British Company Sells Astonishing Korean PMP

British company Advanced MP3 Players have brought the iubi Blue to these shores, a product with practically everything in portable video and audio that stops short only of cleaning your teeth.

The iubi Blue supports virtually every video codec including MPEG 1, 2, 4 DivX 3.X, DivX 4.X, DivX 5.X, Svid, WMV9, H.264, AVI, OGM, WMV 7, 8, MOV and Real video. Videos and movies run at 30 frames per second with support for 720 x 480 pixel playback (8Mbps). Along with multi-codec support (MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, L- Pcm), the player also features a surprisingly effective stereo loudspeaker – a real alternative to listening via headphones, utilising 12mW per channel sound output with Wolfson 3D sound enhancement technology.

The iubi Blue also supports direct AV recording using its internal MPEG4 encoder. Record straight into MPEG4 (640 x 480 30fps) from your TV, DVD player or VHS player, allowing you to record up to 75 hours of video footage.

With the addition of bluetooth and USB on-the-go (no need for that pesky PC) a hard drive of 30GB and a price tag of under £250, the machine lacks only WiFi, or it would surely take the King Of Gadgets prize, and video podcasters would never ever look back...