iPod Movie Player!!!

[iindigo]

What about just using CD-RW/DVD-RW?

Main problem with that: Toast takes a year (well, not really, but it takes a while) to convert the movies to MEPG-1 for VCD format, which greatly degrades quality and takes up too much time - With this, I would be able to take my creations directly from my 3D app and show them on TV with no quality loss, and only the amount of time it takes to copy the movie to my iPod.

 

[wwooden]

Ever use the harddrive on the iPod for extended periods of time, it gets pretty damn hot! I can only imagine how hot the under side of this thing is going to get when you are constantly spinning that harddrive and no fan to cool it off.

 

[zelmo]

updated hardware review on ipodlounge

This thing is looking sweeter. It has both video out and IN, so you can hook it up to a camcorder or TV and record video directly to your iPod.

Reportedly, a movie like ROTS saved at best quality, will consume less than 1GB of disk space.

linky

 

[efoto]

Agreed. that's what I can't figure out about the ipod photo, when for a couple hundred dollars more you can have a device to import and edit your photos on and so much more.

I purchased an iPod photo because it was:
A - larger than the regular iPod in capacity
B - Had the ability to carry photos and give slideshows
C - Wasn't THAT MUCH more than a regular iPod

To date I have only given a handful of slideshows right off the iPod, but personally I will admit I am sucker for tech and having a color screen on my Pod is pretty freakin neat. Album art displayed is fun, and I like the size (I got a 30Gb)

 

[eXan]

Check this out, I found it over at iPodlounge,

MoviePlayer, an add-on that "transforms the iPod into a complete multimedia center," allowing users to transfer and play movies, videos and photos on a 3.5-inch 65,000 color TFT screen with built-in control pad

It is going to be released by Nyko at CES.

That thing is pretty big and expensive...

 

[kirk26]

Agreed. That's what I can't figure out about these people who buy portable DVD players, when for a couple hundred dollars more, they could have an iBook, with a larger screen that plays DVD's and can be used for countless other things.

Daniel

Hmmm, $250 is the average for a portable DVD player. So $450 (couple hundred dollars more) I can get an iBook? COOOOL!!!

 

[Sharewaredemon]

Yeah, but you get what you pay for. Bought one of those sub $150 units and it crapped out after 13 to 114 months.

Hmmmm 114 months doesn't seem so bad you know

 

[Chip NoVaMac]

Hmmmm 114 months doesn't seem so bad you know

LOL.. it took long enough for some one to notice my typo. (I just noticed it after doing a search for a camcorder to be my iSight replacement (or better yet an alternative.)

 

[doowrehs]

Check out the demo videos of what the ipodlinux guys are doing with regard to AV:

http://ipodlinux.org/Video_Player

The latest builds show great promise, and if they can get the video to play via a TV then there's really no neeed for add-on's like this.

The big question however, to my mind, is whether the hard-drives in the iPods are going to be able to withstand such strenuous use...

 

[MacTruck]

Converting video to work on this is a real pain in the butt. I got the Sony PSP and had to do that and just flat out gave up and took it back. When I can drag mpeg and avi over to my ipod and play them then it will be cool not until.

 

[jamesW135]

AWSOME!

I think that would be awsome. But then again it is allitle pricy..

 

[Loge]

The big question however, to my mind, is whether the hard-drives in the iPods are going to be able to withstand such strenuous use...

Out of interest then, are the hard drives used in current portable video players (Archos etc) of a higher specification than the ones in the iPod?

 

[Yvan256]

Agreed. That's what I can't figure out about these people who buy portable DVD players, when for a couple hundred dollars more, they could have an iBook, with a larger screen that plays DVD's and can be used for countless other things.

Daniel

Hum, it's not "a couple hundred dollars more".

Portable DVD player: ~125$US (I've seen one for ~140$CAN at Costco, that has a widescreen LCD)
12" iBook: 999$US (1249$CAN)

And the portable DVD player might have a smaller screen but it's also more portable (not to mention a lot less expensive).