ASKA Japan has launched HDD photo storage device under Tripper V series. The new series comes with built in 2.5 inch HDD in 40GB, 80GB, 120GB and 160 GB storage capacity. The new series is compatible with Windows 2000/XP/Vista and Mac OS X.

ASKA tripper V series comes with a 4.3 inch LCD display (800×480 pixel) made by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation with NCM (Nature Color Matrix) technology.

http://www.mitsubishielectric.co.jp/service/tft_tech/point/module_p3_1.html

In addition to JPEG, the viewer supports RAW data playback (suitable for DSLR also) and also MPEG-4 format. The Tripper V series sports a CF and SDHC memory card slot. It supports CF, SDHC, SD and miniSD memory cards.

Download speed is an impressive 10MB/s, versus Epson P-5000 7MB/s. 1GB memory card download takes around 80 seconds. Below is our personal in-house test:

With built in lithium ion rechargeable battery, the Tripper V series photo viewer can download over 70GB of memory with one full charge.

Support JPEG, TIFF, RAW (Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax), MPEG2/4, WMV, DivX, MP3, WMA, AAC files.

Measures 153×30×78mm, weighs approximately 370g and is available with a carrying case. Comes with worldwide power supply (100~240V).

Reviews

• http://shashinki.com/blog/?s=aska
• http://www.photozone.de/2Equipment/portableHD.htm
• http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/review/2007/05/21/6253.html (Japanese)
  
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