Cowon unleash V5 HD PMP in January

December 23rd, 2009

Ok, so Cowon’s latest PMP, the V5 HD, is currently only being launched in their homeland of Korea in January but surely a US and worldwide release will shortly follow. For those of you eager to see what Cowon have stuffed into the V5 here’s the list of impressive specs

* 4.8 inch 800 x 480 res touchscreen
* WinCE 6.0
* 720p HDMI output
* H.264 support
* SD memory card slot
* Wi-Fi connectivity
* 45 hours of audio playback on battery
* 10 hours of video playback on battery
* 128x82x15.7mm

Three versions of the V5 HD will be released with varying capacities at 8GB, 16GB and 32GB. The V5 will appear in Korea in the New Year with a price tag the equivalent of US$250 for the 8GB version. We must admit we’re not usually too impressed with Cowon PMP players but the V5 HD certainly seems to taken their range up a notch or two in our estimation. The 720p HDMI output with Wi-Fi connectivity turn this media player almost into a netbook. We’re not too sure what apps you can get for WinCE but we did only say ‘almost’ a netbook.

As usual if anyone out there has played with a Cowon V5 HD please let us know what you think of this neat PMP.

Source: Electronista and AnythingButiPod