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DS into a home entertainment device

Datel has announced a device which turns Nintendo DS into a full home entertainment system. MAX Media Dock allows DS to play music, movies and other forms of media from a Compact Flash card, up to 8GB of storage.

The Media Player cart is inserted into the slot used for DS games and the Compact Flash card into the GBA port using the Media Dock. You can browse using the featured browser and use the MAX Media Player to play MP3s and video footage as well as view JPEGs from your photo library. Datel's dock can also launch executable programs, such as home brew software, straight from the flash drive.



The MAX Media Dock, compatible for both DS and DS Lite, will be available this week and is sold in three versions. Without the Compact Flash card for $29.99, with a 1GB CF card for $54.99 and with a 2GB CF card for $84.99.

Source: Press release

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Written by: Matti Robinson @ 7 Jun 2006 3:12

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• 13 comments

• rillo

  Cant wait...Gettin my DSlite this week, anyone have a link where i can buy this @.....thanks

  7.6.2006 04:32 #1

• iPirate

  check EB, bestbuy, futureshop, circut city etc

  7.6.2006 05:28 #2

• gogochar

  Wow, just copy Sony, why don't they... Let's just hope they don't force any DRM that let's us consumers only play DS-approved music or something. ;l

  7.6.2006 06:02 #3

• a61elz

  What do u mean copy $ony?
  Datel is Third party, not Nintendo who r making this stuff.

  7.6.2006 06:15 #4

• ZippyDSM

  Neat!
  altho the DS screen is to small for moives ,anyone know if they made a TV adapter yet ?*L*
  
  
  gogochar
  Ya its nto made by nintendo so no DRM or other cripple ware...
  

  7.6.2006 08:05 #5

• lcarbutt

  The screens to small.

  7.6.2006 08:31 #6

• ZippyDSM

  lcarbutt
  ??
  sceen is to small for moives or the TV adapter is to small?

  7.6.2006 08:57 #7

• iPirate

  i think that he means to watch movies etc. But isnt the iPod smaller?
  

  

  7.6.2006 10:11 #8

• ZippyDSM

  iPirate
  ah
  

  I have a brain...I think......
  
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  I dub thee vister untill thee can prove thyself.
  
  I aint the brightest bulb around but I can feel my way in the dark...
  
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  FIGHT THE M.A.F.I.A.A.
  "Music And Film Industry Association of America.."

  7.6.2006 10:13 #9

• nitrous3

  Looks like it will be really cool!

  7.6.2006 11:33 #10

• Darshe

  These movie players have been doing thier rounds for a while now, though this one does include specific DS funcions rather than being purely GBA so it sounds like they finally got it right. Reminds me of when i used to watch tv on my friends Gamegear, may be small but your not going to be watching epic movies on it anyway, maybe last nights 24 or CSI, these things are fine on a smaller screen. Also, the emulation scene is growing well, all but Snes games are emulated pretty well, since this allows the use of them it could well be worth the price.

  7.6.2006 13:00 #11

• Dude2099

  psps goodies for the price of a DS sounds pretty cool to me. :-)

  8.6.2006 00:48 #12

• mark5hs

  actually, PSP has had a hard drive for about a year now. It was 4Gb for $200 so it was basicly a waste of money

  9.6.2006 06:15 #13