Pre-loaded iPods

Your video iPod just got a lot closer to your TV.

Let’s say you bought the box DVD set of “Dark Angel”, but you can’t figure out how to get the shows onto your iPod. Even if you know how to do it, you probably don’t want to take the time to find the DVD-ripping shareware, rip the hour-long shows, convert the files and load them onto their iPod. That’s HOURS of work. Ughhh!

But the Boston startup, TVMyPod, will do it for you.

TVMyPod will sell you a DVD (from their wide selection) and will pre-load that content on your iPod. They then ship the iPod and the DVDs to you.

“At TVMyPod we hope to fill this void for our customers and allow them to watch their favorite TV shows or movies whenever and wherever they want,” said company co-founder Raghavan.

Sweet! That means walkiing the treadmill could be a lot more appealing with Jessica Alba keeping me company.

The company also plans to offer the service to users who have already purchased iPods, and is exploring a subscription service to provide iPod users with periodically updated video content.

Interesting footnote: The company changed their name to Load ‘N Go Video, presumably because they heard from Apple regarding their use of the word “pod”.