vonnyb Posted November 11, 2006 Posted November 11, 2006 I just learned about the TV Now system through one of the other threads. Give it to me straight is this going to be a hard item to get my hands. I heard Walmart had them on sale was wondering for how much and has anyone seen them anywhere else. I would love to get one for my son.
reportermomof3 Posted November 11, 2006 Posted November 11, 2006 Wal-Mart still had quite a few of them on Wednesday. From what I could see, the $25 sale price was a bargain. No, I haven't seen them at any other b&m store. DishNetwork does have something similar called PocketDish. They come in 3 sizes, the smallest is 2.2-inch which costs $200. Goes up to 7-inch for I believe either $500 or $700.
Mom2Twins+One Posted November 11, 2006 Posted November 11, 2006 Our walmart had a TON of them, $25 , in the toy department. Only drawback is that they only hold an hour of video, if you want more, you have to have a memory card, which I have no idea where to find or for how much.
vonnyb Posted November 11, 2006 Author Posted November 11, 2006 Thank you, I am going to head to walmart tommorow to see if I can get one.
reportermomof3 Posted November 11, 2006 Posted November 11, 2006 Our walmart had a TON of them, $25 , in the toy department. Only drawback is that they only hold an hour of video, if you want more, you have to have a memory card, which I have no idea where to find or for how much.Walmart will have 1 gb sd card on sale on BF for $13.87. They are located in the photo dept. now. Normally they are $50 and up.
vonnyb Posted November 11, 2006 Author Posted November 11, 2006 How many hours would the 1 gb card give me?
reportermomof3 Posted November 11, 2006 Posted November 11, 2006 I'm not really sure. Does anyone else out there know?
misshenn Posted November 11, 2006 Posted November 11, 2006 Is a tv now system the same as video now or is it something diffrent ? If it is not the same can you give me some info on it ? (a link or info) Thank You , Melissa
Deal Grabber Posted November 11, 2006 Posted November 11, 2006 Is a tv now system the same as video now or is it something diffrent ?If it is not the same can you give me some info on it ? (a link or info) Thank You ,MelissaVideo now is a dvd like player.You buy movies for it .The TV now you hook up to ur tv and record any show you want then play it back on the TV now player.
misshenn Posted November 11, 2006 Posted November 11, 2006 Ok so they are diffrent Thank you ! I tried to look it up in a search but nothing is really showing up for it ! Is there a link for me to look up ? Thanks, Melissa
fulfam Posted November 11, 2006 Posted November 11, 2006 Theres no link to it on walmarts website, after the first day of the sale it was pulled off their website since it was out of stock.
shannon91c Posted November 11, 2006 Posted November 11, 2006 the tv now package says 128 mb=1 hour of tv go a 1 gb=1024 mb so I would say 5 hours more with the card. The 14.00 on BF is an awesome deal. I paid $39 for a 512 mb over the summer for DD digital camera.
vonnyb Posted November 11, 2006 Author Posted November 11, 2006 Hopefully this link works. If not it is posted in another thread, I will get the name of the thread if I have not done this right http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5297467&sourceid=13822769390298319272
vonnyb Posted November 11, 2006 Author Posted November 11, 2006 the tv now package says 128 mb=1 hour of tv go a 1 gb=1024 mb so I would say 5 hours more with the card. The 14.00 on BF is an awesome deal. I paid $39 for a 512 mb over the summer for DD digital camera. Wow this is awesome 5 hours !! Thanks for the info
LouisaT Posted November 11, 2006 Posted November 11, 2006 Well here in Jersey I know it is a HOT item. My friend called stores all over and only found one with them in stock. When she went to the store she said they did not have many and she bought three ...(one for each of her boys and one for my son)
ajs_mommy Posted November 11, 2006 Posted November 11, 2006 I found a SD card for 6.25. Its a 1 gb. I found the information at slickdeals.net. Buy.com is where I purchased it. It does require a rebate in which the item becomes $5. But with sales tax I added it in and thats where I came up with 6.25.
raymacfla Posted November 11, 2006 Posted November 11, 2006 Iust called my Walmart here in macclenny, and they have 18 still in stock.
dangerousfem Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 Well you guys got me curious about it.. so I checked it out... looks really cool.... I think it will work great for my Ecuador trip next year.... (long boring plane flights, and waits in the airports) So I went ot my Walmart... they had lots... so I assume no one in my area know about them..lol
raymacfla Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 are you going on a mission trip? I will be going there next year in that capacity.
dangerousfem Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 Yes! I went this year... and am so excited, and gearing up for next years.. It was wonderful. We went to Machala, Ecuador . The people are amazing.. so loving and kind.
len_mullen Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 FYI: TV Now == Vugo. This has been panned by many, but I have one and I like it. It can take a 2g sd, so there's plenty of room. You can switch between built in and SD, too, so put some music on the built in and movies on the sd. The image quality is not great, but my little guy does not seem to mind. It's easy to use and great fun. Last year, I 'stole' one for $60. It still works fine -- and it was not used gently. I may pick up a couple more at $25.
Mom2Twins+One Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 You sure these things are hot?? We're rural (and I mean RURAL) and the closest walmart is 25 minutes away and is an "express", which means its one step up from a bait shop. We didn't get any of the "hot" toys like elmo or disney clubhouse, and they've got 60 of these things.
dangerousfem Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 I don't know if they are hot or not... but I do think they are pretty cool... especially for the price.
skytrain Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 FYI: TV Now == Vugo. This has been panned by many, but I have one and I like it. It can take a 2g sd, so there's plenty of room. You can switch between built in and SD, too, so put some music on the built in and movies on the sd. The image quality is not great, but my little guy does not seem to mind. It's easy to use and great fun. Last year, I 'stole' one for $60. It still works fine -- and it was not used gently. I may pick up a couple more at $25.I thought TV Now and Vugo was the same but it's not Vugo can be hooked up to the computer so you can put pics and videos from your computer on it or mp3 music on it but TV Now doesn't have computer hookup you have to record everything to it including songs. I still like it but wasn't exactly what I expected.
fulfam Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 I wanted to get this item but the wm's here are out of stock! And still out of stock on their website. Haven't seen it being sold anywhere else. So which do you think is better the VUGO or TvNOW? Is the picture quality the same?
vonnyb Posted November 18, 2006 Author Posted November 18, 2006 Just got one from Walmart. They had about 6 or 7 left and the rack said 29.99 but when I scanned it, it was still on sale for 25.00
len_mullen Posted November 21, 2006 Posted November 21, 2006 I thought TV Now and Vugo was the same but it's not Vugo can be hooked up to the computer so you can put pics and videos from your computer on it or mp3 music on it but TV Now doesn't have computer hookup you have to record everything to it including songs. I still like it but wasn't exactly what I expected.OK. I haven't seen a TV Now except on walmart.com. FWIW, I have never used the software that comes with it. The DRM is oppressive I just use this thing as a PVR -- plug it in, record some tv, and take it with you.
bellastarr Posted November 22, 2006 Posted November 22, 2006 I saw alot of them in wm today and a friend of mine bought one. It has a tiny screen so I don't really know if my girl would actually use it or not. Does it come with rechargable batteries? I seems like it would drain reg. batteries. But at only $25, I might go back and get one. It's a cheap Christmas gift.
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