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Given the buttons on the right side, I assume content can be rotated 180 degrees and played widescreen (with buttons ending up on top).]]>Jan 5th 2006 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/Jan 5th 2006 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/Jan 5th 2006 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/Jan 5th 2006 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/


http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/_assets/images/media/gigabeatBlk.jpg]]>Jan 5th 2006 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/


I think perhaps you mean Windows Media Center?]]>Jan 5th 2006 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/Jan 5th 2006 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/


Plus, why do they need that huge black bevel around it? It would be better to put the screen all the way to the white casing.]]>Jan 5th 2006 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/Jan 5th 2006 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/


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I think there is a large 30-50 year olds who have the disposable income to just pay for the convenience of downloading content without any hassle.



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that FisherPrice interface looks just as bad on an mp3 player as PC.



Apple has no worries when this is the best the competition can do.]]>Jan 5th 2006 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/Jan 5th 2006 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/Jan 5th 2006 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/Jan 5th 2006 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/Jan 5th 2006 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/


Video codecs: MPEG 2 and WMV



Its a PMC, Portable Media Center...



It playes video in widescreen mode, yes the screen can rotate.



I'll get my hands on it at CES on Saturday :)]]>Jan 5th 2006 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/
What makes this attractive for me is I can easily load it with recorded TV from my mediacenter (drop it in a cradle and sit down on the couch, click a couple buttons on the remote while watching TV at the same time) and not have to pay a buck a pop for shows I already pay for in my cable bill.

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Yes, they're media players, but sometimes I just want to listen to the radio (or, watch TV at the gym).

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What is DRM stand for and what does it mean? In the context of where I read it, it seems to mean that you only a certain amount of time to view the video?]]>Jan 6th 2006 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/Jan 7th 2006 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/


1) Does it look like a USB Mass storage device? So I can drag and drop to upload and download without drivers and regardless of OS, and so I can use winamp to play the contents when it's docked without fancy streaming add-ons.



2) Is it easy to swap the hard disk for a larger model and what physical size is that hard disk? I'll happily trade overall size for the cheapness and capacity of 2.5" disk drives.



Sadly this is information that rarely surfaces until the enthusiasts have been able to play with real product for a few months. And they're also questions that never seem to get asked by the reporters or mentioned in the specs.]]>Jan 9th 2006 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/05/toshiba-gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-with-2-4-inch-qvga-lcd/


This thing looks pretty solid to me.

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