SanDisk’s TakeTV — the thing where you plugged a thing into your computer, dragged over movies, and then schlepped them to your TV — is dead along with its content site, FanFare.
I probably could have told you that while the concept was solid there was one hole in the plan — that whole schlepping part. Imagine countless exchanges like this:
Customer: So I put the movies on here and then…
Best Buy Guy: You walk to your TV and…
Customer: Walk?
Best Buy Guy: Really? What’s this whole Windows Media Center thing about?