Well this is a good idea. A company out in California called ATO, has come up with an add-on sleeve for the Apple iPod that makes any of the players a video model. On top of that, the LCD screen is HD capable! The HD players will run between 200 and 250 dollars US, depending on the model, will be able to handle MPEG 4, Divx, HD.264 and other video formats. The battery on the devices will last about four hours.
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While the last couple of generations of iPods have used USB 2, plugging into the USB 2 slots of the different iPods is difficult because the physical implementations of the various versions are slightly different. ATO has had to tailor its product so that it works with standard-size iPods and iPod Nanos. The iSee also partitions the storage inside the iPod, creating an area that is for regular iPod content and another for content meant to be watched with the iSee. By partitioning the hard drive or memory, the iSee lets consumers store video clips not encoded with Apple's copyright-protection software. Most people will use these devices to watch small clips, Scott said, and not the kind of studio fare that Apple is selling on its site. "It's to get around the DRM (digital rights management)," he said.
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The photo above, along with more information can be found over at the ATO site, along with more interesting shots and also some accessories.
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