Comments on: Here Come the MPEG Players http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1254 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:41:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Real Tech News - Independent Tech » How to Make Great Panoramic Shots With Your Cell Phone Camera http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1254#comment-130 Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:55:06 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1254#comment-130 [...] Other times, it can suck the life out of you and drain hours away. (More on my monolithic MPEG player project later.) This project luckily is easy to do and allows you to have fun with you cell p [...] […] Other times, it can suck the life out of you and drain hours away. (More on my monolithic MPEG player project later.) This project luckily is easy to do and allows you to have fun with you cell p […]

]]> by: Dev T http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1254#comment-87 Tue, 12 Apr 2005 22:15:04 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1254#comment-87 See http://blade.lansmash.com/?p=123 for a review See http://blade.lansmash.com/?p=123 for a review

]]> by: Alice http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1254#comment-83 Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:43:55 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1254#comment-83 The question for me will be the UI and the quality of what you see on the TV and monitor if you play back video from the drive. More on that when my unit comes. Recording functionality will up the price, which is why I think this in between category is so interesting. if you can just copy all your media and go, there is somehting powerful about that. (to me anyway!) The question for me will be the UI and the quality of what you see on the TV and monitor if you play back video from the drive. More on that when my unit comes. Recording functionality will up the price, which is why I think this in between category is so interesting. if you can just copy all your media and go, there is somehting powerful about that. (to me anyway!)

]]> by: quidpro http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1254#comment-82 Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:15:08 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1254#comment-82 Oh so close... This is exactly what I've been pestering other boards with for about 2 months now...except for the lack of recording functionality. I want a box like this that I can take to a friends house, plug in to the tv, record the show while watching (divx or xvid would be fine), get in the car and play music while I'm driving home, plug into the tv at home so someone else can watch the show, etc. A minimal display or even no display would be fine. "Media Flask" is a great name, I think, that describes exactly what these things should be capable of. The ability to record video and/or audio would have me abondoning my ipod in a heartbeat. I wish I could find plans for a DIY project somewhere involving something about the size of an external drive... Oh so close…
This is exactly what I’ve been pestering other boards with for about 2 months now…except for the lack of recording functionality.

I want a box like this that I can take to a friends house, plug in to the tv, record the show while watching (divx or xvid would be fine), get in the car and play music while I’m driving home, plug into the tv at home so someone else can watch the show, etc.

A minimal display or even no display would be fine. “Media Flask” is a great name, I think, that describes exactly what these things should be capable of. The ability to record video and/or audio would have me abondoning my ipod in a heartbeat.

I wish I could find plans for a DIY project somewhere involving something about the size of an external drive…

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