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MP4 Player Wholesalers - How To Find Quality Products And Suppliers In China

Saturday, 2. December 2006, 02:57:48

Importing electronic devices from China and other Asian countries is a very profitable business and lately the number of MP4 player wholesalers has skyrocketed. Why? Well, first of all because the largest consumer of electronic goods, the US market, is getting ready for the next step in portable entertainment – MP4 players. The second reason for this new interest in MP4 player wholesalers and MP4 imports is that early product sampling and negotiations with the wholesaler could give US vendors and edge when the customers come rushing in to purchase MP4 players. You can checkout some of the newest MP4 models direct from China here: http://www.ebest24.co.uk/products/audio-multimedia/mp4-player-index.html

MP4 player samples

Although MP4 technology is fairly new, there are already dozens of MP4 video player manufacturers. One of the best ways to determine how valuable their product is and how reliable your business partner proves to be is by requesting samples of their products. Of course, there is no written rule for this process, and in most cases this will have to be negotiated on an individual basis. Small US-based vendors may have a hard time receiving free samples from different Chinese manufacturers and other MP4 player wholesalers. In such cases, it is up to the US vendor to decide whether they want to make a small investment and purchase several units or if they wish to sit back and watch how the market is evolving.

What to look for in a MP4 player product?

One of the key elements to reaching a wide and highly targeted consumer market is to anticipate their preference for the new products. In other words, you should not import tens of thousands of cheap and low-quality MP4 players if the public is looking for higher prices but better features and image quality.

Here are some features of a top quality MP4 player that should appeal to a large audience:

• Memory: Built-in 1.8 inches 20GB Hard Disc, for example, would give you large capacity for storing whole movies in high resolution.
• Connection: USB 2.0 for faster transfer speed.
• Video playing: MPEG-4 format including DivX.
• Resolution: QCIF/CIF/1/2D/2/3D and D1
• Music Playing: MP3 / WMA formats
• TV Recording: AV input / Video record
• Picture format: JPEG and GIF
• Internal power: rechargeable lithium ion battery
• Acceptable battery time: Video - 3 hours, Audio - 5 hours
• Accessories: USB cable, stereo earphones, installation CD, charger

Finding a reliable wholesaler

As with any type of business, you want to make sure that your business partner is reliable and trustworthy. For retailers looking for an overseas partner and an import business, the best solution is to go with a reputable supplier of MP4 players. While determining “reputation” is difficult, you should look for customer feedback, check out their website and definitely give them a call. A very well known source you can find is this chinese wholesaler: http://www.ebest24.com/

You should be looking at China in particular for the lowest wholesale prices for MP4 and MP3 players. That's where they are all made these days. Professional MP4 player wholesalers located in China will always have an English translator ready to assist you and provide you with more details. Make sure to ask for samples and clarify all import transactions properly before you sign any contract. It is also advisable to consult other retailers and electronic product vendors to see who they partnered with in their business.

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Can Spring for MP4 Be Far Behind?

Saturday, 2. December 2006, 02:11:52

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It is universally acknowledged that the MP4 players are getting more and more popular in the market both at home and abroad. Since MP4 can not only do whatever MP3 functions, but also endowed with camera, interactive download functions and so on. It is growing up to be a gold mine coveted by all the farseeing manufacturers. Actually, MP4 can be also called a PVP (Personal Video Player) or PMP (Portable Media Player) domestically in China. It is now welcomed by modern people, especially young white collars for its stylish design, diversified functions, personal care and esteem for individual values.

Comparative Statement of MP4 and MP3

Sales of the MP4 player, the successor to the still popular MP3, are obviously gaining momentum in the electronics market. Then in what aspects might MP4 be superior to MP3 and what are their respective advantages? At first, an MP4 player is an apparatus that plays MPEG-4 files. Though there isn't any clear definition of its functions, many manufacturers classify it as sort of multimedia player. It can easily download and play video files via the USB. Then compared with MP3, an MP4 player can provide higher definition video effects, better acoustic fidelity, a more advanced compression technology and easier access to many other media units.

Despite all the advantages that MP4s provide, MP3 players are still occupying a big slice of the market for three reasons: MP3 has been a very popular music format, which makes it difficult for MP4 to break through; MP3 files already occupy a large amount of internet space with very fast and convenient download speeds; MP3s are cheaper than MP4s. Yet MP4 is gaining momentum and gradually becoming the most popular standard for digital players, especially for portable playback of video files. It also surpasses MP3s in quality with its powerful functions undoubtedly. It can readily connect to TVs, projectors and other monitors to present high definition films.

MP4 Market Draws Great Attention

As we all know, the first MP4 player in the market was released by Archos, a specialized French manufacturer, in 2002. With the cultivation of the MP4 makers lead by Archos, the market of 1000 million RMB emerges in 2005, which surprised most of the industrial pals. Encouraged by this excitement, many domestic makers, beside of some Japanese giants like Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi, are digging this gold mine in succession, including: Tsinghua Unisplendour, Little Swan, Changhong, aigo, MobiNote and so on. Almost all AV giants, together with some software titans or IT manufacturers, have set foot in the region of MP4s.

In fact, the MP4 market in EU and America has reached a high level of 4000 million euros in 2004, while the market in China is only RMB 200 million at the same time, most of which are gained from the retailing market. However, the figure has risen up by 310% in 2005, ended in RMB 1000 million. Estimation from a professional institution shows the market in China will end up in RMB 10000 million in 2008, thus making a great breakthrough.

An MP4 player mainly consists of main chip, memory, display screen, semiconductor components and software system. Although the main chip costs less comparably, its power determines the ultimate play effect. Therefore, in the main chip field, a couple of manufacturers have launched relevant products targeting at MP4. The amazing growth in MP4 market has drawn a great attention from lots of makers, ranging from parts suppliers to MP4 terminal makers, among which including a group of giants such as Intel, AMD, TI and Samsung and so on.

In the upstream field, due to the R&D difficulties for MP4, a large proportion of MP4 products in current market are designed by foreign makers or markers from Taiwan. For Chinese domestic markers, they have to follow the model of Parts Supplier plus Design House. Chinese domestic design houses may make most of their advantages on design ability and low operational cost, thereby to occupy a market share. In the currently Chinese MP4 market, there are more than 40 brands, with over 70 models. The domestic brands far outstripped foreign ones in quantity, similar to MP3 market. And the Chinese domestic makers can be divided into two groups: one is self-design and manufacturing with the parts purchased, another one is simply assembling.

The first MP4 designed by a Chinese company using its own proprietary technologies was put on sale in Shenzhen on Monday. The maker, Shenzhen Techno Science Technology R&D Co., spent one year working out its own operating system, an embedded multimedia processing software, for the MP4. Shenzhen Techno's operating system has a better compatibility with documents of different formats, including .asf, .wmv, .avi, .wav, .swf, MPEG-1, MP4 and .rm and .rmvb, which are popular online. The MP4 has a 20G mini hard disk and a battery that can work five hours. It can also be used as a digital camera and a digital video camera. It was the very first time for a Chinese company to develop and patent a MP4. So the company doesn't have to pay patent fees to foreign companies but can sell its patent authorization to other MP4 makers now. Now, it has received orders from MP4 makers from Panama and Turkey.

2005: The Year Zero for MP4 Industry in China

Statistics from a domestic institution shows the sales volume of MP4s in 2004 was only 40000 pcs, while the first half of 2005 has surpassed this achievement. Thus the year 2005 is considered to be the year zero for MP4 industry in China. Besides, the annual increasing rate between 2005 and 2009 will maintain an astonishing speed over 100%.

At the very inception of China’s MP4 industry in 2003, there were few brands and models, most of which were from French marker of ARCHOS. The second half of 2004 witnessed a large-scale inflow of companies into China mainland market from South Korea, Taiwan and other regions and countries, meanwhile, a great deal of home brands were also emerging very soon. The first half of 2005 saw a burst of MP4 terminal market, the MP4 models launched in this period accounted for about 51.9% of models in existence. Global MP4 average price is expected to around at US $300 in 2006, the market start take off.

Due to the constant price decrease of flash memory and hard disk memory, and number increase of terminal makers, MP4 price will continual decline. 2004 saw a most sharp decrease in MP4 price worldwide, both of flash memory MP4 and hard disk MP4, all dropped over 10% on average. Hard disk MP4 will keep the decline level for a period, whereas flash memory MP4 would be on a slow downward comparably. The acceptable price of USD $300 will be a stimulus for the global market booming in 2006, factors restrict the development would be gradually disappeared, accordingly, global MP4 shipment would increase to over 2.3 million in 2006, from 0.3 million in 2004. It will grow to be the fourth biggest consumer hotspot followed MP3, digital camera and DV.

Though the industry is currently fragmented, the consolidation that a single technical standard brings is sure to make for exciting development. While other formats and versions come and go, MPEG-4 will safeguard multimedia content for a secure future. And of course, resources saved in encoding, hosting and storing media can be better used to create a wider library of digital media, which benefits the entire Internet community. MPEG-4 was finalized in 1998 and became an international standard in 2000. Whereas the MP3 industry in China has suffered from the “cold snap” of price, some related state departments are planning to make a national criterion for MP4 by the end of this year so as to standardize this industry.

Forecast of MP4’s Tomorrow

In a word, 2005-2006 is regarded as Advance Users MP4 market, the mass MP4 market would be startup in 2007. According to RIC (a research institute), the year of 2005 is the startup year for Chinese MP4 market, a sizable percentage of the advance users who prefer watching mobile video start to buy MP4 products, the turnout is expected to increase two times than 2004, up to 78 thousand sets. The year of 2006 will remain for the advance users market, resulting from the factors such as price sensitive buyers, lack of content and slow product cognition and so on. The mass market will be formed in 2007, and then into a mature period, the increase rate of shipment will gradually decline from the year of 2008 to 2009.

On the one hand, considering the low consumption level and comparatively high price sensitive buyers in China, flash memory MP4 will enjoy a higher market share in China than in world market. This trend will be increasingly evident until 2008, which benefits the popularity of MP4 inChina. From the year of 2009, the market share of flash memory MP4 inChina is expected to decline due to the fast price decline of hard disk MP4.

On the other hand, MP4 is not likely to overspread the existed market as MP3 do in a short period due to the technological barriers and comparatively higher prices. Furthermore, some industrial insiders believe that the higher price and the foreign-monopolized core technology lead to the high cost of investment in MP4s making for most domestic manufacturers, therefore, it is still an uneasy task for MP4 to overtrump MP3 at present time. But for tomorrow, who knows?

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Benefits of MP4 Players

Tuesday, 21. November 2006, 02:36:05

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MP3 is a technology that virtually every modern computer user has used or has at least heard about. It is the most popular form of audio encoding, producing small yet high-quality audio files that can be easily transmitted over the internet or distributed on portable media like cdrom-s or USB drives. But not everyone knows about MP4, which, as its name suggests, is the successor to and improvement over MP3.

If you thought portable multimedia players were only good for music, you need to think again. For nowadays it seems like audio isn't enough. People want visuals too. Audio players are old-fashioned. What you need is a video player that you can carry with you to work, to the park, on the bus, to the rail station, the pub or coffee shop, and even on short flights. Now wherever you go, your favorite collection of movies will always be with you. Yes, I'm talking about MP4 players, the revolutionary new crop of gadgets for carrying and streaming media, a technology that finally makes it possible to distribute paid video online quickly and painlessly.
MP4 uses high-quality, intensively researched codecs to achieve great compression while retaining video quality, which can be as high as the quality experienced in DVD movies. So though the screen of the average portable MP4 player is quite small, usually between 1.5 inches and 2.5 inches diagonally, the high resolution and color capacity, combined with the enviable quality of most well-encoded MP4 videos, ensures that you shall have a satisfactory personal video-watching experience.

In order to be successful, an MP4 player must achieve the right balance between portability and functionality. You need to have all the features that make it an enjoyable experience to watch video on it, yet if it becomes too bloated in terms of size or weight it will no longer be useful as a portable multimedia companion. The average MP4 player has a disk capacity to hold around four to six full length movies, and enough battery to allow you to play video non-stop for more than a couple of hours. Yet they are small and light enough to be carried around easily in your pocket or handbag, or hung from a chain around your neck.

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personal video players

Monday, 20. November 2006, 08:34:20

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MP4 players, also called personal video players or multimedia players, are portable devices that play MP4 video files. They play movies using the mp4 file format/standard. Could they become the next big consumer gadget?For a long time now, MP3 players have been one of the hottest selling portable music players on the market. They have changed the way we make, listen to and store music. These players use the mp3 file format (mpeg 1 layer 111). MP4 has been heralded by some as the next big thing. This is because of the versatility and quality of the MP4 file. MP4 stands for MPEG 4. This format can be used for video and audio and it produces a very high quality sound and picture. It can be used with many wireless devices.MP4 players play video using this file format. Many can record from a tv or dvd player or even from the internet and then play back the video or movie at the users convenience. Some can store pictures as well. A good mp4 player will come with a decent amount of memory to store the sometimes large mp4 files. They are priced around $200-300.Though they are gaining popularity, it remains to be seen if they will one day be as well known as the super famous mp3 player

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General MP4 information

Saturday, 11. November 2006, 01:46:04

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MP4 stands for MPEG-4. It was developed by the Moving Picture Experts group (MPEG). MP4 is a versatile new internet standard for music and video (multimedia) files. By comparison, MPEG 1 was the format used on CDs and MP3's and MPEG 2 was for DVDs. MP4 is a multimedia standard for computers and wireless devices. MP4 is becoming more and more popular. It allows easy and fluent authoring and playback of multimedia over a wide variety of platforms from computers, game consoles and multimedia players to all sort of wireless devices. It is a true internet standard.

By far, MP3 (MPEG-1 layer 111), which is a type of audio file, is a lot more well known among the general population. This is because it is used and has been used extensively for the creation, storing and transferring of music files on computers and in MP3 players. MP4 in time will likely become more and more well known as it is used in the growingly popular MP4 multimedia players and in assorted internet related wireless products.

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How to use your Mp4 Player

Thursday, 2. November 2006, 03:26:39

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connect your mp4 player to pc via usb , let it recognize it... goto your file you keep all your music/videos* in and "select all"....then move or copy..to the mp4 drive.... they will be transfered to your player... (*download videos from Limewire.. and Rip music from your Cd's... using Windows media player) make sure anything you download, you virus scan it first.. good luck

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what is MP4 Player

Thursday, 2. November 2006, 02:16:57

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Move over MP3 - here comes MP4! Well, not really, because MP3 is compatible with MP4. But when it comes to portable entertainment devices, MP4 is the next big thing.

MP4 players are also known as Personal Video Players (PVP) or Digital Media Players. They do much more than play just video - they play music, audio books and can include extra features like video games, FM radio, voice recording, TV reception and even video recording.

All this comes at a price in both dollars and size. MP4 players are bulkier than their MP3 cousins, mainly because of the larger screen. You can forget about putting a Digital MP4 player in that tiny pocket in your jeans, but it is still small enough to hold in the palm of your hand. In terms of price, a Digital MP4 player is about twice the cost of an MP3 player although you can find some bargain models at just over $100.

Just as with MP3 players, there are two basic types of MP4 players - hard drive and flash memory. Given the relatively large size of video files, however, a flash MP4 player is not likely to be very practical. These players also tend to have a smaller screen size - not the best for seeing the details of your favorite movie.

If you are serious about portable video, you should go with the hard drive MP4 player. These start at about 20 GB and go up to more than 100 GB. Hard drive players can also be used as data storage devices for transferring data from one computer to another.

The screen size of an MP4 players can vary widely. Some of them come with tiny 2 inch screens hardly big enough to view photos let alone movies. If you are shopping for an MP4 player, do your eyes a favor and get the biggest screen that you can afford.

Generally speaking, MP4 players support more file formats than MP3 players. This is because the MP4 format itself is compatible with a wide variety of media formats. At the very least, an MP4 player should be able to play MP4, MP2, MP1, (for video) and MP3 files (for songs). Other popular video formats include DivX, AVI and WMV. Audio formats include WMA and Ogg Vorbis.

The MP4 format is also compatible with digital images in the form of JPEG or PNG files. You will be able to carry around your entire photo collection with an MP4 player.

Several MP4 players have an integrated TV tuner, while others have TV reception available as an accessory in the form of a docking station. TV can add an extra hundred dollars to the price of an MP4 player, a bargain to the hard core TV addict.

Another feature which adds to the cost is an integrated camcorder. This is a good idea - rather than carrying around several electronic gadgets, why not just get an all in one unit. And since the primary function of the MP4 players is video, a video recorder is the perfect complement.

Will MP4 players be as popular as MP3 players? There is no reason why they shouldn't be the next big thing. Practically the only people who cannot use the video capabilities of MP4 players are drivers and joggers and they can still enjoy the audio features. For commuters and anyone with some time to kill, an MP4 video player can be the ideal way to pass the time.

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Mp4 player

Tuesday, 31. October 2006, 01:27:08

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An Mp4 player is amongst the latest gadgets available in the electronic market. This is in keeping with the upgraded version of Mp3 to Mp4. Mp4 is fundamentally the global file extension for the official container format defined in the MPEG-4 standard (ISO 14496-14). This is streamable and supports all kinds of multimedia content and advanced content like 2D and 3D animated graphics, etc.

The Mp4 player can be attached to the computer, laptop and television. This devise is also available with its own in built sound system. Most of these players can also play the lower Mp versions. However it is most suited for the latest in the series.

One of the big advantages of MP4 technology is its interoperability. It is an open standard, implying it is license free. Therefore, there already exist a number of different tools supporting it. These include Mac, Linux, PocketPC and of course Windows.

Though many people consider Mp4 to be a successor of Mp3, there is a difference between the two. Basically, Mp3 is one specific type of audio format and Mp4 is a container format. However, as mentioned earlier an Mp4 player can play Mp3 files which as much clarity as the original players.

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