The Mintpass Cube MP3 player is for those who love reading meters. The 2 inch cube also sports push button controls, analog displays for volume, battery charge, and frequency, 3.5mm audio out, and Bluetooth. No word on storage capacity or price.Call us geeks, but we see this MP3 player and we just can’t help wondering what a Borg ship would look like with a battery meter on the side. Of course the Federation would always know when Borg batteries are running low.[Mintpass]

A couple of boffins from Japan’s Keio University didn’t have enough YouTube in their lives, so they have developed a microwave aimed at other geeks just like them. I’m talking a YouTube-powered microwave. Because heating up those hotpockets can get boring.The “Castoven” is based on a conventional, unbranded model of “good quality” and features a 10.4-inch LCD screen in the door panel and speakers. It’s connected to a Mac, but could easily work with Windows computers as well.The idea is to display a YouTube video whose length matches the time you

This 24K gold plated device is the 3Dinlife X5 Collection Version DV Player. If the gold plated bit of the device didn’t impress you enough, there is also a laser etched signature and a VIP gold card. The device sports a MPEG-4 recording twin lens 3D camera which can capture 3-megapixel still shots. There’s a handy USB port for you to download your media out of this device. While there isn’t any pricing information just yet, you can be sure that anything gold plated isn’t going to come cheap.

This may be the coolest record player concept ever. The Void LP Player concept from Rhea Jeong consists of a magnetic levitating disc carrier plus a small self contained player in a ball with an integrated needle, amplifier and speaker all wrapped up in one. Truly a space age record player.The record player uses a carrier and dock with a magnetic and auto-calibrating control system that holds the LP in thin air as it is playing. The record player in the form of a red sphere, contains a needle, amplifier and speaker and spins around the record.Man I would love to see this in

Looking for a small MP3 player so you can sneak some tunes while you’re in class? Check out the Micro Sport Japanese MP3 Player, which is tiny (as pictured), but despite its small size, the creators of it managed to cram 4GB of storage space and a rechargeable battery inside it. Surprisingly, it also features stereo sound, with the other earbud attached directly to the side of the main unit, and will trail on a cord around the back of your head. It’s going for $89.99, which shouldn’t be too surprising, since we all

MSI launches in China the MT-V887 portable media player that is based on Rockchip’s RK2728B chipset. Available in 4GB and 8GB, the V887 has a 4.3-inch 480×272 LCD display. It supports 720p  video playback and is able to handle MKV, H.264, AVI, RM/RMVB, MP4, FLV, VOB, MPG, DAT, MOV, 3GP video formats.MSI MT-V887 supports also MP3, WAC, APE, FLAC, WAV, AAC audio and JPEG, BMP, GIF image files. The player comes with also voice recorder, text viewer, a USB OTG port and a microSD card slot.[imp3]

LaCie announced the new LaCinema Classic HD, a HD media player with up to 2TB of internal storage. Serves as an upgrade to the LaCinema Classic, the device is capable of 1080p Full HD output and has built-in DLNA media server. Other than internal storage, it provides USB ports for expansion.The LaCinema Classic HD offers Full HD output via HDMI connector. Other than playing media files on internal storage, the player can also connects to your home network via Ethernet port and stream movie, music, photos from networked PC or network storage. Thanks to its DLNA server, it also

Princeton launches the PAV-MP1 HD media player for our friends in Japan. The MP1 supports Full HD 1080p output and is able to handle most media files including H.264, MPEG4-AVC, RMVB files.Princeton PAV-MP1 has no internal storage but two USB 2.0 ports for connecting USB hard drives or flash drives. It offers also Ethernet LAN port for media streaming from network PC or storage. In addition to HDMI, the HD player includes RCA video output as well.The PAV-MP1 comes with a remote control. It will be released in late November for 14800 Yen. Users can also get the PAV-MP1DC in-car

Japanese company Digital Cowboy introduces an update to the Movie Cowboy DC-MCNP1 networked media player, called DC-MCNP1/W. The new model comes with built-in support for WiFi 802.11b/g/n connecitivty for wireless streaming.The DC-MCNP1/W, like the original DC-MCNP1, offers a 2.5-inch SATA drive bay. It supports Full HD 1080p output via HDMI port. It supports most media formats including DivX, RMVB, MP4. Other than WiFi, Ethernet LAN is also supported. There are also USB HOST port and USB port for expansion.The WiFi-enabled network HD media player will be released in December

Move over, Sony PS3. Your heydays as the cheapest Blu-ray player in the market is about to be undermined by the Magnavox NB500 Blu-ray player even if it will only be for a day, as Walmart is offering this Black Friday deal for a mere $78. That's less than a hundred bucks with change to spare - what is there not to like? At least the PS3 can now retain the title of "Cheapest games console with Blu-ray playback capability" - at least until Black Friday is over and some sense of normalcy returns.