The advent of MP4 players brings more ease for movie and music lovers than MP3. Although they are not as handy and cheap as MP3 (MP4 is about twice the price of MP3 players), they still could be held in our palm and low priced MP4 could be easily found from retail/wholesale MP4 players. The advanced functions of this new-generation audio video player boost our enjoyment of movies and music.
MP4 are beyond audio players. We could use them to browse internet, send text message, download video and music, view pictures, read e-book, record video, etc. Their larger screens greatly reduce our visual fatigue, although large screen size makes them look bulkier than MP3 players. They are just like a pocket-size computer in some degree.
MP4 players could store more audio and video files. That's not because their memory storage space of MP4 is usually bigger than MP3. For the same storage space MP3 and MP4 players, MP4 always could store more, as they could compress files but still keep the original quality.
MP4 players support more file formats than MP3 players. Defined in the MPEG-4 standard (ISO 14496-14), these players support almost any kind of multimedia content, even the high-end content such as 2D and 3D animated graphics. MPEG 4, ASF/WMV A, AVI（DivX, XviD）, MTV and RM/RMVB video are their common formats. So viewing pictures, videos, and text is just a piece of cake with MP4.
Some MP4 types come with integrated TV tuner or TV reception capability. These high-end MP4 receive PAL and NTSC analog TV signal. The TV programs they played are usually abundant, stable, clear and continuous. Multi-language is supported, for example, English, Chinese, Korean, and Dutch.
Some types even have an integrated camcorder. This kind of MP4 is great for travel. For killing boredom on the way, they allow you to enjoy music or videos; for making happy moment with you for ever, they make you shoot photos with great ease. You don't have to bring several electronics, simply bring this all-in-one electronics wherever you go.
Nowadays, MP4 players are as popular as MP3 players. Some day, it might be as low-priced as MP3, because the constantly developing technology will enable sellers of retail/wholesale audio video to offer them more affordably. MP4 video players are ideal entertaining tool for those who have some time to kill. Probably, it would completely replace MP3 players one day.
