SanDisk is taking the fight to the Apple TV and the iTunes Music Store, launching this past Friday a video playback device that's connected to a telly, and a onlince content source to feed it with US TV programming.
SanDisk Sansa TakeTV SanDisk's Sansa TakeTV: remotely controlled...
The gadget is the Sansa TakeTV, a Flash- …
It's actually not a bad idea, do away with the poor reliability of wifi. Just copy a Divx movie to the device then watch on the TV, no wires, no mess, no choppy playback. A simple and cheap solution for somebody who occasionally wants to watch Divx on different TV's around the house, a pretty good stop gap until everybody has Ethernet throughout their houses.
something like the Aqua Multimedia Player serves the same purpose and also works as a bog standard USB drive. It's normally sold as enclosure only, so ideal if you have an old IDE drive sitting around on a shelf.
Why the hell would anybody spend money on this type of tosh, when you can buy a media PC for £250-300 which you can connect directly to your TV and Network!
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SanDisk launches Flash video player for TVs
SanDisk is taking the fight to the Apple TV and the iTunes Music Store, launching this past Friday a video playback device that's connected to a telly, and a onlince content source to feed it with US TV programming. SanDisk Sansa TakeTV SanDisk's Sansa TakeTV: remotely controlled... The gadget is the Sansa TakeTV, a Flash- …
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Posted Monday 22nd October 2007 10:17 GMT
Tom Peach
Not a bad idea #
It's actually not a bad idea, do away with the poor reliability of wifi. Just copy a Divx movie to the device then watch on the TV, no wires, no mess, no choppy playback. A simple and cheap solution for somebody who occasionally wants to watch Divx on different TV's around the house, a pretty good stop gap until everybody has Ethernet throughout their houses.
Posted Monday 22nd October 2007 14:06 GMT
Anonymous Coward
Archos shurely #
very similar in concept to the Archos with DVR station and given the archos added capabilities I would go for it.
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Posted Monday 22nd October 2007 14:06 GMT
Anonymous Coward
Or... #
something like the Aqua Multimedia Player serves the same purpose and also works as a bog standard USB drive. It's normally sold as enclosure only, so ideal if you have an old IDE drive sitting around on a shelf.
Posted Monday 22nd October 2007 14:06 GMT
Georgi Kodinov
Compare to the right thing #
This is not to be compared to the AppleTV : this is a wonna-be rival to iPod Mini (you know that the newest iPod Mini can be hooked up to a TV).
And as such it lacks the screen of the iPod Mini. At the same price. Kindof doesn't make sense.
Posted Monday 22nd October 2007 14:06 GMT
Anonymous Coward
WTF? #
Why the hell would anybody spend money on this type of tosh, when you can buy a media PC for £250-300 which you can connect directly to your TV and Network!
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