Video-to-go challenges iPod mastery

The race is on to create a gadget to outgun the iPod - playing not only music but movies - and usurp it as the ultimate icon for Christmas shoppers. ¶ Six portable 'video jukeboxes' are already on the market at prices ranging from £200 to £400. The hand-held devices have a screen similar to in-flight movies and a hard drive which stores films, television, home movies, music and photographs, typically downloaded from a PC. Owners can record a favourite TV programme one evening and watch it on the bus the next day, or use it to keep children occupied on a lengthy car journey. ... The Observer link