Samantha is exactly right. TakeTV is more expensive and lower quality than a DivX certified DVD player with a USB port. Look at the Philips DVP5982 (Circuit City $59). Add a 500 Gig USB drive like the Beyond Micro BM500MD3U28M (eCost $94). Same price as the 8 GB TakeTV but you get HDMI, 60x more storage, and a DVD player to boot! Also much cheaper than XBox or MediaGate.
Apparently the only trouble is that the Philips DVP5982 only plays pictures and music and the Beyond Micro BM500MD3U28M drive is much larger and not flash. Eight GB of flash for ~$140 plus an integrated Divx player, remote, etc., isn't too bad.
While its tablet world topping pixel density, Tegra 2 silicon, and fresh to death OS certainly sound awesome, we had to get our grubby mitts on one to see if it's as good as its spec sheet would have us believe.
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Samantha is exactly right. TakeTV is more expensive and lower quality than a DivX certified DVD player with a USB port. Look at the Philips DVP5982 (Circuit City $59). Add a 500 Gig USB drive like the Beyond Micro BM500MD3U28M (eCost $94). Same price as the 8 GB TakeTV but you get HDMI, 60x more storage, and a DVD player to boot! Also much cheaper than XBox or MediaGate.
Apparently the only trouble is that the Philips DVP5982 only plays pictures and music and the Beyond Micro BM500MD3U28M drive is much larger and not flash. Eight GB of flash for ~$140 plus an integrated Divx player, remote, etc., isn't too bad.