Western Digital (WD) officially launches its WD TV Live HD media player that lets you enjoy Full HD 1080p media on your HDTV. The device offers Ethernet port for internet content and USB 2.0 for connecting external hard drive. It provides HDMI and Composite AV video outputs. The HD media player is priced at $149.99.Supported Formats:Video – AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG1/2/4), MPG/MPEG, VOB, MKV (h.264, x.264, AVC, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1), TS/TP/M2T (MPEG1/2/4, AVC, VC-1), MP4/MOV (MPEG4, h.264), M2TS, WMV9Photo – JPEG, GIF, TIF/TIFF, BMP, PNGAudio – MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA,

The Lissie Q10 portable media player looks pretty sweet with its sleek design, featuring a 3" display that we hope will be OLED for superior image quality. Don't hope for this to jump aboard the touchscreen bandwagon though as the device will rely on a retro dial to control the user interface. It seems as though the Lissie Q10 will come with up to 20 hours of non-stop audio playback while video playback time stands at 8 hours. Just like many other portable media players that are released in South Korea, chances are pretty good that this

The MSI MV652+ portable media player, as its name implies, is an upgraded version of the ordinary MV652 since it shares a similar chassis. What makes the MSI MV652+ different would be the availability of a 3" touchscreen display, a Rockchip chipset, the ability to handle all the popular audio and video file formats, a built-in G-sensor, picture browsing, an e-book reader, a USB2.0 port and a built-in 800mAh battery. Expect the 4GB capacity model to go for $43 thereabouts.

iRiver launches in China market the N20 portable music player that is designed to serves also as a necklace. The N20 features a 128×56 PMOLED display and the IESE (iriver Extreme Sound Engine) sound enhancement technology. It supports MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC, OGG and WAV files.The iRiver N20 measures 26×55.5×13mm and weighs just 35g. It is available in 2GB and 4GB capacities that are priced at 649 Chinese Yuan and 749 Yuan respectively.[imp3]

iRiver today announced the availability of N20 PMOLED MP3 player. The gadget comes equipped with a 120 x 56 PMOLED (passive matrix OLED) screen with four lines of data, which is enough to display text and simple icons. The iRiver N20 alo supports most of popular music file formats including MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC, OGG, and WAV. The 2GB and 4GB versions are priced at $95 and $110, respectively. [IMP3 via iPod and MP3 Players]

My my, how times have progressed - from carrying your own portable 1Seg TV device with you wherever you go so that you can always catch up on your favorite shows, Panasonic has upped the ante (only in Japan, of course) by throwing in a 1Seg TV device with a built-in Blu-ray disc player. No idea on pricing or whether this is going to make its way out of Japan to North America, but we're not too optimistic on its outlook should it ever arrive on our shores.

Looks like Cowon is planning another portable media player, the iAudio 9. The player comes with a stylish design and features a 2-inch LCD display, built-in FM tuner, microphone for voice recording, built-in speakers and TV-out support. No words yet on availability.[journaldugeek]

The name makes it sound like it’s small enough for your pocket, but actually this media player from Panasonic Japan features a 9 inch screen with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, along with a CD player, FM radio, an iPod dock and 4GB of internal memory. Not exactly portable.The device also has a SD card slot and USB port for all of your audio and image files that are elsewhere. From the built in amplifier you can expect an output of 5W × 2ch.The MW-10 will be available in Japan on October 23 in three colors for pricey price of 50,000 Yen (or $550). [New Launches]

Still remember the Asus O!Play HDP-R1 media player hat we mentioned back in July? Asus today announced the availability of this gadget in the US market. Priced at $99.99 each, this media player is compatible with a wide variety of codecs with 1080p resolution including MPEG1/2/4, H.264, VC-1, and RM/RMVB. The Asus O!Play HDP-R1 also has eSATA and Ethernet ports. [Engadget]

The QNAP NMP-1000 networked media player was unveiled at CeBIT in March earlier this year, and has finally made its way to the masses by offering the following :- BitTorrent ServerFTP ServerRemote web browser accessCan function as an external USB or eSATA drive to your PCAutomatic categorization of local and remote disk dataDLNA compliantVideo codec support: MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, XVID, H.264, H.263, WMV9, VC1Video container support: AVI, MPEG/MPG, VCD (ISO, MPG), DVD (VOB, IFO, ISO), WMV, ASF, TP, TS, TRP, M1V, M2V, M4V, M2P, M2T, M2TS,