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The VideoNow HD is a sixth portable video player produced by Hasbro and released by Omnitrans Toys in 2021. The systems use discs called PVDs (which stands for Personal Video Disc), which can store about 30 minutes (half an hour) of video, the length of an average TV show with commercials (a typical TV episode is about 20–23 minutes without them), so each PVD contains only one episode, with trailers at the end to use the leftover time on most PVDs, including Nickelodeon PVDs. Video data is stored on the left audio channel with audio on the right channel, thus making it impossible to achieve stereo sound on the system, which only plays mono. The video plays at about 15 frames per second. Most of the shows were from Nickelodeon, such as SpongeBob SquarePants and The Fairly OddParents. A small handful of movies were also released on the system, but they had to be split into three PVDs, due to the limited space on each PVD. Other differences are all in the design:

  • The previously silver circle where the screen and buttons (excluding the eject button) were now matches the color of the rest of the unit.
  • Said the government buttons, also previously silver (again excluding the eject button), match the color of everything else as well.
  • This portable video player inspired by IBM ThinkPad laptop.
  • This portable features 7-Color Palette for Monochrome VideoNow disc: Choose from one of 32 pre-made color palettes, or a user-created palette (if available).
  • This portable features Custom Color: Create a custom color palette and get a 7-RGB Palette to retrieve it later.
  • The unit plays 6-disc player.
  • Because of the changeable player, it also backwards compatibility with DVD, DIVX, VCD, and CD.

Complete list of shows and movies available on VideoNow HD

In the UK, a different range of discs were produced, presumably for licensing reasons. The PVDs are interchangeable and have no region protection. The UK range included most of the Nickelodeon shows from the USA plus:

  • Manchester United Football
  • Arsenal Football
  • A series of three action sport PVDs including the Tony Hawks USA issue.

The lower age group discs from Disney and Nick Jr. were in general not available through UK outlets.

PVDs were issued in waves to retailers - 6 to a box, generally comprising 3 titles. There were 6 waves of PVDs released in the UK, although some popular titles appeared in more than one box.

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