VideoNow

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The VideoNow is a personal video player distributed by Hasbro through its Tiger Electronics subsidiary. It is designed for children and operates using unusually sized 4" (108mm) Compact Discs. The discs allow for about 30 minutes of video so are well suited for children's television shows. Video data is stored on the left audio channel with mono audio on the right channel. The video plays at about 15 frames per second. It was originally released with a black and white format, but was soon updated to the VideoNow Color. Game-playing functionality was added with the VideoNow XP, but abandoned with the most recent line, VideoNow color fx.

It should also be noted that the VideoNow has very little skip protection, and will start skipping like a normal CD player that does not have skip protection.

Hasbro is currently selling software for creating VideoNow discs using a PC with CD writer. As the VideoNow will not accept standard 8 cm mini-CDs, some creative users have resorted to cutting down standard 12 cm CD-R discs, though not without problems.

[edit] Types

  • VideoNow - Plays only in black and white.
  • VideoNow Color - Plays in color.
  • VideoNow Jr. - Distributed through Playskool, this is a variant of the VideoNow Color.
  • VideoNow XP - Plays in color, has a larger screen and includes game playing capabilities and controls.
  • VideoNow color fx - Translucent variantion of the VideoNow Color.

[edit] All shows on VideoNow discs

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