Digital Cube I-Station

Price: £329.99
Overall rating: **** (4 out of 5)
Manufacturer: Datamind
Will Stapley, Personal Computer World 29 Jul 2005


The 20GB I-Station from Digital Cube supports playback of DivX, Xvid and mpeg video files, along with a wide range of audio formats, and boasts a built-in FM tuner and mp3 recorder.

Although the compact case is a little plasticky, the interface is clean and easy to navigate thanks to the 3.5in touch-screen display and stylus.

In tests the I-Station coped extremely well with the various flavours of video thrown at it, but if you want to play wmv or asf files you'll need to use the included transcoding software.

While it doesn't have the advanced PVR features of the Archos AV400 (also available from Datamind) and can't record video, the I-Station impressed us a great deal with its playback compatibility.
Verdict

Pros:
Good compatibility; easy to use

Cons:
No video record feature