SanDisk Sansa TakeTV Review
By Ian Bell
December 11, 2007
The SanDisk Sansa TakeTV is a flash drive with video output so you can take your movies from your PC and watch them on your TV.
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"The TakeTV, as of this writing, comes in two sizes - 4GB and 8GB. The 4GB version costs about $100 USD and offers up to 5 hours of video content (though smart encoders could probably squeeze more time). The 8GB costs about $150 USD and can hold up to 10 hours of content.
One of the best things about the TakeTV is that it doesn't require any software. No iTunes, no Media Player, nothing. Just drag and drop your DivX, Xvid and other MPEG-4 files (e.g. AVI files with Xvid codec) onto the TakeTV USB 2.0 flash drive, move the flash drive from your computer to the TakeTV receiver and switch your TV to the RCA or S-Video input. Instant content.
The TakeTV has cables built into it. Granted, the TakeTV uses S-Video or RCA for video and RCA for audio, whereas the Apple TV uses higher quality component or HDMI. But the picture quality, as discussed later, stands up to critique. RCA and S-Video cables are on the lower side of the evolutionary scale when it comes to modern tech devices, but it's inexpensive, ubiquitous and reliable; maybe the next gen TakeTV will have HDMI."
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