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MP3 Players

Feb 24 2005 04:53pm

SilkMonkey
- Distributor of Cold Ones

So...does anyone know any good 20+ gig mp3 players that are affordable? I'm considering moving into that field to replace my beloved discman, which met a tragic fate at the hands of the chair in my room.

LET THE DISCUSSION BEGIN!!
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Poll

MP3 player...

	Get an iPod	[8 votes] [40%]
	Go with the iRiver (Apple sucks!)	[4 votes] [20%]
	Silk rules	[6 votes] [30%]
	Other	[2 votes] [10%]

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Mar 15 2005 06:07am

SilkMonkey
- Distributor of Cold Ones

Quote:

but can it play videos ?

Yes, yes it can. I have to do a slideshow @ 24 pictures per second, and sync up an audio track

Or hack it. Which is also a pretty easy option. Movies arent that big of a deal. I dont even use it for photos...so...
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Mar 14 2005 08:12pm

Fizz of Belouve
- Student

muaha

but can it play videos ?

neat though. like I said, if u get it for a nice price and dont care about recording & ogg or whatever, iPod is nice.

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Mar 14 2005 08:06pm

SilkMonkey
- Distributor of Cold Ones

*hugs his student ID which made it affordable*

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Mar 14 2005 05:22pm

solitude
- Jedi Council

silky just got a 30gb ipod photo for a bargain price

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Mar 14 2005 05:21pm

Thomasooo
- Student

Everybody congratulate Silk on having acquired an iPod!

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Mar 13 2005 06:18pm

solitude
- Jedi Council

mp3s are fine, theres no reason to demand a change to .ogg or .flac even if the formats better. fact is, mp3 is the currency of exchange as its flexible, its supported and theres no copy protection on it. .ogg is outdated ,) if you want to look to the future try flac.

the Creative Zen, which ataris recommended should be avoided at all costs.

for the following reasons:

bad software, unstable when transferring large amounts, slow, poor interface

the player does NOT support directories, ie everything is on the drive and unorganised

due to this, all tracks MUST be named how they want to prevent conflicts, ie songs cannot have the same name

i could go on, but i cba

Mar 13 2005 06:00pm

(Jedi)Obi-JK
- Student

How can you recommend anything that doesn't support OGG?

MP3's are OLD and OBOSOLETE let them die.

The iRiver is really nice, I am am looking for a new MP3 player and I think this is going to be it.

1.) Supports OGG
2.) Supports "Plays For Sure"

Plays For Sure, isn't anything all that fancy, but if you used iTunes, the songs you download will be in .m4p (the windows extension) format, which means you can't just put them on any mp3 player and listen to them, this is pretty much the best way to prevent piracey for now. So if you get the iPod you will use iTunes to buy digital music.

If you get the iRiver you will use Napster (yes napster has a legit music purchasing service) musicmatch, windows media player, etc. All of these companies use the same format comparable to .m4p and will not just play on any mp3 player.
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Mar 10 2005 10:35am

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Mar 04 2005 03:25pm

SilkMonkey
- Distributor of Cold Ones

my budget is 300ish.

I can get the iPod and 2 year apple warranty for $316. I'd have to see one of these iRiver models in store...the best buys near home in WA don't have many models.
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Mar 03 2005 07:11pm

Fizz of Belouve
- Student

well, whats ur budget ?
that iRiver H320 goes for like 280-290$ at bestbuy or compusa or whateva....

if u wanna check it out, go and look at
http://www.misticriver.net
its a huge forum where all sorts of tweaks and problems and whanot are discussed....
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Mar 03 2005 05:14pm

Bubu
- Hubbub

Meh. I may as well accept it. The iPod is something Apple got somewhat right. In lack of a better option in those capacity ranges, go for it. I voted iRiver just to help it win at least one poll.
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This comment was edited by Bubu on Mar 03 2005 05:16pm.

Mar 03 2005 04:37pm

SilkMonkey
- Distributor of Cold Ones

iPods cost $269 here with no tax. The choices suggested by some of you look good but are more expensive.

Mar 01 2005 07:16pm

Nero
- Student

I really like my Ipod and haven't yet encountered any difficulties, Apple was very helpfull (they even picked mine up @ home to fix it) and the lil thing runs very smoothly

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Mar 01 2005 03:28pm

Koyi Donita
- Student

I heard a news report about iPods I believe from apple stating that once you buy one, your damned! Not damned as in going to hell, but damn as in the battery in it eventually needs replacing and most will turn to apple once this happens. Apple at first wasn't offering battery replacement so you had to go out and buy a whole new ipod. Now they do, but what they don't clearly tell you is you get a refurbished ipod, not the original you sent them. You lose all the music you had on there and most likely you'll get some beat up piece of crap that is defective. Seems like apple wants people to pay hundreds of dollars for new ipods instead of taking care of their customers. It was said that they were build with the idea of becoming obsolete where new ones would have to be purchased. I don't know if anybody else has any real experience with this one that they could share. I'm only passing along what I've heard and it seemed reliable and trustworthy. In my opinion, if you have thousands of dollars you can piss away without a thought, might be the perfect player for you, but for most of use with just enough or less money, you want quality for what you purchase. I would stay clear away from this one but this is only my opinion. I hope it helps you out with your decision.

Also, I think Napster was advertising some type of music device which was insanely cheap and stored tons of music in. I don't know if that is the iriver thing or not. Maybe want to do some research into that one. Make sure that battery replacements are possible too.

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This comment was edited by Koyi Donita on Mar 01 2005 03:30pm.

Feb 28 2005 12:21pm

Johnnyrico
- Student

Ipods are overprices get RCA lyra RD2870

it has 20GB Hard drive, USB 2.0, Plays MP3/WMA/MPG-4/MPG-1(yes it can play videos) and it can store jpg files,theres TV out/in u can record and play ur stuff on the tv and from it.it costs less then IPOD. in the 300 range which is pretty nice.i would have bought it but its not out it canada... so i gotta wait.
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Feb 27 2005 10:52am

Fizz of Belouve
- Student

yeah, the harddisks are very touchy. they especially dislike vibrations.
they withstand hard shocks surprisingly well though.
like a drop from a desk.
but jogging or riding a bike thru the wilderness....
*yuck*
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"Renfield, you idiot!"

Feb 27 2005 06:27am

Dicemaster
- Student

lol, they are just clumsy then....if you take care of it it will take care of you

-Dice
P.S. i treat that thing as good as i would treat my child, i'm very careful...if i'm sleeping on a bus once its on i put it in my pocket so it has no chance of falling somewhere, i never put it somewehre it could get stepped on or sat on or anything like that, as i'm sure you wouldn't with any expensive piece of electronics....so basically if your careful your good to go
-Dice
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Feb 26 2005 06:56pm

Henkes
- Student

silk rules...

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Feb 26 2005 01:06pm

Raziel Anjelis
- Student

All of my mates have iPods, and guess what? they ALL BROKE after the year's guarantee ran out! literally one day after!

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This comment was edited by Raziel Anjelis on Feb 26 2005 01:06pm.

Feb 25 2005 05:17pm

Fizz of Belouve
- Student

I know dice.
but you are kinda dependant on iTunes.

sure the iPod is nice, but Im just trying to be objective here.
does the iPod have an integrated FM Radio ? does it display videos or pictures ?

like I said, its more bang for the buck, but with less usuability. anywho, you should see the expression on the iPod users faces when I watch Happy Tree Friends on my iRiver

well, I am a musician, and I very very very often want and need to record stuff in good quality. Thats what I bought such a device in the first place.

I might get an iPod for my car though, somewhen...

edit: just saw the poll... lol
apple ownz!, but I refuse to vote for the iPod

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Midbie council #20 - Fizz - #1933 - Jan '03 - Aug '04

"Renfield, you idiot!"

This comment was edited by Fizz of Belouve on Feb 25 2005 05:18pm.

Feb 25 2005 04:31pm

SilkMonkey
- Distributor of Cold Ones

Poll added. Any one else have ideas?
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Feb 25 2005 01:35pm

Dicemaster
- Student

fizz, it might not play those file types....but you use iTunes to synch with your iPod....(it automatically puts everything in your iTunes library onto your iPod, unless you tell it otherwise) Now itunes, being the intelligent program it is, will take that wma or ogg, and convert it to a file type compatible with your iPod, in the background so you don't even know its doing this unless you check and whatch it.
Sure the iPod doesn't have a recording set up, but honestly, when do you use that? personally i have never pulled out my iPod and thought "man i wish i could record the audio of whats going on right now" I dunno thats just me I guess
-Dice
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Feb 25 2005 08:24am

Fizz of Belouve
- Student

yeah Dice, I have sought for months and months of what to get.

I like the snazzy iPod too, but it has two disadvantages:

- it doesnt play ogg, or wma files
- no decent recording capabilities

I then checked out the iRiver H320, also, 20gig HD driven player, about the same size as the iPod, and costs the same.

- plays ogg, wma, mp3, etc.
- mic and line in and records up to 320kbps stereo mp3s
- color display displays jpeg, bmp and Xvid

ok, that xvid feature is really a feature i discovered when I already had it, and its just a show-off thingy anywho. but its nice

I've picked it up from best buy in december for like 320$, so it might be a lot cheaper by now.
as the iPod, this thingy registers with your PC as "mass storage dev", so u can just drag and drop ur files over there.

the downside, compared to the iPod is of course less "cool" design, and less usuability. the control & stuff of the iRiver deffo takes some getting used to, but since it also offers more configuration options and more features, this is a tradeoff I can well account for.

regards
- FiZZ Belouve
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"Renfield, you idiot!"

Feb 25 2005 03:03am

Dicemaster
- Student

i have an iPod, and i LOVE IT. it has the best organization of any MP3 player i've seen, all of my friends have been able to pick it up and figure out the basic features (scrolling songs, scrolling menus, playing songs, messing with the EQ settings) within seconds, EASIEST to use i've ever seen. the learning curve on this thing is so easy i think i could teach my dad how to use it (i had to show him how to check his email about 8 times)
anyway i love it, if you browse around you can find them relativly cheap, although i do recommend going direct from there site, splugring a little extra and getting apple care. This will run you about 340 for the 20 gig, but my band direct has had his second generation iPod since it was released, and has never had a problem with it (3-4 years roughly) they last forever and are great
-Dice
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Feb 24 2005 11:50pm

Refl3x
- Student

Well if ya got the money get on of them 60 gig babies!

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