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Video iPod Screen Test
Carl Bialik writes "The Wall Street Journal's Walter S. Mossberg has an interesting review of Apple's video iPod. From the article: 'It's a surprisingly decent video player, with crisp, smooth vivid playback of TV shows, music videos, short films, video podcasts and home videos. We wouldn't want to watch a full-length movie on this iPod -- the screen is just too small. But, for short things like music videos, video podcasts or even hourlong TV shows shortened by stripping out the commercials, as Apple is doing, the new iPod provides a pretty good experience.
However, there are some significant downsides to the video function on this iPod. Some of them are due to Apple's design decisions, while others are due to restrictions imposed by media companies, or to the simple human factors that go into watching video.'"
Rio Karma (gapless playback, 98 dB S/N) + Etymotic ER-6 headphones.
Thank me later.
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The PSP has a glorious 4.2" Wide-screen and it fits into my jacket pocket just fine. The video Ipod screen is a postage stamp by comparison.