Video Without Boundaries  is the latest broadband box company to expand into the world of portable media.

VWB has launched the "CoPilot," a portable media player/recorder that operates on the capacity-saving MPEG-4 codec. It will retail for less than $200, the company said. VWB is offering models with on-board 512 megabyte or 1 gigabyte flash drives. Both models support expandable memory via SD card slots.

The device features AV input recording for connection to a range of media gear, including DVD players, VCRs, and cable and satellite set-tops.

Co-Pilot is a follow-on to the "Flyboy," a $349 portable media player that sports a 20 GB hard drive. Both the Co-Pilot and Flyboy can feed off of VWB's stand-alone MediaREADY 4000 media center.