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Toshiba's new portable DVD marvels

At its UK press launch today Toshiba announced three new portable DVD players. Tosh says it has deliberately pitched the three players at different needs.

The11.8-inch 'flat panel' SDP120DT (see right) deliversportable digital TV and radio via Freeview, has a three hour batterylife, HDMI input and can display your digital photos from a memorycard. Image detail and colour is greatly enhanced because of its IPSprojection system, which also means the unit has a 170 degree viewingangle for family viewing.

The 7-inch SDP71 is pitched more as anentry-level 'travelling companion'. It also has athree-hour battery life, while the SDP91 offers a pretty desirable fivehour battery life and a 9-inch 180 degree rotating screen.

Eachof the models shares core features including support for DVD,DVD-R/-RW, CD and CD-R/RW. DivX playback is present on all threemodels, with JPEG picture viewing, MP3 and WMA compatibility alsosupported as standard.