Barnes and Noble introduces the NOOK
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Full user review
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3.0 stars
"left handed excellence"
Pros: timer record from direct from any source, beautiful display
Cons: it is NOT tivo-to-go or tivo-to-go-plus compatible as advertised also will not display ebooks as advertised
Summary: If your an appliance operator, some one that just wants their gadgets to work or your an appliance enthuesiest and have to play with the way it was made this RoverTV is for you.
Fist thing is its beauty. It is all display..controls and I/O ports are on the sides and top. It's thin but solid too, nice and easy to hold..
I bought my WideScreen RovetTV over the phone and not off their web page www.rovertv.com because the "check out" part of RoverTv's shopping cart was not working so I had to call. Excellent ordering experience. Friendly cheerful and I had it in my hand in 2 days.
It's thin and smooth and solid, nice and easy to hold..
Then the fun, or problems depending on how you like your appliances. For me its been fun for others it's going to be other then fun.
RoverTv is advertised to be Tivo-To-Go compatible..it is not..nor is it compatible with Tivo-To-Go Plus which is the 25 dollar add on that Tivo charges to have Tivo files encoded to work on "some" PVP's like the iPod Video and cell phone/PDAs..I went for the 25 dollars and can tell you that it wont work on the RoverTv..However I did find many mp4 encoder softwares that will convert to .AFS which work really well.
There is a nice record timer that works flawlessly and records to an .ASF file that you can rename. I can get a full length movie and about 200 mp3 and 100 jpgs on the 2 gig SD card and I am told by some one at RoverTv support that the RoverTv will read a 4 gig SD card...sweet.
The next issue is the "ebooks"..there is an "ebooks" icon and folder but I dont see any "ebook" reader actually in the root..Doesn't read text at all and the problem is compounded because it doesn't display the lyrics when playing mp3's with lyrics encoded. For me it is easier to over look the lyrics not being displayed be the "ebooks" icon is right on the desktop and a constant reminder that something isn't working
The advertising is some what misleading..Some of the advertising has the RoverTv being sold with two SD cards ..One 1 gig and one 2 gig..The newer advertising is with one 2 gig SD card. The only accessories offered at this time are more SD cards and a carry case for 25 dollars which is out of stock for more then a few weekis now Oct 11/06
Email replies to support related questions concerning "ebooks" and "tivo-to-go" are yet to come. I called for phone support several times and spoke with some very cheerful people that were very nice to speak with but had no significant solutions. I am still waiting on two different promised "call backs" concerning "ebooks'.
So, if your going to record off a DVD player or VCR or cable box or video camera..RoverTv works wonderfully. I hooked a "lipstick cam" to my RoverTv Widscreen. I put the cam on the visor of a baseball cap and the RoverTv in my pocket and have been recording my grand kids and my dog running around in the autumn leaves..nice dependable unobtrusive gadget. bottom line..If some one from support gets back to me with a way to make the "ebooks" work I might buy another
