MultiX A32HQ Portable DVR & MP3 Player Offers No GPS Functionality [Despite its Appearance]

This interesting gadget known as the MultiX A32HQ Portable DVR, and available from Maplin, may look like its role in life is to tell you to turn left at the next junction or take a sharp right in 300 meters (where no road actually exists) but, despite its rather Sat-Nav-like appearance, it’s actually a portable digital video player/recorder and MP3 player that comes complete with camera and microphone.

Sporting a 262K colour 2.5” LCD TFT display offering 960×240 pixels, the MultiX A32HQ Portable DVR supports MPEG4 video file format recording either utilising the supplied external camera or directly from any VCR, DVD player, satellite receiver, DVB-T box or cable box using its supplied AV cables – either directly to its (somewhat paltry) 128MB of integrated flash based memory or SD/MMC memory cards.

Supplied with a bog standard TV-out connection, allowing you to view recorded content on your TV if so desired, and with a built-in USB port offering PC connectivity, the MultiX A32HQ Portable DVR can also be used as a storage device as well as voice recorder and JPEG based digital photo album supporting DPOF (Digital Print Order format) and slideshow display, and, as alluded to previously, a digital audio player supporting MP3 and WMA formats courtesy of its fold out speakers or headphone socket. It also comes complete with an FM tuner.

Undoubtedly capable, if not wholly inspiring, the MultiX A32HQ Portable DVR retails for around £150 at the time of writing.

Maplin [via Tech Digest]