SanDisk announces Sansa TakeTV, Fanfare video download service

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Peripherals, Portable Video, Storage

That SanDisk Sansa TakeTV we saw over the weekend? Well, it’s officially announced: the USBTV is now the TakeTV, and will take advantage of a new video platform called Fanfare. The details:

Sansa TakeTV

4GB and 8GB sizes, $100 and $150 respectively
Supports DivX (including Home Theater profile), XVID, and MPEG-4
Up to 720 x 576 resolution
On sale immediately
Intended for use in downloading shows from one’s computer to the TakeTV (which is then physically moved to the TV)

Fanfare online video service

Launching with content from CBS, Jaman, Showtime, Smithsonian Networks, The Weather Channel and TV Guide Broadband, including shows such as CSI, Survivor China, Dexter, and Sleeper Cell
Video downloads will be both ad-supported (free) and paid (not sure how much yet), depending on the wishes of the content creators
Fanfare video will also be playable on Sansa portable media devices
Yes, it’s DRMed, and yes, it’s proprietary: TrustedFlash, developed by SanDisk
Launching in beta today, officially launching in 2008

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