New ipod video
Posted by salvo on January 10th, 2006
I purchased myself an iPod video (60GB) from the USA and had it shipped over here. the only reason I did this impulse buy was as there was a really fantastic special on Black Friday (the day after the Thanksgiving holiday in the USA where all electronic goods are seriously reduced for one day only).
I eventually got it just before I left on holiday (18 December) and so I had enough time to encode all of the movies/videos I wanted to before I left, to view on the airplane or while I was on the beach, whatever.
The encoding process was seamless with the software I found and I used high quality MP4 format to play on the iPod video (this format also works with the PSP BTW 
The I loaded the converted videos into iTunes and this then synced with my iPod as soon as it was connected. This process was very smooth as the full length movies had shrunk in size and the transfer across USB was fast.
Then on the plane it came to actually viewing the video’s. I obeyed the pilot’s recommendation and only started the thing up when he said it was “safe” to do so The videos where awesome to watch, but I was a little apprehensive as to the small image on the screen and the potential lack of detail of the actual video that was displayed.
I was surprised at the quality and really enjoyed the videos on the iPod. there are two complaints though, my hand/arm got sore holding the thing up so that I could watch it and the number of people staring over my shoulder to see what I was doing and what I was watching.
The first issue is easy to solve, just rest it someplace, but on the airplane there is no such place and the second issue is to put some hardcore porn on the iPod and then play it when they are being rude and watching over my shoulder Somehow I doubt that will go down well.
This device is an awesome piece of technology and works really well. I had the 3rd Generation iPod and this is definitely a step up from that with full USB charging integration (none of the Firewire crap that the 3G model had). I highly recommend it to anyone who wants a portable music/video player – and the optional extra’s are staggering
Tags: iPod video, MP4, iTunes