Don't forget your Juice Box, honey!
posted September 24th 2004 9:38AM
Normally when you have kid versions of grown-up electronics they are pretty awful; they only vaguely imitate their
adult counterparts and are totally unsatisfying, you can just totally tell when the kid opens it on Christmas morning.
Sure, there's no way we're giving a five year old a new cameraphone, but still. So you can imagine how stoked we are
for the 8-12 year age bracket since they're getting a Mattel-produced $70 personal video player, the Juice Box
(clever!). It's got a 3-inch color screen, and plays a proprietary video format, but also has an SD slot for playing
MP3s. Apparently movies will be like $25, which is pretty outrageous to get them on some proprietary format, but we'll
give it a week or so before it's totally hacked and every nerd around has got one for novelty.
[Via Popgadget]
Hmm.. Will there a translater to their propritary video format? I got a few MPEGs that I would to carry around on a machine that I don't have to insure.
This is the coolest thing EVER! Just thought you might want a kids opinion on a kids device. I think this was a great idea and i want one 4 x-mas! THANK YOU MATTEL!
Miranda
My wife and I just bought this for our 10-year-old son for Christmas. I hope this turns out to be a good choice.
$59.00 for the console,
$39.00 for the mp3 adapter kit.
$10.00 each for 2 cartoons chips
$20.00 for a Vans skateboard video chip..
$138.00 so far..
Mattel please don't disappoint me.
Please keep adding to the product line.
I am on my way to pick this up for my son for xmas, so Mattel if you read this I hope that you will not make this a fly by night thing. In other words I hope that you will keep adding to this like Jimmy C said above. It would be a shame if you just socked it to the parents and the kids.
Mattel...this sure is a nice alternative to the video now items on the market...but please expand the chip libairy that will be available. I would hate to have to steer clear of Mattel products... My daughter (8 y.o.) recived hers from Santa and loves it.
hey
i am a 13 year old girl and i was just wandering if the juice box would be good for me.
also i would like to know all the music videos you have available now In Canada for the Juice Box. please notifie me as soon as posible
this device might be good but does it play MPEG4 video files from the PC like add the MPEG4 files to the SD card and to the device
it has some Cartoon Network shows like Ed edd n Eddy,The grim adventures of billy and mandy,
and Sonic X yeaaah Episode 3 is availble for JuiceBox SWEEEEET!!!
Well i just got the JuiceBox for X-Mas from my grandpa and i'm really excited to give it a try. just some advice,,, i think u should put some shows from disney channel and nickeloddean onto the disks. That sure would make me a lot happier thx
I just bought four of these for my kids. Our store had them 70percent off! What a deal. THis is great for kids 4 and up who are not ready for the video now players. There is no worry about discs getting broke or scratched. I would hope that mattel brings more cartridges back to our local toy store. Check ebay for them. THere are some good ones at half the cost.