Tag: MEDIAPLAYER

VLC Media Player What it does: The VLC Media Player does just what its name implies, and so much more. In addition to playing back video and audio, VLC can even be used to rip DVDs or stream video over a home network to watch on another computer in the house, or across the Internet. What we like about it: First and foremost this free and open source media player is incredibly lightweight, ...

If ever there was a sign of the iPod's ubiquity it's this: Amazon has separated out the iPod from the rest of the media player pack and created its own 'non-iPod' category to house the rest. Zunes, Creative Visions and all of the rest of them have been relegated to this generic category. Really, this is just confirmation of what we already knew: that the iPod has won. The iPod has become the ...

USI is hardly a household name, but there's a good chance that you own a product or two manufactured by the company. USI is the primary manufacturer for Apple, and it has hinted it will be building an updated iPod for the company that includes Wi-Fi. Details are scant, and there is no mention of a touch screen or how the Wi-Fi features will be implemented. Apple is usually lauded for being ...

It's not news that the iPhone is the it gadget right now and it's not even out yet. PiperJaffray surveyed 500 high school students from 11 different schools and found that--surprise--kids love Apple products. 82% of high schoolers that own a personal media player own an iPod and 25% of the kids were willing to throw down the $500 required to own the iPhone. We're not going to ask silly ...