Portable CD-RW/DVD Player

BugNuker writes "If your CD/MP3 player wasn't enough, you have to check this out. Sony has released this all in one media device that can play mp3's, wma's, cd's, and DVD's... yes, DVD's. It can be hooked up to your computer, and be used as a CD-RW and then hooked up to your TV, and play your favorite DVD's. But can it play my mp3's recorded on my DVD? Ultimate media device I would say, same size as a personal cd player. Comes with a Memory Stick expansion slot, a rechargeable battery and a USB 2.0/1.1 interface." There's a picture. It's cute. And expensive.

Comments

what about mini-disks

[JThaddeus]

I just replaced my son's Sony mini-disk player (on a Circuit City warranty) and it is slick. Why don't we see more for the mini-disk here in the US?

What is with the .com.com domains?

[wowbagger]

What is it with the .com.com domains (check the link in the story)? zdnet.com.com? news.com.com?

Is this just some office-of-redunant-redundancy-office stuff, or is there something more going on here?

com.com seems to be owned by CNET - does CNET really beleive users are so stupid that they append .com to any .com domain?

Or did CNET just get tired of paying for all those second level domains, and move everything to .com.com to save money?

And what is with this CRAP of forcing the width of the page? Does no-one at CNET run more than 800x600? If my browser window is 1400 pixels wide, it is that wide FOR A REASON - USE IT!

I've heard from one webmasterbater that "Users don't want to read really long lines of text" - then tell them to RESIZE THEIR BROWSER WINDOW!

Last but not least - the device listed in the review DOES NOT HAVE A SCREEN TO VIEW DVDS! Many of the comments on this story are of the form "Cool! Now I can use this to watch my (porn|movies) and play my music". RTFA - to watch DVDs you need an external monitor. While this would be great for use in motel rooms, presentations, or other environments where a TV is at hand, it would be useless for watching movies on a (train|plane|bus|boat) since you have no way to display the video (last I'd seen, while some planes may have a screen on the seat in front of you, there is no provision for you to feed arbitrary video into it.)