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Onda has announced yet another new ‘HD’ player to their line up, the new Onda VX555HD uses the CC1600 media chip at its core, which is capable of upto 720p (1280 x 720) video playback. We have little criticism over the actual ability of the CC1600 in being a media processor of some serious video playback, but we are not impressed with Onda yet again just recycling the same design for their new player. The VX555HD is using the same body design as the older Onda VX757.

The VX555HD will be a 3.0″ based machine and will not be sporting a high resolution screen (which on a 3.0″ screen would be pointless anyways), it will use a normal 480×272 resolution TFT screen. The player looks to also be using the same Cirrus Logic independent DAC that every current player using the CC1600 media chip comes with, so do expect the VX555HD to have some very good audio playback quality.

It would be fair to assume that the player will come with upto 8GB of internal memory along with an expandable memory slot, not sure about the TV out about, but it would be more surprising if this didn’t come with it. Most likely this player will be out in China by the end of April to mid May - no word on pricing.

Hmm.. Onda should try making more unique players. Likes ones with good cameras.. or a better version of the VX525, or more WRTIME based devices. Seems like there could be some good potential there.

Yes agree too, i am quite tired of these recycled designs, the people at Onda have gotten lazy and its going to cost them.

If the similar Gemei HD717 (8 GB) is any indication, it would cost less than 400 RMB. This is very good for my evil plan.

Actually imp3.net (nice name!) today tells me the Onda 8 GB is in fact 399 RMB.

yawn .. oh look .. onda has a "new" player ... when are the touch screen version of these cc1600 chips coming out??

nlite .. let us in on it, do you think you can do anything with these new chips and if so what ..

probably next month if the trend sticks

man a high rez touch screen player would be awsome. and this player looks nice, they do need to figure out some kind of new design though.

I can, but I won't, because the cc1600 has the wrong architecture.

new firmware for the 555hd has been released yesterday. does that mean we can expect to see this player for sale soon? personally, i think if the 3" screen is nice and it uses the cc1600 chipset, videos will look even nicer because then everything is "squeezed" into the small screen but you'll still have the powerful and smooth playback of the cc1600. like on the os-81, videos with higher resolutions look even nicer because they're fit into the small screen. i hope you get what i mean

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VX555HD V1.1 firmware version

The initial factory firmware, non-upgrade version

i like this player cause it's small. i kinda liked the 535hd but it was too big so this might be just perfect. hmm, might wanna get the 8gb version when it's out

Will there be a review of the Vx555HD on Mp4nation? And one of the Gemei HD717 ? They'd be nice in comparison.
I think these players are disregarded a bit because they have a 3" display. I totally agree with chim0. The player is what I'd call "portable"....nice and small and not a 7" movie-station . Personally I can't see any sense in that "bigger is better"-hype.

Here are some specs by Onda:

Here some specs of Onda:


□ 3.0 inch, 400x240 dot matrix true color TFT display;
□ support 720P 10MBPS highest rate of high-definition video stream;
□ support TV-out functionality, support for color output component
□ RF functionality to support the vehicle;
□ high-fidelity built-in stereo speakers;
□ support for MP3, WMA, WAV, FLAC audio formats, etc.;
□ support synchronous lyrics display;
□ support RM / RMVB, AVI, FLV format video player, etc.;
□ support JPG, BMP, PNG formats picture browsing, revolving;
□ Fm radio stations and 40 storage;
□ built-in microphone, ultra-long recording;
□ Energy-saving settings, font color, display brightness, such as freedom of the interface background settings;
□ music player to choose a variety of recycling;
□ support the e-book reading, independent bookmarks, automatic browsing;
□ USB2.0 high-speed transmission interface;
□ support Micro SD card, which can be expanded storage space;
□ unlimited software upgrades.

Product accessories =

□ machines, USB cable, headphones, line output color components (including audio and video line), certificate, manual, warranty card

well, if it has the same audio chip as all other cc1600 players, this is an excellent little player. ok, it's not really for music with the basic menu and clicky buttons but still..

Got the sample of this the other day, it has the exact same design as the old VX757, except it has a nicer back. The screen is alright, but the OS-81 screen is a lot better. The UI is the same layout as the old VX757 also, but has the same limitation/features as any other CC1600 player, no EQ and very simple music interface.

Yeah its a nice compact player, especially for movies, but its a bit thick and the screen could be better.

We will be selling this model, already placing the order this coming week, so expect a presale soon.

when can we see a review (video review or text review) of this player, it seems very nice.

youtube doesnt have anything about this one, but i already seen it on sale on ebay.