Top Notch Infotronix, the brand owners of India?s leading IT brand ?Zebronics?, have launched a new portable media player called Zebmate Cinema 4.3. The media player that we reviewed at our desk was smart and stylish, clad in black, which flaunts a meticulously crafted 4.3-inch screen with high definition touch technology. Talking about the exterior of the media player, all the slots?microSD card slot, slot for headphones, TV-out connection, USB slot?are on the same side of the media player, which somehow eases the task of searching the slots, in case the media player is used for the first time. The slots are very well crafted and placed with just the correct space between them.

The Zebmate Cinema 4.3 comes with a stylus, making it easy to operate the touchscreen, but there is no slot crafted for keeping it. This actually raises questions as to how to maintain the whereabouts of the stylus and listening to some great music, simultaneously. Juggling over the pros and cons of the media player, what we found most appealing about the looks of the media player is its simplicity yet the oomph that it oozes out owing to its screen size and display.

While the display is fine, the mode offered is just one?landscape mode. There are no other modes available. Going further into the intricacies of the display, the touchscreen works fine and responds well. Operating the screen with stylus also looks great, without any sluggish response. One of the major features with regards to the display is an option ?Light?, which offers four different brightness levels, changing at the touch of the stylus or finger. This option would actually help a user to adjust the brightness as per the lighting around. Going further on the display, the options and buttons are quite clear and programmed in such a way that there is maximum visibility.

Zebmate Cinema 4.3 supports most of the video format with 720p. Supported video formats include M2V, AVI, MP4, MOV, MPG etc. It also features a TV-out function, with 720p video format supported. It can be perfect for people looking for a media player for their LCD TV.

The supported audio formats are MP3, WAV, WMA, Ape, Flac, Aac, OGG, Ra, Midi, Amr, Rm and M4a. The audio and video playback quality is excellent, so are the accessories which are bundled with the player. It comes with good quality ear phones which just takes the listening experience to a whole new level. It has a standard 3.5 mm stereo jack to connect the headphone. It also comes with various other accessories like charger, neck band, carrying pouch etc. The battery life of player is 13hours for songs and 4hours for video.

Apart front audio and video, Zebmate Cinema 4.3 also supports FM radio, photo viewing, e-book and also comes with built-in games. The touchscreen interface of the player is very user friendly so anyone from young to old can use it. The player interface to the computer is provided through USB 2.0 cable. It has various equaliser modes to enhance the music according to ones preferences. We even viewed videos, which was a visual treat as the quality is good and the sound sans headphones was also crisp.

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