The DS just got a whole lot sexier.

[Mr.Magnetichead]

Forget your play yan and psp, THIS is what you want.

http://uk.codejunkies.com/news_reviews. ... i=8952&s=8

This is going to be the greatest add-on in the history of the handheld. MAX Media Player turns your Nintendo DS into a powerful home entertainment device, with movie playback, music on the move and a convenient picture viewer.

At the heart of MAX Media Player for DS is Datel’s exclusive MAX Media Player. Just insert the cartridge into your DS’s game slot, and boot up our fully featured browser. From here, you can play your MP3 audio tracks, watch videos and view your JPEGs on your DS’s screen. You can even use the browser to activate executable programs!

But where do you store all this media? Simple. MAX Media Player for DS comes supplied with a 4GB hard drive unit, which you plug into your DS’sGBA cartridge slot. It draws its power directly from the DS – no additional batteries are needed. And 4GB is a lot of storage space. Enough, in fact, for up to ten full-length movies. Or over a thousand music tracks. Or thousands of digital pictures. Or numerous other file types, such as data programs and executables…

But how does it work? Well, first of all, you connect your MAX Media Player HDD unit to your PC with the USB cable supplied. Open the Media Manager PC application (also supplied), and use it to transfer your media to the 4GB hard drive. It’s easy – the PC application even converts movies to a format your MAX Media Player can understand, and resizes your digital images so they fit perfectly on the DS screen. Now you can kill time on that long journey by watching movies on the move or listening to your favourite sounds. You can take your digital holiday snaps round your granny’s or down the pub without printing them out too!

MAX Media Player uses the USB 2.0 protocol, so it offers great transfer speeds. It’s out in late March for a mere £129. Bargain!

[Chupacabra]

sounds pretty awesome. i was wondering when something like this would come out--though for ~224 dollars its too expensive.

[Mr.Magnetichead]

It's 4 gigs man. It costs like 100 bucks for 1 gig for the PSP.

[Chupacabra]

that's true, but cant you get 20-30 gb mp3 players for around that price (maybe a little more)?

i know that a video ipod is 75 bucks more but there are other video/mp3 players (maybe jetaudio??) around the max media player price. then again im not too sure.

[Mr.Magnetichead]

Dunno. But then again ipod video doesn't play games.

[Chupacabra]

i think id rather have a dedicated player (that i know does the job well) at that price.

then again the uk prices and us prices will probably be different (if it comes out here) and it should be cheaper here so it might be worth it.

video ipod price in the UK is 199 pounds. video ipod in the US is 299 dollars.

[Grandpa Stu]

cute mebe, but never sexy.

[Mr.Magnetichead]

LOLI HAET DS

[Grandpa Stu]

that's a shame. i hear they're quite fun to play.

[Eraser]

wow that's pretty cool but it's still a lot of money (even if it's good value for such a product)

[Dave]

that's a shame. i hear they're quite fun to play.

lol.. reverse slam

[o'dium]

Nice find.

Only problem is that the DS screen si so low res videos come out fuzzy on them I've seen some videos in real life on another type device that uses memory cards, my mate got his with a gig one for about £30. Anyways, because of the screen, they just look fuzzy

Not that it matters.RE:DS should be here today or tomorrow, so i'll be to busy playing that. And I wont be thinking "the screens to fuzzy" for that Played it yesterday, and my god, its fucking amazing. Frame rate is pure smooth, graphics are awesome. Its BETTER than the original. Rebirth mode kicks ass.

See, everybody i know is getting it, and i wanted to order online because the local import shop near me was getting it friday. So i paid, £21 (not bad), but i saw my mate the next day and he said the shop had them early :@ Mother fucker :@

[Mr.Magnetichead]

Forgot about that. Thanks for the reminder.