Amex Digital Unveils Pint-Sized 1080p HDTV Media Player

Amex Digital has rolled out the MP-501, a sleek new paperback book-sized gadget touted as the smallest media player to support 1080p HDTV video. Measuring 175x128x15 millimeters (which translates loosely into 7x5x5/8 inches), the MP-501 weighs in at 250 grams, or just over half a pound.

The Amex Digital media player is outfitted with two USB ports. An SD/SDHC card slot, and HDMI out, with an ARM Cortex-A8 processor tucked inside. The pint-sized gizmo is designed to stream 1080p HDTV video and other media to other connected devices through its USB ports. The media player supports AVI, MPEG, MP3, JPEG, and just about all other major video, audio and photo file formats, with the exception of DRM-protected formats such as iTunes, Cinema Now, Vongo, Movielink, and Amazon Unbox.

Amex Digital is currently advertising the MP-501 on its Web site for $49 US dollars, but an order form isn’t immediately evident on the site.