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Sonic Impact V-55 Portable Speaker System with LCD Screen and Remote for iPod (Black) | List Price: $299.99
Discount Price: $39.95
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Brand: Sonic Impact Technologies
Binding: Electronics
Release Date: 2006-10-18
Features: - Portable speaker/display system designed for all "dockable" iPods**
- Crystal-clear, 7-inch widescreen LCD display with 480 x 234 resolution
- Pair of aluminum cone neodymium drivers and Class D digital amp
- Built-in iPod docking station; 3.5 mm auxiliary input for other devices
- Measures 8.7 x 1.7 x 6.5 inches (W x H x D); 1-year warranty
A very cool gadget [Posted on 2008-05-20]
If you shop around, you may find this unit for a lower price, which makes it irresistable. It works perfectly with 5G iPods with Video. Using later video models requires some workarounds which many find bothersome and inconvenient.
With a 5G model, however, life couldn't be better. Set you iPod to Video Out, pop it into the V55 dock and watch your videos on a 5.6" screen. The screen is good, but not superb. More than adequate for portable video watching. Audio through the in-hinge speakers is surprisingly good. Battery life is okay - enough for two typical movies of about 2 hours or less each. The whole kit is very complete with a tiny remote that slips into the V55, AC and car chargers, a nice fabric slip-on case and regular A/V cables.
The unit is a bit on the heavy side. The battery is not easily user swappable, so you can't carry a spare. The tactile keyboard is finicky and doesn't work predictably. There's only on audio out jack, so get a splitter if you watch movies with someone else or want to keep a pair of kids occupied.
Be warned that if you want to convert your own videos to iPod format, you are going to have to learn how and use external software. Many people find this process very confusing, though there is a lot more software out there that offer one-touch conversion of unprotected non-commercial video.
On the whole, this is a very nice little unit. It also doubles as a pretty good external speaker for your music. If you're considering it, be sure to do some comparison shopping. This product has been available from several sources lately at very attractive, in fact irresistable, prices.
Jerry
I wooted it. [Posted on 2008-06-09]
I got this item from a Wootoff and at a nice little price of $35.
It has good picture quality (not the best in the world), great sound (actually... scratch that, amazing sound), and fits my Ipod video perfectly.
The buttons do not stick, and in fact mine are touch sensitive, so I have to be careful when moving the device. I bought a car charger adapater for it, so riders in my car can just sit still in the backseat and watch TV for the long trips.
Really there isn't much to say. It is basically a portable IPOD play with a larger screen that can play your music (loudly) or your movies.
I like it, and I REALLY like it on the airplan.
An excellent AUDIO tool [Posted on 2008-07-07]
I bought this on sale ($39) for the video capacity, but have ended up mainly using it as an audio docking station. I plug it into AC current, dock the ipod, then run the audio out cable to my very good sound system in the living room.
Advantages:
*Because of the extra stage of preamplification, the sound quality has more gain and is much more convincing than running the ipod directly into the main stereo amp. The flat, compressed quality that can make hearing mp3's seem depressing over time to serious listeners is much attentuated.
* I can shuffle my 9000 or so tracks all day long and the battery never runs down.
I may purchase another unit for use in another part of the world -- again, not because of the video, which in fact works acceptably well even if nothing great, but because of the improved audio performance. My five star rating is for this feature specifically.
Good [Posted on 2008-08-08]
Excellent and very moderately priced product although does not work with newer model ipods. I had to purchase an older generation ipod video to get it to function properly.
Returned!!! [Posted on 2008-10-09]
I had to return this product as it is not compatible with the 6G Ipod Classic 80GB, 160GB or Ipod Touch. :0(
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