Is this the video Ipod

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ya it looks like a bigger version of the nano
 
The market just isn't there for portable video players like it is for music.

You can listen to a 3 minute song pretty much whereever you are, but watching a tv episode or a movie requires a much longer time commitment.

Add to this the total lack of universiality when it comes to codecs (thank god for mplayer/vlc), along with apple's push toward H.264 content which there is no way in hell that this thing could decode, and it seems to me a very VERY implausible idea.
 
that is a photoshop. it is the startup animation of a Toshiba handheld after a hard reset with the version number and everything, photoshoped into an ipod frame. fake.
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For the same reasons people buy PVP's. I'm holding out for one now. All the signs point in that direction - iTunes Music Store now supporting videos, talks between Apple and MTV to liscence clips through ITMS, 40gb single and 80gb double platter drives... comon, it's the next logic step. I just can't wait to see what kind of clever interface they will use. It will doubtfully be something so ugly as that pic.
 
We won't know until October 12 anyway so until that date arrives this is all speculation. In all honesty, I don't want Apple to introduce another product to the iPod family, but rather a totally new and unique product.
 
The holodeck would revolutionize the adult entertainment industry :D I'd sell my soul for one.
 
acascianelli said:
The holodeck would revolutionize the adult entertainment industry :D I'd sell my soul for one.
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Holodeck or Fantasy Island? hmmm now there's a hard decision.
 
KaosDG said:
On Topic threads > Off-topic threads.
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Ok ok ok, for shizzle...

I don't understand why so many people are saying that a video Ipod would be useless. I don't like the fact that there could potentialy be another Ipod added to the lineup. I would much prefer that a video Ipod take the place of the current regular ipod, while the Ipod Nano continues growing in size till it fills the gap to the 20+gb Ipod.
 
acascianelli said:
I don't understand why so many people are saying that a video Ipod would be useless.
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A video iPod with s-video (or whatever) out, digital audio out, support for view glasses, etc, would be insanely awesome. Just bring your iPod Video to your friend's place, hook it up to the TV and reciever, PROFIT. An iPod video for watching film on a 2" display? Nooo thank you, I'll save my money for tacos instead.
 
Black Morty Rackham said:
...An iPod video for watching film on a 2" display? Nooo thank you...
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I know what you mean, I wouldn't care to much to watch a long movie on a screen that small, but look at devices like the PSP. Playing video could become a huge feature of the Ipod like it has become with the PSP.
 
I really don't see the point in watching film on a PSP. News footage, sure, but something where immersion matters at all, it's just too darn small. Oh well.
 
Black Morty Rackham said:
I really don't see the point in watching film on a PSP. News footage, sure, but something where immersion matters at all, it's just too darn small. Oh well.
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I think the PSP screen is just big enough to be reasonable, as a portable video device.
For long flights, road trips, laundromats etc..

I don't see a vpod making sense with a small screen, nor do i see apple making anything that big.

Truely mobile (walking, running) video isn't really a reality to me. your concentration needs to be on your destination and the obstacles in between. People have a hard enough time talking on a cell and walking, they are not going to be able to handle watching a video and walking.
 
I just had an idea of a good use for a video ipod. Could you load a video ipod cast to your ipod then watch it on the go?
 
I wouldn't buy one. I already have a PSP and watching movies on it sucks. Screen is too small.

This is such a niche market that I just can't see Apple releasing a PvP.
 
as repliers to this thread, we have to keep in mind who the niche market is. the vast majority of the members here are probably 25 and up, and most of those ppl probably have absolutely no interest in a portable video player.

then there are those us who are younger than that, and have more of an interest (myself included; im 15). i would absolutely love to have a video iPod. ive tried doing it w/ my 40GB 4G w/ iPodLinux, but mine wont work w/ video :( so a vPod would be great for me.

i can download and watch TV whenever i feel like it, and watch music videos and even whole movies on my iPod whereever i am. and since im always a passenger, why not have a vPod??

now given the probably of a well-priced vPod is very slim, that will lower the niche market even farther, as i know that most ppl my age can hardly afford something like that, and their parents arent just going to run out the next day and buy it for them (except for those lucky few... ;) ). but for the rest of us, we need to work more, save more, and then buy it. i personally have been saving for a new iPod, and am ready for a vPod. :D
 
Being able to use a vpod to video chat with friends, family, and co-workers over a wireless network would be cool.
 
I don't see the need for a PVP either.

Music and video serve 2 different purposes. You can listen to music while walking, jogging, driving, etc. But, video requires your attention. Sure, it would be nice to have something to watch on a bus or a train... but that's a smaller percentage of an already niche market.

And what kind of video content could be offered on iTunes? Are you really gonna buy a music video to watch more than once?

For those who wish to watch videos while riding in a car... what about a portable DVD player? I'm sure you've got tons of DVDs that will immediately work in a portable DVD player. With a PVP, you'd have to convert your DVDs into some compressed format. Why not just play your DVDs in a portable DVD player?

It would be cool to watch television content on a portable device, and many people already watch Divx shows on a portable player. But, damn! If you can't be separated from Family Guy while you're away from a TV, you need help!

:)
 
Black Morty Rackham said:
A video iPod with s-video (or whatever) out, digital audio out, support for view glasses, etc, would be insanely awesome. Just bring your iPod Video to your friend's place, hook it up to the TV and reciever, PROFIT. An iPod video for watching film on a 2" display? Nooo thank you, I'll save my money for tacos instead.
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mmm tacos
 
MScrip said:
...It would be cool to watch television content on a portable device, and many people already watch Divx shows on a portable player. But, damn! If you can't be separated from Family Guy while you're away from a TV, you need help!

:)
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drew carey show....?? :p
 
acascianelli said:
Ok ok ok, for shizzle...

I don't understand why so many people are saying that a video Ipod would be useless. I don't like the fact that there could potentialy be another Ipod added to the lineup. I would much prefer that a video Ipod take the place of the current regular ipod, while the Ipod Nano continues growing in size till it fills the gap to the 20+gb Ipod.
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Don't see flash memory getting that cheap/small enough in the near future...
 
A video iPod makes lots of sense. I mean, if I could stick a season of Stargate on an MP3 player, I would be down in a heartbeat.
 
NulloModo said:
A video iPod makes lots of sense. I mean, if I could stick a season of Stargate on an MP3 player, I would be down in a heartbeat.
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You can already do that. You just can't *watch* it. ;)
 
Black Morty Rackham said:
A video iPod with s-video (or whatever) out, digital audio out, support for view glasses, etc, would be insanely awesome. Just bring your iPod Video to your friend's place, hook it up to the TV and reciever, PROFIT. An iPod video for watching film on a 2" display? Nooo thank you, I'll save my money for tacos instead.
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How much ya got? Tacos are 94 cents. :D

I work at Taco Bell.

lol.
 
Reanimation_LP said:
How much ya got? Tacos are 94 cents. :D

I work at Taco Bell.

lol.
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WTF is up with Tacos being almost a buck now? They used to be like 50 cents, Taco Bell Tacos should be 2 for a dollar always ftw.
 
My friend has an awful story about taco bell. He says he went in to one and ordered some tacos or something like that. The cashier said it would take a while. My friend asks what could possible take so long. The cashier replies, our meat hose is clogged.

Lets those words roll around in you head for a bit: meat hose
 
During a broadcast earlier in the day, BBC 6 Music news reported “Apple is set to unveil a new video iPod at the BBC Television Centre in London on October the 12th. The company is expected to reveal details of the new MP3 and video player as well as video bundles to be available from the company’s iTunes stores.”
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Hrm

-esr
 
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