The Cowon A2 PMP is due for release in the first quarter of 2005 and forms part of a bigger international push by Cowon. The A2 was on show at CES and attracted a lot of interest with it's 4" TFT LCD screen which looks the part being wide screen ready for playing all those ripped and downloaded movies, alongside what looks to be promising display qualities the A2 PMP has stereo inbuilt speakers which may even sound ok unlike some of the devices we've tested so far.

As an all round multimedia device the Cowon A2 PMP will support Windows media, Divx3.11/4/5 and XviD at variable bit rates, the device can also encode on the fly though an AV in connection although it is not expected to have any kind of EPG system or tie in, it will also be possible to hook up to a large screen through an AV output.

Audio is also well catered for with support of MP3, WMA and the increasingly popular Ogg Vorbis format, the device can also display JPEG and BMP images stored on its disks as a slideshow.

The PMP is expected to be available in 20 gig and 30 gig versions, there were rumours that the A2 would only have USB 1.1 connectivity but Cowon are expected to deliver the faster 2.0 interface for connecting to a host PC.

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