I don't have a lot of experience with the video iPod, but I have seen a couple, and I wasn't very impressed with the video quality. It seemed like I'd get a headache trying to watch the video for very long, but maybe it was mostly the video and not the iPod. I can't really say for sure. But I do know that I'm personally not impressed with them because of the very small screen, and when I want to watch videos on the go, I'll bring my portable DVD player.