Review: RoverTV Portable Media Player Has Some Quirks
The Hartford Courant has a review of the RoverTV portable media player from writer Kevin Hunt. The RoverTV is yet another portable media player (PMP) with a 4.1 inch screen for watching movies on the go.
The good news is that it can connect directly to your TV thereby avoiding using a PC to copy shows to the device, like a video iPod. And unlike the Archos media player, it doesn’t require the purchase of an additional external adapter. The widescreen version retails for about $350.
In the review, Hunt says that the RoverTV needs an easier way to record video from your TV, since you need to have it tuned on the desired channel and program a recording via the RoverTV. This is fairly awkward and not very user friendly at all.
Hunt also says that the RoverTV is missing a search feature for finding shows and doesn’t have a “holdâ€? button so you don’t accidentally turn it on while it’s in your pocket.
Overall, Hunt says that he’s not convinced enough to buy a RoverTV, but “it did convince me that do-it-yourself portable video with perhaps a pay-per-download option makes a lot more sense than the iPod’s pay-only setup.â€?
Perhaps worst of all is the storage on the RoverTV. It has no built-in memory; instead it uses a 2 GB SD card. That’s just about three hours of high-quality video mode which is not enough storage for such an expensive device. Hopefully future versions of the RoverTV come with more storage and fix some of the problems listen in this review.
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