Now I’m going to presume that if you’re a Gizmodo reader who also has sired those mewling, soft-skulled futures-of-our-species that marketing drones call “kidz” that you have enough presence of mind to completely pass over Mattel’s new “Juice Box” media player for children. The Juice Box is totally another attempt to befuddle over-protective parents who don’t know if their children are ready for a “real media player” into purchasing a closed-format box that keeps all the revenues in Mattel’s hands. As the sworn enemy of children everywhere, let me just reassure you: your kids can handle a portable DVD player just fine, and when they’ve finally watched their copy of Yu-Gi-Oh Does Dallas for the 19-millionth time, getting new content for it is as easy as going to any store that sells DVDs. You could burn your own, even!
The Juice Box does play MP3s, but you can’t copy over your own video content, so screw it. (Thanks, Matthew!)
Product Page [JuiceBox]
