What if we'd told you ten years ago that in 2007 we'd all be walking around with portable video players with colour screens and 60 gigs of storage? You'd have looked at us with the sort of contempt reserved for those idiots who shout "I'm on the bus" into their mobile phones.

If you're in the market or a portable video player (PVP) there are a number of factors to consider. First, the bigger the screen size, the better your watching experience is going to be. The flip side of this visual comfort is that the bigger devices are far less convenient to carry around.

It's also important to consider the resolution of the screen, whether the storage is HDD or solid state. And also whether you want the added extras like a digital TV tuner or recording facilities. So we've put together our top ten portable video players rundown - and it's not an Apple love-in.

10. Apple iPod nano, £129

The new batch of Apple's iPod nanos are equipped with video playing functionality for the very first time. And thus for the first time, the nano qualifies as a personal video player. Its 2-inch, 320x240 screen is not the most convenient for watching videos on. But with dinkyness comes immense portability. Not only is the nano a brilliant audio player, it's also extremely thin at just 6.5mm. That means it'll slip into almost any pocket that's not sewn shut.

9. Apple iPod classic, £159

The trump card of the iPod classic is that, with a maximum capacity of 160GB, it can store many hundreds of movies. And while the small screen might be a problem for some video purists, the classic is a brilliant MP3 player as well as a video player. This flexibility will be enough to convince many to buy it.

The main problem with all Apple iPods is that they are very limited in terms of the files they can play. Unless your videos are in H.264 or QuickTime, you'll need to use the supplied software to convert them before you can put them on the iPod. If the iPod supported every video format, this would be a no-brainer buy. Video conversion is easy, but inconvenient if you just want to copy a file and go.

8. Creative ZEN, £TBC