[mythtv-users] OT:Portable Media Player

[Brad DerManouelian]

On May 1, 2007, at 10:31 AM, David Snider wrote:

> Paul Kidwell wrote:
>> James Pifer wrote:
>>
>>> We occasionally go on road trips so I've been looking for  
>>> something that
>>> would allow me to take along my kids mythvideos and recordings  
>>> and be
>>> able to play them on other monitors, like a TV in a minivan or at
>>> grandma's house....
>>>
>>
>>
>> This application seems to scream for an Xbox running XBMC. It has  
>> a "copy to
>> local drive" option that would make selecting stuff to take on the  
>> road easy.
>>
>> I just switched my two Xbox front ends over to XBMC and couldn't  
>> be happier with
>> them.
>>
>> P
> Honestly, I just use my iPod.  Kids can work it, it has an output for
> TV...  boat loads of storage... works great!

It's certainly easier to pop an iPod in your pocket than lugging an  
xbox around. If you're outputting to a standard def display, it looks  
great.