TAKING THE TUBE TO THE RACE.(Revs)(Brief Article)

Byline: BILL McGUIRE

Few things can top attending a car race, as the colors, sounds and excitement just can't be captured on the tube. But sometimes it's better to stay home and watch on TV, since at a race so much action takes place outside your field of vision. Because there isn't always a screen or scoreboard within view, it can be hard knowing who's leading, who's advancing and who's falling back.

With communication advances, perhaps one day soon we'll have the best of both worlds-the vibrant, live experience and the big, cool picture, too. Kangaroo.TV represents a leap toward that day. This 1.2-pound device offers the visuals and data of the television broadcast in a rubberized clamshell case you wear around your neck.

The Kangaroo's 3.8-inch LCD features four camera views from the live TV broadcast, all at once in tile format, or individually as a full screen. Another feature presents real-time timing and scoring; you can call up 100 pages of potted information including driver, team and track ...