TViX Digital Movie Jukebox
Will Change the World!
This box does for movies what the I-Pod did for music.  I thought it couldn't be true - but it works quite well.    This box costs less than an I-POD, holds (if you install a commonplace 300GB hard drive) 10 times more data, and (gasp!) delivers AC-3 5.1 audio and HDTV 1080i output as well as MP3 over the optical digital cable or digital coax.    I have hooked it up to my HDTV and 5.1 system - you cannot tell the file is DIVX.  Even if you don't rip your DVD's into DIVX, it is a huge convenience.  The documentation says it will accept subdirectories that include the original DVD Video_TS files -- keeping the current menus and options of your DVD's.  I haven't tried that yet.    My only caveat - documentation is poor.  The \\"empty box\\" needs a 3.5 inch hard drive - a big one.  Also, if you buy the empty box, you need to format a hard drive in your computer first, then install it into the TVIX box.    Why do you need this?  If you have a vacation house or boat, or take long drives, this VERY small box (after you put in a big hard drive) holds 300 dvd's in Divx format, holds 1000's of songs as MP3's and all the photos you can create and displayes them all in a menu-operated format with a remote control.  You don't need to lug around your whole video and music collection.  I think it is great for kids going to college who don't have space in the dorm and won't take the entire family movie collection.    I haven't touched my DVD player in months - it is faster to turn on the TVIX and browse through my movie collection by remote control.   I only wished they made a version that would hold 2 hard drives.