, as well as functioning as a torch, sound recorder, photo viewer, mobile phone charger, ebook viewer and data storage device. Oh, and if you want to, you can even record your old vinyl LPs onto it to truly bring your music collection into the digital age! If there's anything else on the market that's as versatile, we'd love to see it... and the trailer you need to carry it around with you.
The Eco Media Player features a 1.8" screen, and 2 gigabytes of internal memory, which holds around 500 songs, and this can be expanded by adding an SD Memory Card.
Technical Specifications
Dual Power system
Internal Lithium Ion battery can be recharged fully via PC/Laptop USB port, or internal ECO-Dynamo system which provides approx 40 minutes audio play time for each 1 minute of winding.
Max Play Time: 20 Hours.
Phone Charger
Emergency charge for popular mobile phones. Simply connect phone to the Eco Media player with the provided connector and wind the generator to charge phone.
Built-in Torch
High intensity latest technology LED lighting
Audio Stereo System
Super Hi-Fi audio reproduction of:-
mp3, wma, asf, wav, ogg.
Stereo 3.5mm headphones jack.
High quality headphones included.
Mono loudspeaker built-in.
Audio Recording
Stereo Line-In digital recording of external analogue devices such as tape decks, record players*, other audio sources. Encodes to MP3.
Selectable recording quality 64k,128k, 192k bits / sec.
Video Playing
Plays movies in full colour and with excellent audio reproduction.
Supported formats:- asv (mp4). (wmv, avi, mpeg etc supported via conversion utility)
Colour LCD screen 1.8” 0.21 million pixels.
FM Stereo Radio
Super on-chip PLL FM radio with digital precision tuning.
87.5Mhz - 108Mhz.
Compatibility
The Eco Media Player requires a PC for use. It is currently not compatible with Mac OS.
Press Reviews
"...For all its quirkiness, perhaps because of it, I love this little thing. It could have just traded on the “eco” aspect of its power generation and Baylis’s name. But it offers more than that. It is robust, clever without being pleased with itself, useful and appealing. And, as with people, I like it because it likes me..."
Stephen Fry - The Guardian, 24/11/2007
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