Echostar 'PocketDish' to Playback Video from DVR

Trip Ericson writes "Echostar has released its PocketDish, a portable multimedia player that will store audio, video, and images. Coming in up to 40GB flavors, with varying screen sizes up to 7 inches, the real news is that it allows for the transfer of content directly from a Dish DVR onto the player. From the article: "The PocketDish can download content from Dish Network digital video recorders (DVRs), enabling users to watch TV shows on the go. An hour of content can be transferred to the PocketDish's hard drive in about five minutes." Looks like Echostar is trying to beat the long-rumored iPod Video before it even hits the market."

Comments

Children do not need TV to be entertained.

[CyricZ]

I do have children. They just grew up far before this nonsense with parents thinking that they only way for kids to be entertained was for them to be watching TV or playing video games. Hell, on long trips we'd give our children books to read. And you know what? They were usually quite quiet and well behaved. They might've even learned something, too.