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Hauppauge unveils Freeview PMP

Hauppaugehas announced a personal media player with a 3.5-inch screen andbuilt-in Freeview, as it looks to get involved in the blossomingportable television market.

As a company more associated withtelevision tuner cards for PCs, Hauppauge is hoping to expand into newareas, and announced the pMP at this year's CeBIT in Germany.

Weighingin at 200g, and sporting MP3 and WAV audio support as well as thenecessary DivX 4.0/5.0, XviD and MPEG4 video formats, the HauppaugepMP's most enticing selling point may be its expected price of£115 when it hits shops in April.

Sony rival

But, TechRadar is holding out for Sony's Play TV - the ultimate Freeview unit for PlayStation 3.It has the additional benefit of turning your PSP into a portable TV onwhich you can access any of the Freeview channels that Play TV makesavailable on your PS3, as well as any of your HD movies and othercontent stored on your PSP.

We spoke with a SCEE rep todaywho confirmed for us that PlayTV will be with us sometime in the springand will cost "no more than £100". We'll be sure to inform you assoon as we hear the official word on release and pricing.