After initiating remarkable advancement in Walkmen segment, electronics giant Sony has just introduced their World’s first HD Video Walkman GV-HD700E. This HD Video Walkman has emerged as a portable solution to view your HDV and DV tapes on the move and features a high quality 7-inch (16:9) widescreen LCD with 1,152K (800x480x3[RGB resolution of]) and a versatile interfaces theat includes i.LINK and HDMI out. The GV-HD700E plays HDV also as miniDV tapes (SP and LP) and functions as a back-up deck for professional videographers because of its potential to record HDV1080i/DV signals from an external source. It is also worth mentioning that it has appeared as first Video Walkman that sports x.v.Colour. Some key features of GV-HD700E are: – Format: HDV / DV SP / DV LP – LCD panel: 7.0 inch (16:9 widescreen) – Panel resolution: 1,152K dots 800(H) x 480(V) x 3RGB – All-scan function – User-assignable LCD setup profiles: 6 (settings for Brightness, Color Level, Contrast, Sharpness, Color, Phase) Inputs: – i.LINK (HDV/DV) – Video (RCA x1) – Audio (RCA x2) – S-Video Outputs: – HDMI – i.LINK (HDV/DV) – Component HD/SD (Special D) – Video/Audio/S Video (AV Multi-connector) – USB – Memory stick Slot – Headphone jack – Stereo speaker – Battery: InfoLITHIUM L / M series – DC power in You can use this portable device via InfoLITHIUM L and M Series batteries after hunting it from Europe from September 2007 onwards, however, there is no info about pricing yet. Via: 100cute