A Pocketful Of Digital Videos

By Anita Hamilton Sunday, Jan. 18, 2004
    • You don't have to pay hundreds of dollars to get digital video on the go. The Zvue from Handheld Entertainment is just a little larger than a deck of cards and lets you play both its own 20-minute videos and your own MP3s and videos, which you can copy onto blank memory cards that slide into the unit. Targeted at the video-game crowd, ages 8 to 25, the Zvue has a bright color screen and 20 different videos — mostly hip-hop performances, street car races and extreme sports like snowboarding. With videos priced at $15 for a 20minute clip, however, we would like content from more popular names like 50 Cent or ESPN Sports. And transferring your music and videos to the unit is more complicated than it should be. Available now for $99 at zvue.com , the Zvue should hit retail stores by April.