10-09-2005, 09:21 PM

Would you buy a video iPod?

10-09-2005, 09:28 PM

Yes I would

10-09-2005, 10:01 PM

I would, and I HAVE.. watching a movie on it right now

10-10-2005, 01:20 AM

What is a iPod?

10-10-2005, 08:58 AM

no way, waste of money, buy an archos

10-11-2005, 08:52 AM

what a waste of money. i would rather have a PDA for video.

10-11-2005, 09:52 AM

are you kidding? think about how much better an ipod for music is than everything else.. think what they could do with video... or maybe they could do nothing...

10-11-2005, 10:55 AM

I'm still of the opinion that video on screens that small will never be a big market. It's a niche for a small group, I'll be shocked if it ever becomes mass market.

Look at the Archos and all the portable DVD players, they've been around for years and have never sold much.

10-11-2005, 01:14 PM

but when u got music.. movies.. and pictures.. all in one... with A/V line and its prettymuch perfect

10-11-2005, 03:42 PM

Looking at how the market has reacted to the "iPod Craze," looks to me that if you stick the name iPod in front of any other word, it will sell. People just eat this iPod stuff up. And don't get me wrong, I'm one of them but I'd rather wait and see if the product first lives up to the quality expected from Apple and then make a purchase decision. This is why I still haven't gotten a Nano.

That said, I'd wait and see.

10-11-2005, 04:07 PM

if such an ipod video could stream like local channels anywhere you are. That would be kewl. if it's just for music video, it's a waste of time.

10-12-2005, 01:25 AM

Originally Posted by schweb

I'm still of the opinion that video on screens that small will never be a big market. It's a niche for a small group, I'll be shocked if it ever becomes mass market.

Look at the Archos and all the portable DVD players, they've been around for years and have never sold much.

the psp is doing well and studios are lining up to release movies in that format
but this is because sony was smart( doesnt happen often) and released a copy of spiderman 2 with eer psp that really caugt on..

apple will have to something like that.

10-12-2005, 06:42 AM

Originally Posted by lordsid

the psp is doing well and studios are lining up to release movies in that format
but this is because sony was smart( doesnt happen often) and released a copy of spiderman 2 with eer psp that really caugt on..

apple will have to something like that.

While there might be an initial "cool" factor causing people to want to do that, I think the charm of watching movies will quickly wear off. The PSP is primarily a game machine, people aren't buying it for movies.

Besides, exactly how many PSPs have been sold in the US? Worldwide? probably not an astronomical number that brings the "tiny movie" market to critical mass.

10-12-2005, 01:44 PM

maybe apple is thinking about tivo like software to sync with an ipod video.
with an av cable you could bring your tv / videos on the road.

10-12-2005, 02:13 PM

MPEG4 only, and DRM to boot. I'll wait and see ... I don't see many early adopters of this one.