First few of many links to all things about the new Apple Video iPod.

"First Looks" with many pictures and a run through of the features.

Here's a quick blog post with some links to converting video. Unfortunately it has a slant coming from Mac OS X
Boing Boing: Apple's new thing? Video iPod. But more crap-o copy-blocking.

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

Thanks to Engadget for a tutorial on how to get video from a DVD to iPod compatible video (on Windows). However, read the comments - the gurus are pointing out that the double re-encode is going to give crap output. I'm sure there are going to be many other paths through the video encoding maze... Maybe watch AVSFORUM.

Here's a HOW-TO from Engadget that shows how to convert video from Tivo to iPod. Although I have the superior ReplayTV :) instead of Tivo, once I have the MPEG2 on my PC (thanks to DVArchive), then I can follow along with this flow.

Another from Engadget - shows length of encoding, quality, etc.

TVHarmony has a product that will move vids from Tivo to iPod, PSP, AVI, MPEG. Haven't looked at it extensively, but can probably be adapted to work on MPEGs from my ReplayTV.

Here is another article from Engadget showing Videora iPod Converter (apparently a command line front-end for ffmpeg), all free tools. The Videora tool uses BitTorrent and RSS to grab shows as they become available.

Sweet looking wireless headphones for iPod. See how the iPod sits on the side?

Here come the iPod speicific torrent sites!
This article talks about Podtropolis

PodGuide.tv -- A guide of links to sites that produce video specific iPod video-casts.

Classic - the "proprietary" Apple A/V cable to output on TV only switches a couple of the leads. Check this out.
Basically, from iPod, Red is video, white/yellow are audio.
iPod red/yellow/white go to TV yellow/white/red

So far, the best iPod docking station: s-video out, remote control, wireless hotspot, internet radio. only $99 Griffin TuneCenter

iPod killers for summer 2006. An article with all the competitors, with their related +/-

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