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April 25, 2005
My New Device - iRiver PMC-120
Here's my new media player:
http://www.iriveramerica.com/prod/multi/pmc_120.aspx
I'll post a more comprehensive review of it soon. I wouldn't recommend it unless you're a real gadget freak with some tech savvy... the Windows Media Player synchronization is really tricky to manage. I'm working through the issues by myself, and am ultimately really happy to own this unit.
I haven't gotten Tivo To Go to let me play my tv programs on it without breaking the Digital Rights Management, but Napster To Go was the "killer app" that drove me to the purchase. The PMC-120 is quite large to use as just a music player, but the promise is that Microsoft and Tivo are working to implement the Tivo To Go features into the Portable Media Center paradigm.
The responsibility for the difficulty of use here is Microsoft. Hey, Robert Scoble - Do you really see every blog posting that mentions your name? I'd be very pleased to work with the developers over at Microsoft to resolve these issues if you have someone contact me.
On another Microsoft note - I finally shelled out the $200 to upgrade my Windows 2000 machine to Windows XP Pro in order to take advantage of all the latest DRM capabilities with Tivo To Go, Napster To Go, and Windows Media Player 10. I have this older analog to digital converter, the Sony Media Converter which is incompatible with Windows XP unless you call Microsoft Customer Support and ask for the special HotFix. I did this, installed the patch, and my device still didn't work. I called back and started the process of troubleshooting with a Microsoft representative named Prabhakaran. The end of the story is that my problem has been fixed after much research, but what I wanted to say was... Microsoft Tech Support ROCKS! It was a Saturday, and my call was answered each time I called within a couple of minutes, and this guy bent over backwards to help me. Everyone I spoke to was smart, polite and helpful.
Robert, endorsing your blog is another thing that I like about Microsoft. I saw a bit of your trip to Seattle, downloaded from Ourmedia - are you going to start vlogging next? I'd subscribe. One more question captive reader: Will I be reading The Scobleizer on this device someday?
The Scobleizer:
http://scoble.weblogs.com/
Posted by Steve Warren at April 25, 2005 1:13 PM
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