Bring your videos to your TV via this USB Sansa TakeTV video player. Easy to use – drag files to it, then place it into the TV cradle, and press play.

Features

–Connects to any PC
–USB 2.0 compliant
–Works with Windows Vista and Windows XP
–Connects to any standard TV Supported AV Outputs
–Integrated remote controlfor use in the comfort of your living room
–Supports a variety of video formats: DivX, xVid, MPEG-4
–Supports NTSC and PAL color systems
–Resolution of up to 720×576 (D1) at a bitrate of up to 7Mbps.
–4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios and a range of viewing modes
–DivX (Home Theater profile) certified
–DivX DRM compliant
–Standard replaceable remote control battery

The $149 ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USb offers two TV tuners allowing users to watch and record off-the-air Digital TV/HDTV, unencrypted Digital TV (ClearQAM) cable programming, analog TV, and listen to FM broadcasts.

“No other company offers this exceptional choice of connectivity and configuration in TV tuner PC products,” said Matt Skynner, vice president of marketing, Graphics Products Group, AMD. “Our graphics pedigree is built on long-standing leadership in TV and video on the PC. The ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB and ATI TV Wonder 600 PCI/PCI Express, offered through VisionTek, take the best of our company’s digital TV experience and enable amazing HDTV on PCs today.”

For those who live in areas where the TV air signals are poor or non-existent, the ATI TV Wonderâ„¢ Digital Cable Tuner is the solution to enjoy premium digital cable shows , such as HBO and Showtime, on the PC.

For $130 you can plug in Pinnacle’s HD Ultimate into your laptop and then watch HDTV.

This USB device has its own antenna, receiving HD broadcasts from the airwaves — unless of course, you live in the boonies. I don’t even know what I would get from airwaves, having had cable for so long.

But it’s an option for some of you. Btw, the desktop computer version costs $80.

Archos is ready for the world. The Archos 105, 405 and 605 WiFi are all out today — the 2GB 105 for $89; 2GB 405 for $149; the 4GB, 30GB, 80GB and 160GB 605 WiFi at $199, $299 and $349, $399, respectively; 80GB 705 WiFi at $399, 160GB at $499; 80GB Archos TV+ at $249, and finally the 250GB TV+ at $349.

I ditched DirecTV for, well, let’s just say "reasons." I’m now ready to ditch my cable company. And who comes to the rescue? Why, Dish Network, that’s who! They’ve added the ability to connect external storage to their DVR, the ViP622 HD model (for a fee, $39.99), and they’ve enabled updates over Ethernet, so an analog phone line will no longer be required. As if that’s not enough, they’re also allegedly readying their OnDemand service, which for me has always been satellite’s biggest weakness. All of this is going to be happening in the August-September timeframe. So, Dish Network, here I come?