Author Topic: Watch Movies On GBA (Read 6221 times)

Jonnyboy117 · « **on:** April 21, 2003, 09:31:59 AM »

You won't exactly get DVD quality, but now you can enjoy The Beverly Hillbillies, Madeline, and Natural Born Killers on your little GBA screen.

PORTABLE MEDIA DEVICES, INC A POCKET PC FILMS, INC COMPANY & POCKETAINMENT JOIN FORCES TO LAUNCH GAME BOY VIDEO ADAPTOR!

Making its debut at E3 Expo, Cartridge will sell for as low as $39.95 and will enable feature films, music videos and MP3’s to play on Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Advance SP!!!

Sherman Oaks, CA— (April 21, 2003)— Pocket PC Films, the worldwide leader in multimedia distribution for handheld devices (Pocket PC, Palm OS, PDA’s and portable media devices), today announced that their Portable Media Devices unit has formed a joint venture with Pocketainment, to market and distribute the Pocket Pix Cartridge™, a plug and play adaptor that enables full-length feature films, video, and MP3’s to be played on Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance, and Game Boy Advance SP.

The new adaptor is designed to fit into the device’s plug-in card slot, and operates as easily as swapping out video games. The units advanced compression software enables it to fit up to 75 minutes of video and audio onto a standard 64MB SD card.

The cartridge comes equipped with an SD multimedia slot for storage, a 3.5mm stereo headphone jack, stereo headphones, a free sample movie, code to download another free film and a USB port to transfer content. In addition, the Pocket Pix Cartridge™ comes equipped with its own player, the Pocket Pix Player™, which allows digital video and MP3 music to be played, and also comes equipped with its own codec to transcode other media formats.

Pocket PC Films’ feature film and video product, currently sold at retail on CD-ROM for use on Pocket PC devices, will also play on Game Boy units with the Pocket Pix Cartridge™. Content is transferred via the USB port using Pocket PC Films’ Smart Transfer Technology™. A few current titles include classic television (“The Beverly Hillbillies”), children’s animation (“Madeline”), theatrical full-length feature films (“The Big Easy,” “Natural Born Killers”), nonfiction (“Xtreme Sports with Tony Hawk,” “Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition 2002”) and educational videos (language and business applications), with prices ranging from $9.99 to $19.99. Pocket PC Films is also in negotiations with 3 major studios to distribute their high profile films available for the Pocket Pix.

The Pocket Pix Cartridge™ will debut at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles, May 13-16 (at the Portable Media Devices booth # 6860), and will hit retail stores shortly thereafter at an MSRP of $59.95. The retail price includes the Pocket Pix Cartridge™, syncing cable, SD card, a CD-ROM with a sample film and a code to go to the Pocket Pix website to download another free film (the device will also be available minus the SD media card for $39.95 at www.filminhand.com). In addition, there will be new films released each month for the Pocket Pix.

“We are very excited to be working with Pocketainment,” remarked Darrell Griffin, President and CEO, Pocket PC Films. “It is a perfect union, which allows us to bridge our complimentary products, while maximizing exposure and market penetration. With an [Game Boy Advance] installed base in the tens of millions, we are in a good position to attract a significant number of users to expand the capabilities of their device for about the same money as a new game title.”

“The Pocket Pix Cartridge was developed to unite the explosive success of the Game Boy platform with all forms of digital content,” remarked Marcus Krieter, CTO, Pocketainment. “Pocket PC Films has lead the way in moving content to new, portable platforms; clearly they are the best partners we could have hoped for in this rapidly growing market space”

Pocket Pix Cartridge Details:

- Secure Digital (SD) slot

- Full 15-bit color video at 10 frames per second (any resolution)

- Full screen at 240 x 160 pixels is supported as well as any aspect ratio including wide screen 16:9 and standard 4:3 formats

- 3.5mm-jack for variable audio quality (mono G.729 to stereo MP3)

- Integrated USB port to transfer content to SD media

- Simple User interface (UI) allows for: Play, Stop, Fast Forward/Reverse, Skip Forward and volume controls

- Size: 57mm x 64mm x 11mm

- Supports Digital Rights Management

About Pocketainment:

Pocketainment, Inc. is a newly formed subsidiary of Abrams Gentile Entertainment Inc. Pocketainment (www.pocketainment.com) was formed specifically to develop and manufactures digital content players and other related portable entertainment devices. Pocketainment will sell products under its own brand as well as license its technology to other OEM’s. The parent company, Abrams Gentile Group, LLC (www.ageinc.com) along with its subsidiaries, is a full service entertainment, technology and invention company, which develops, creates, and produces youth consumer products and family brand entertainment. To date, AGE has designed, developed, manufactured and licensed many successful toys, games and technologies, including Sky Dancers®, the Power Glove®, Dragon Flyz®, KinderGarden Babies®, Rainbow Brite®, and T-INK® conductive technology collectively, which have generated nearly one billion dollars of retail sales. AGE has also created and produced over 150 half hours of award-winning children's television programming, including such shows as “Jellybean Jungle,” “Happy Ness: Secret of the Loch,” “Sky Dancers,” “Dragon Flyz,” and “Van-Pires.”

About Portable Media Devices:

Pocket PC Films, a wholly owned subsidiary of TuneIn Entertainment, LLC, is the first company to put full length feature films into the palm of your hand. The company provides filmed content to both Pocket PC and Palm OS users through their innovative patent pending Smart Transfer Technology™, which transforms any handheld computer into a mobile theater or business training device. With more than 25,000 titles, the growing Pocket PC Films library includes all types of programming, with product acquired from top producers, including: Lions Gate Entertainment, Nightingale Conant, Zig Ziglar, Spectrum, Grizzly Adams, Solid Entertainment, MRI, Taurus Entertainment, Planet Pictures, and Skip Fredricks Xtreme Sports. Users are able to experience a high-quality multimedia experience at their fingertips, fulfilling the Digital Age promise of watching whatever you want, wherever you are. For more information, please visit www.pocketpcfilms.com.

JSteele1234 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 21, 2003, 10:07:17 AM »

Eh, neat idea... but I think I'll pass.

Fammy2000 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 21, 2003, 10:56:00 AM »

I jokingly called this a while back on the PGC Forums. Sad, sad, sad. Thing is, they could have made it better.

Gamefreak · « **Reply #3 on:** April 21, 2003, 11:37:54 AM »

10 FPS? Oh...you mean like when you hit Ganondorf with a Light Arrow in the N64 version of OoT.....Slooooow Moooo....Man the framerate would die...but the special effect from the light arrows hitting ganondorf (but not ganon...) are better than a lot of the lighting and particle effects seen in todays games...
Lets see....GBA SP - 100 bucks...This gizmo - 60 or so bucks....A little more and you can get a portable DVD player..

Army_F_body · « **Reply #4 on:** April 21, 2003, 04:08:51 PM »

Kinda cool to be able to watch my Knight Rider Mpegs on my GBA, but I can do that just as easily on my laptop too, and I would rather take my laptop with me to the field then risk damaging my precious GBA! I agree, it'll pass. Remember when this type of stuff was cool on the Sega CD, without the downloading content and all. Man the days of C & C Music Factory and Kriss Kross video disc!

RickPowers · « **Reply #5 on:** April 21, 2003, 05:29:16 PM »

You guys aren't getting the part that's really interesting about this, though. It turns your GBA into a cheap MP3 player.

sycomonkey · « **Reply #6 on:** April 21, 2003, 08:05:56 PM »

... not really a cheap MP3 player. I mean, they've got a $40 MP3/CD player at Walmart... and that can hold a lot more than a SD card can.

Where's my SD-GCN adapter? Did they replace it with this? Craptastic. I wanted to copy saves and stuff to my hard drive, and have extra content and stuff

...Like how you can burn MP3's onto your Xbox and have them as sound tracks in a game? You could do that with a SD card on the GCN if they did it right. Plus if the card died you could replace it for a lot cheaper than a new console.

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #7 on:** April 22, 2003, 06:32:12 AM »

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Originally posted by: RickPowers
You guys aren't getting the part that's really interesting about this, though. It turns your GBA into a cheap MP3 player.

I can already do that if I am willing to wait all night for the damn thing to compile.

I can fit about 8 minutes of audio in a standard size cart, although the quality is quite crappy. (8kHz Mono PCM)

Jonnyboy117 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 22, 2003, 07:07:15 AM »

Actually, you may only be able to use MP3s that you buy from the content provider. The press release isn't clear, but it does say they are cooperating with digital copyright protection stuff, so I would not be surprised if the device won't let you import your personal files, MP3 or MPEG or whatever.

alexzman · « **Reply #9 on:** April 23, 2003, 04:53:39 AM »

Well it talks about the included compression software, so I'm assuming that means you can.
I'm pretty interested in this, the idea of watching Family Guy or Seinfeld episodes at school is pretty cool.

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Author Topic: Watch Movies On GBA (Read 6221 times)