Choosing the right TV-to-Go

Julio Ojeda-Zapata writes about picking the right TV-to-go in a recent Pioneer Press article. It's an interesting article, because he comes at it from a Windows Media Center point of view instead of looking at the many Windows-based solutions that produce iPod- and PSP-compatible video.

He compares the iPod, the Archos 604, and the Philips Portable Media Center, staying focused on the to-go aspects of each. As a portable video watching device he found the iPod to be "painful" and "cramped", a fair criticism with its tiny screen. The other two players scored higher for their larger screens and their PlaysForSure compatibility, a feature that probably would never come into my own personal scoring system.

As for getting Media Center video onto the iPod, Ojeda-Zapata mentions two possible solutions: Roxio's MyTV ToGo and burning to DVD and then ripping. That's just a little too Rube Goldberg for my tastes.

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jordan

I think that for the amount of TV I watch on the iPod. I'll just purchase them from iTunes.

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March 09 2007 at 12:04 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jeremy

Getting Media Center TV onto iPod is not a thorouhgly pleasent experience, but it's certainly worth it (considering that it's free movies/TV shows).

At the highest quality setting, an hour of Media Center TV show is a little less than 4 GBs. It piles up. Plus, Media Center also records commercials. And it's in a proprietary format.

Luckily, this little program called DVRMSToolbox cuts out the commercials and changes the video to normal MPEG-2. Unfortunately, the Vista compatible version is a premium-user program, for the time being.

After that, all that's left to do is convert with Videora iPod Converter.

Drop it in iTunes, tag it, and put it in your iPod.

It works, and well.

March 08 2007 at 8:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

kevin

i c u p?

March 08 2007 at 7:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Roberto

I watch TV on my Verizon LG VX9900. The bad thing about it is the lack of practical REV/FF controls. The good thing is that it has speakers.

March 08 2007 at 7:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply