Since most computer users nowadays prefer to search online for their favorite multimedia content rather than purchasing a version stored onto an optical media, an increasingly higher number of companies have begun adapting their products to this trend, and one of the best examples comes from Sarotech, who launched back in the first half of 2006 its 3.5-inch abigs DVP-370A player, a device capable of playing back just about everything the users might decide to throw at it.



As in the case of the DVP-570HD, the first thing that draws attention to the DVP-370A is the pivoting external case (hence providing enhanced positioning options), as well as a LED display which provides certain important data regarding the files that are being played, as for example the resolution, the video system and more.



The device also offers certain important connectivity options, since it can be easily connected to a normal television set, via its composite, S-Video or HD Component cables, as well as to a home theater – type stereo system, since it sports a 2-channel analog audio output and a 5.1-channel digital audio output.



The DVP-370A is quite versatile from the point of view of supported files, since it works with movies in AVI(DivX(3.x,4.x,5.x),Xvid), ISO, IFO, VOB, DAT, MPG formats, music in MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, AC3, PCM(WAV) formats and can even be used for viewing JPEG files. Moreover, it supports smi and srt subtitles and can attain some pretty high resolutions, namely 1080i, 720p, 480p and 480i.



The device can also double as a portable storage solution, as it sports an USB 2.0 interface (attains maximum data transfer rates of up to 480 Mbps) and works with both FAT32/NTFS file systems. Moreover, it's compatible with quite a wide range of operating systems, and it supports the Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista, Linux 2.4 or higher and Mac OS 9.0 or higher OSs.



The DVP-370A retails for around 200 US dollars (sans any included HDD), which is a relatively OK price to pay, although the truth of the matter is that one should try the more advanced and more recent models, which retail for pretty much the same prices.