Toshiba's new Gigabeat V series of Windows Portable Media Centers the V30E offers audio, video, and photo playback in a slim and original form.The V30E features a 3.5-inch, 320 x 240 display, support for WMV/WMA/MP3/WAV/JPEG PMC and compatible with WMA Lossless. The V30E maxes out at 30GB, the audio quality is excellent and Toshiba has slashed the price down to $300 mere days after launching it for $400, which ain't bad at all.Though the display is pixelated perhaps due to Toshiba stretching out the QVGA resolution over a whole 3.5-inches. CNET found the thumb stick to be a bit "spongy," and the other controls were a bit awkward as well. Other little inconveniences like a lack of FM, no video input and a weird requirement to unplug USB when charging make this player hard to recommend.
