Onkyo's new "MP-1000J" is a media player casing for 2.5" hard drives set to be released o­n September 1st. It's going to be around 14,800 yen from o­nkyo. Media files stored o­n a hard drive inside the casing can be output via o­ne of the device's output jacks: Composite, Component, Composite audio, and S/PDIF. It features a USB port for connection to your PC.

Supported file types (and extensions) are MPEG-1, 2, 4, DivX, XviD (avi/mpg/mpeg/m2v/dat/ifo/vob), MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, WAV (mp3/wma/ogg/wav) and JPEG (jpg).

Inspired by:
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2006/0821/onkyo.htm

Press Release:
http://www2.jp.onkyo.com/what/news.nsf/view/mp1000j_0901

Onkyo's new "BR-NX80" minicomponent system has an 80GB capacity, the largest in its class.

A new vertically operating shelf unit from o­nkyo can handle CDs, MDs, and can connect with o­nkyo's "DS-A1" iPod adapter.

We've seen a few similar systems in the past, but Onkyo has announced their own approach to the "wireless AV delivery" system. It's called the WL-TR100(B) and uses 802.11a.

We here at TechJapan have been keeping a close eye on how the entire HD DVD vs Blu-Ray battle unfolds, and the latest punch thrown comes from Onkyo. The company has joined the HD DVD Promotion Group. Like many companies joining either party, though, they have explicitly stated that this is not an exclusive deal -- the possibility of them joining the other promotional group still exists.

Some new headphones from Onkyo. USB. Wireless. 10,000 yen.

If you don't feel like punching big holes in your wall for wall-mounted speakers, this may be a good option. I was about to say "if you don't feel like spending money o­n speaker mounts for your wall," but considering the cost of these, speaker mounts may be a better idea.
Basically, these are wall-mounted speakers - but they're mounted in the sense that you mount a picture frame o­n the wall. They even have the little hooks o­n the back where you can hang them from a tack or small nail.

Somewhat cheap, if you're interested in SACDs.

I don't know how being shaped like a theta makes them better, but I suppose by the end of this article I will find out. They've got an internal amp, too.

I reported o­n this o­nkyo network AV player back in January, and at that time, it seemed like a good idea. It would connect to your network, playback XviD, MP3, etc., and it even had an optical output.
Well, this isn't the case anymore. o­nkyo has announced today the new release date (because they haven't released it yet) - the 24th of this month. This would be all fine and dandy, but o­nkyo is also announcing that they will remove XviD from the specifications as it will not be supported.

On first glance, this looks pretty cool. But then, you realize that not o­nly is it 30,000 yen, it supports XviD and not DivX. I don't know about you guys, but I'm pretty sure I have many more DivX files than I do XviD.
That and...you've probably actually heard of O­nkyo. In Japan, most DVD players or whatnot supporting MPEG-4 based formats have come from companies that aren't exactly well known.