Wolverine ESP 120 GB Portable Multimedia Storage Player

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 2.8 x 0.9 inches ; 2.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000I1FAWY
• Item model number: ESP/5120
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #39,435 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Designed specifically for busy professional and amateur digital photographers, the Wolverine ESP portable multimedia storage device lets you store and view thousands of photos, songs, and video files in a single convenient device. Digital photographers typically have to purchase multiple memory cards if they want to take a ton of photos while traveling. With the ESP, however, you need only a single card, as the unit's 120 GB hard drive stores the rest. When your camera's memory card is full, simply pop it in the Wolverine ESP's built-in 7-in-1 card reader. With the press of a button, the device transfers all of your photos and digital camera video data into a portable, self-powered mass storage unit. Once the contents of your card are safely stored in the ESP's memory, you can re-fill your memory card with brand-new photos--all without going anywhere near a computer. And because the device is battery powered, you can literally save your data anywhere in the world. It's perfect for traveling, sharing data during meetings, and just about any other on-the-go situation.

The ESP also includes a razor-sharp 3.6-inch LCD screen, letting you view stored photos and videos without plugging them back into your camera. Among the compatible photo formats are JPEG, Bitmap, Tiff, Text, and RAW images, while compatible video formats include MPEG-1, MPEG-4, WMV 9, and XviD. And as with many digital cameras, the ESP prints directly to a printer to save time and energy. The device is no slouch from an audio perspective, either, with support for MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV, ACC (MP4 audio), and CDA formats. In addition, the unit's drag-and-drop functionality makes it easy to transfer music files from your computer and play them instantly. As a final bonus, the ESP includes a built-in FM radio with 18 presets that lets you listen to and record your favorite FM programs.

Other details include zoom, rotate, and slide show functions; an included A/V cable for connecting the ESP directly to any TV, projector, or stereo system; and compatibility with a separately sold cradle system that lets you record directly from a TV, DVD, VCR, camcorder, or other video source. The ESP measures 5.3 by 2.8 by 0.9 inches (W x H x D), weighs 10.2 ounces with the lithium-ion battery, and is backed by a one-year warranty.

What's in the Box
Wolverine ESP (with battery), AC charger, USB cable, A/V cable, earphone, carrying case, software CD, user's manual.

Product Description

The Wolverine ESP was created for you to enjoy the freedom of multimedia portability anywhere, anytime. Featuring a 3.6 razor sharp LCD, built-in memory card readers and enormous storage capacity to carry and play all your digital photos, music and videos converged in the palm of your hand. Download images directly from any digital camera without a computer, store and play thousands of songs, record and watch hundreds of hours of video (DVR) or just listen and record music from any FM station.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, January 20, 2007

By	j. salk "linus" (bay area, CA USA) - See all my reviews

I spent a while trying to find a multimedia device that could read multiple types of flash memory cards (Compact flash cards, SD cards), read the raw files from my Canon EOS 5D camera and have at least 80 GB storage.

This device met all those requirements and also has a big vivid screen. In addition to the above, it is an mp3 player, video player and has an FM radio.

I have the 100 GB version that I purchased from costco for $ 350. I took this along on a long trip (3 weeks), along with a couple of spare batteries.

It performed wonderfully. I downloaded the pictures from my 2 GB compact flash cards at least 15 times. It stored all my RAW files without a hitch. It could also read the raw files generated from my camera and display it. The download speed was very fast.

The Canon EOS 5D generates large files at it highest resolution and fills up my 2 GB compact flash cards quickly. It is too impractical and expensive to carry too many compact flash cards. This device really helps to bridge this gap.

It also has a tetris game, music and video capability in it, to keep my kids happy during long drives.

Highly recommended for digital photographers and also for people looking for a verstile multi media device that can do more than the ipod.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended for Photographers, February 8, 2007

By	David Hurwitz "DaveH" (Calabasas, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have been delighted with my Wolverine ESP 120 GB player. It shines at displaying photos with a bright, reasonably sharp image and the company takes pains to update the firmware to support new RAW formats as they appear. It has slots for nearly all types of flash cards and uploads files quickly. It's got adequate battery power for any reasonably sized card and I can't imagine it running out of juice during photo uploads or out of space to store photos with its big 120 GB drive. If you want, you can see a histogram and some metadata for a photo file, a nice extra touch.
The ESP has good sound and comes with a nice pair of comfortable earphones. An added plus is the FM radio.
There are a few things I didn't like. The ESP has a small speaker but sound output is very weak. The FM radio uses the earphone cord as an antenna and plugging in the headset disables the speaker so you can't listen to FM radio at all through the speaker. The ESP will not play protected audio files so you can't listen to downloadable library audiobooks or purchased music on it. A big drawback is the lack of bookmarking. I have some mp3 audiobooks that I can play on the ESP but after turning the machine off and then on again, I have to start at the beginning of the book and find the spot where I left off. I emailed Wolverine about this and they say they have had trouble progamming in this feature. Hopefully they will figure out how to do this eventually. Meanwhile, I carry an iPod on trips to listen to my audiobooks. These complaints aside, I am thrilled with the device.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!!!, December 13, 2006

By	Songbird "Paula" (Albuquerque, NM United States) - See all my reviews

I actually own the the 100Gb model, just under this. But the storage capacity is the only difference. I love mine. It's no bigger than my HP iPaq (handheld PC), so it's a reasonable size I'm used to dealing with. I keep it with my camera gear to easily tranfer photos off my cards onto this device (which frees up the card again). I also show-off photos on the nice big screen. I have been able to upgrade the firmware on my ESP twice now, which was extremely easy! AND, the couple of times that I have called tech support with questions, they have been very nice, kind and quite helpful!! I love the versitillity of this media player device (& it already has an FM tuner built in). It does so much more than the ipods. AND... I think the fact that you can easily upgrade the firmware (which gets you new features and fixes any issues) is a HUGE Bonus, as is being able to replace the rechargable battery myself. (on ipods, you have to send the whole darned thing to the factory for something a silly as replacing the battery). I'm hoping to get the cradle for Christmas, because then I'll be able to record movies and programs from the TV and from DVDs and take them with me!! I look forward to that! I am VERY happy that I purchased the Wolverine ESP. I'm so happy with it, that when my mom looked into purchasing a media device, she got one like mine!