PMPs should HDMI ports. It is a fairly easy – and common sense – idea, but most big-name portable media player manufacturers would much rather fit a proprietary jack and then you sell an expensive adapter cable for it. Ainol, a trademark, you are to judge but after reviewing their new MP4nation V8000HDW should certainly be on your shortlist when you are sharp on the HD playback.

can This is because, as is a decent six-inch display 800 x 480, supports more codecs and file V8000HDW container than you shake a stick, along with an HDMI 1.3 interface provides for connecting a HDTV. This means you can store up to 1080p Full HD video – including AVI, MP3, TS and MKV – directly from the Ainol PMP itself.

Onboard memory ranges from 1GB to 32GB (plus there is a microSD card slot) and the Sochip SC9800 chipset is based on the PMP is apparently fast enough to chug along even 1080p playback to keep beautiful. Unfortunately, viewing angles are not great, so this is considered unlikely to be the Media Player for municipal, but of course you can always connect a much larger display, if you want. If you are tempted, we have found the 8 GB model for $ 159.