Toy Quest intros Rip Roar Video Free PMP / PVR for kids

Joining the seemingly endless amount of toys that adults wish they had as children is a kid-friendly portable media player / PVR designed to keep 10-year olds satisfied while their teenage peers sport iPods. Crafted by Toy Quest -- the same folks behind the Blue Man Group's childish instrument lineup -- the Rip Roar Video Free poses as something akin to a Fisher Price gizmo, but packs the same functionality found in a bevy of cheaper PMP wannabes. The device can record "up to five hours of live television," and has no trouble learning IR codes from your remote control; it also packs an integrated speaker, USB connectivity, and 512MB of internal storage, but additional media can presumably be loaded onto your SD card if needed. The unit also boasts a 2.5-inch LCD, which is said to match the "size and quality" of that found on Apple's own flagship player, and touts a modest five hour battery life, which should outlast any youngster's attention span anyway. While there's no specifics concerning supported file formats, we doubt the typical fourth-grader will demand playback for his / her XviD and APE files, and at least the $179 pricetag sure undercuts a few grown-up alternatives.

[Via I4U]

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 18th 2006 11:19AM]

Sweet more gadgets to increase the inability for a child/teen to focus and keep their attention on one thing. I need to go invest in the makers of Ridalin.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 13th 2006 1:14PM]

i saw this on walmart.com for $148. i like how you can program it to record shows.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 23rd 2006 2:19PM]

Now selling at Walmart for $49 - my wife bought one for her brother to take hunting. I wonder if it could be hacked into a remote vid screen for using a video camera on a jib.