Why should your television habit be relegated to just one room in your home? There are times when even the most dedicated video entertainment addict must hoist his mushy hindquarters from the divan, either to run some senseless errand, punch the clock at his dreary job, or evacuate his home when it catches fire. When you’re forced to leave your cozy den, why can’t the television accompany you?

It can, dude; it totally can. Thanks to the iRiver PMC-120, no one need any longer choose between the demands of full-time employment and the anaesthetic distractions of the boob tube. No, sir: this ingenious gadget goes where you go, playing your favorite movies, TV shows and video downloads along the way. So while your body may have to be at its desk, your consciousness can remain rapturously immersed in the iRiver’s three-and-a-half-inch widescreen vivid color display.

Watch “Get on the Bus” on the bus! Watch “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” at the table! Take in some “9 to 5” during staff meetings at work! Enjoy “Hoosiers” at your kids’ basketball games! The iRiver also displays photographs and plays mp3s, but jeeze, you wouldn’t buy a Hummer and then only use it to ferry groceries from the store to your house, would you? Who knows? Maybe you would.

The iRiver uses the super-intuitive Microsoft® Media Center interface and connects seamlessly to Windows Media Player, making it a cool breeze to operate. Windows Media Player 10 lets it play DRM media like Napster to Go and Tivo to Go. Plug in the included headphones for maximum isolation from the goings-on around you, or employ the PMC-120’s integrated speaker for those “oh, man, you have to see this” files.

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