Vantec AVOX Jukebox AVX-100TX Review

Features:

• Digital Multimedia Player via Home TV or Car TV

• USB 2.0 External Storage via PC(NTFS, FAT32)

• Audio - Stereo, Digital Coaxial 5.1ch. Sound

• Video - Composite, HD Component 480p, 720p, 1080i

• DVD Manager - Playback of DVD File same as Original DVD Title

• Easy Firmware Upgrade.

Specifications:

• Power: DC 5V / 2A

• Weight: 160g (without HDD) approx.

• Dimension: 80 x 148 x 24 mm approx.

• USB Interface: 480Mbps USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 Compatible) / Slave

• HDD: Type2.5" IDE HDD

• HDD File System: NTFS / FAT32

• TV Type: NTSC / PAL

Supported Format:

• Movie: MPEG 1, 2, 4 (MPG, MPEG, AVI, M2V, DAT, VOB, IFO etc.) DivX, XviD (except GMC, Qpel option applied)

• Music: MP3, OGG Vorbis, WAV, WMA (except WMA9 pro.lossless)

• Photo: JPG(JPEG)

• Available OS: Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP, Mac OS 9.0 Higher, Linux 2.4 Higher

Output:

• Video: COMPOSITE COMPONENT Y, Pb, Pr  (480p, 720p, 1080i Progressive Scan)

• Audio: STEREO L-R, DIGITAL COAXIAL (DTS Pass-Through Only)

• External IR: Support (Optional)

• Working Temperature: 0'C ~ 60'C

• Working Humidity: 10% ~ 50%

Specs -Chipset:

     The real magic is performed by the Sigma Designs REALmagic EM8511 chipset shown here.  The EM8511 is from the award winning EM8500 Series of video processors designed to provide highly integrated solutions for products requiring MPEG-4.2, MPEG-2 and DVD decoding. 

     "Unique features offered by the EM8510 family include analog YPbPr/RGB video outputs with optional scaling up to HDTV resolution and support for external MPEG encoder and networking chips. A wide variety of media types are supported, accessible through a powerful navigation engine."-Sigma Designs 

The complete features chart can be found here.