What Do You Buy For The Guy With A Video iPod?
Video iPods are a fantastic new iPod. If he’s busy, out and about and can’t be at home as often as he wants he can still watch his favorite TV, video, movies and podcasts.
A portable video device like the Apple iPod Classic has an enormous amount of capacity to store his video. Up to 200 hours of video, depending on the model, is a lot of video. If he’s out with time to spare he can certainly satisfy his need to keep up with the latest in video and TV.
But there is one tiny problem with the video iPod, and that’s it. Tiny. It’s a great device, it works well and does exactly what he wants it to do, with one small exception, the screen size. It’s extremely frustrating to try and watch a movie on a screen like a postage stamp. Well not quite, but it’s pretty small.
Of course tiny is what the iPod is all about, if it was big then it wouldn’t be of much use. But tiny doesn’t make for great screen viewing. 2 1/2 inches isn’t exactly huge. Adequate, but not huge.
And if his birthday is coming, or Christmas, then why not buy him a gift that changes all that? A video iPod accessory that turns his video viewing experience upside down.
iPod video goggles. These are goggles that plug right into his video iPod and give him a virtual 24 inch screen to view his videos on. No extra power required, they run right off the iPod batteries, and don’t need much power, having almost no effect on run time for the movie, podcast or video.
Compact, small, no bulky devices to carry with it like adaptors, just the goggles. And a nice carry case so it doesn’t get knocked around.
I’ll put the specs here if you’re into that sort of thing, some people want to know.
Specifications
Display format: 320 x 240, 24-bit color, 50–60 Hz frame rate
Optics: Dual color LCDs SolidOptexâ„¢ Optical System
Image size: Equivalent to 24 inch TV at approx. 2 m.
Video input: Auto sense and switch between NTSC and PAL
Operating temperature: 32 to 104ºF (0 to 40ºC)
Storage temperature: -4 to 140ºF (-20 to 60ºC)
(And if he doesn’t have a [tag-tec]video iPod[/tag-tec] yet then you’ve got your perfect gift idea right there. Buy him a video iPod, and if you’re feeling generous then combine it with a pair of video goggles as well. Now that’s a gift to die for.)
Where do you get some video iPod goggles? Think Geek Just search “goggles” in their search box right at the top of the page at Think Geek
And if you’re wondering what to get him for Christmas this year check out some of my suggestions for Christmas gifts for him for 2007
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