Take Your TV Shows With TakeTV
I have been noticing many ads on the internet about TakeTV. I decided to take a look at it and discovered a neat little device that might interest me, or you for that matter.
At CES back in January SanDisk showed off a USB media player device that has just now made it to market. The system is called the Sansa TakeTV. The system is somewhat similar to the Apple TV product in that it records content from your PC to play on your TV. Whereas the Apple TV uses wireless connectivity to connect to your TV, the Sansa TakeTV uses a USB drive that plugs into a cradle connected to your TV.
Unfortunately, I cannot give you a full product review, because I have not been able to get my hands on one, but here are some details for you. The full kit comes with the video player, docking station, power adapter, remote control and AV cables. There are two models - 4GB and 10GB capacity for consumers’ selection. Priced at priced only $99.99 and $149.99 respectively, I am sure this is a good deal for beginners that would like to switch its PC contents to the living room.
TakeTV supports DivX, Xvid, and MPEG-4 video files. The device is Vista and XP compatible, so sorry Mac users. In addition, TakeTV lacks support for High Def and 2.1 channel audio.
TakeTV is an easy way to grab the tons of BitTorrent files and other video content from your PC to watch on your TV. Sure, the exclusion of 2.1 audio connections might disappoint you. Nevertheless, the lack of wireless streaming is not that much of a bummer. You and I both know that network hiccups and bandwidth issues can affect wireless video streaming sometimes. In addition, transferring files wirelessly isn’t always speedy. Moreover, the device is affordable, and that alone, is good enough for some people, and worth checking out.
Let me know how you like it.
Get either model from amazon.com:
