Epson Japan has today announced the third iteration of its Photo Fine Player 'Multimedia Storage Viewer'. This new version sports an 80 GB hard disk (the same as the P-4000), the same beautiful 3.8" VGA LCD screen, SD/CF slot and USB 2.0 interface. Improvements include a new image processing system with support for images of up to 30 megapixels, wider RAW format support, wider video format support (including MPEG-1/2/4 and DivX) and new display modes (including grouping by EXIF tag). The P-4500 will cost 75,000 YEN (approx. $640) when it goes on sale in Japan.

Phil: More information as we receive it. (See our review of the Epson P-2000).

Epson Photo Fine Player P-4500 new features

• New image processing engine
• Improved video support: MPEG-1/2, MPEG-4 (inc. DivX) and Motion JPEG
• Support for images up to 30 megapixels
• Wider RAW format support: Canon CRW / CR2, Konica Minolta 7D / 5D, Nikon RAW (D-SLR), Pentax RAW (D-SLR), Epson RAW, Olympus RAW (E-1, E-300, E-500)
• Brighter LCD backlight
• New display modes, EXIF Tag grouping
• SD / Compact Flash Type I/II
• 75,000 YEN
• 148 x 33 x 85 mm
• 438 g

Epson Photo Fine Player P-4500 specifications