Im looking for a Mp3 player. Dont know anything about them and curious what brand or functions should i look for. Gonna either buy it on ebay or futureshop
MP3 players?
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I went thru this a couple months ago.
Ended up buying an Iriver. Ended up taking it back.
In the end, went with an IPod.
Honestly, there is nothing close.
The number one thing to look for is sync. That's where the player automatically updates itself when connected to a pc. IPod does it perfectly everytime. Also, get the extended warranty. If for nothing else, to cover the battery. The batteries dont last more than about a year in the players before needing replacement. A good warranty will cover the battery.
Ended up buying an Iriver. Ended up taking it back.
In the end, went with an IPod.
Honestly, there is nothing close.
The number one thing to look for is sync. That's where the player automatically updates itself when connected to a pc. IPod does it perfectly everytime. Also, get the extended warranty. If for nothing else, to cover the battery. The batteries dont last more than about a year in the players before needing replacement. A good warranty will cover the battery.
I bought a 1 gig flash memory Sandisk unit from Future Shop. Have had it for about 5 months. About 250 songs on it with room for more. Cost $179 (probably cheaper now). It uses ONE relatively cheap AAA Battery. I have bought rechargeable ones which last about 8 hours per charge. I like it as it has no moving parts and has never let me down. I don't want or need 1500 song hard drive unit.LittleAsianGuy said:
I have a Rio Nitrus - holds 1GB
One of the newer ones from Rio, the Carbon, holds 5GB - and is pretty good price-wise, less than $200 I think. Costco was carrying them last time I checked.
One of the newer ones from Rio, the Carbon, holds 5GB - and is pretty good price-wise, less than $200 I think. Costco was carrying them last time I checked.
I have a 3G iPod, 15GB. I love it.
The new ones are amazing, $299 for 30GB/$399 for 60GB, plus full color video and up to 20hr battery charge. About the size of a deck of cards, and enough capacity for several hundred CD's worth of music. My entire collection of about a hundred CD's takes less than half my capacity.
The iPod nano and shuffle are less expensive, much smaller and lighter, and FLASH based (rather than hard disk), but only store 4gb and 1gb, respectively. The shuffle's about the size of a keychain memory, and the nano is credit card sized, and (as Steve Jobs is fond of noting) thinner than a no.2 pencil.
The new ones are amazing, $299 for 30GB/$399 for 60GB, plus full color video and up to 20hr battery charge. About the size of a deck of cards, and enough capacity for several hundred CD's worth of music. My entire collection of about a hundred CD's takes less than half my capacity.
The iPod nano and shuffle are less expensive, much smaller and lighter, and FLASH based (rather than hard disk), but only store 4gb and 1gb, respectively. The shuffle's about the size of a keychain memory, and the nano is credit card sized, and (as Steve Jobs is fond of noting) thinner than a no.2 pencil.
If you like it simple and do not have many songs an mp3 may be the way to go. A friend of mine got one during the summer for around $80 and it holds 400 songs. I think her's is a panasonic, I am not sure.
I just bought a ipod mini, 4G and it is great. Holds my entire cd collection and then some! I only own about 50 cds. I think it has about a 1000 song capacity. Fabulous, just fabulous.
I just bought a ipod mini, 4G and it is great. Holds my entire cd collection and then some! I only own about 50 cds. I think it has about a 1000 song capacity. Fabulous, just fabulous.
I dont need more than 500 songs anyways. Was lookin on ebay and there are thigns which only cost 100.00.
Depends what you will be using it for. The hard drive players can skip with a lot of movement and sometimes have slow response but this is fairly infrequent. I have had a couple of Rio players and have always liked them. In my opinion the Rio and iPod players are the best options.
Currently I'm using the 5GB Rio Carbon and it sounds great, and looks good too. Basically the same features as the iPod Mini with a slightly lower price. The new iPod Nano also looks good, 2GB or 4GB flash memory, decent battery life and small size. But they are still pretty expensive compared to other players.
Whatever you decide, get something with at least 1GB memory even if you don't think you need that much. Anything less is a waste.
Currently I'm using the 5GB Rio Carbon and it sounds great, and looks good too. Basically the same features as the iPod Mini with a slightly lower price. The new iPod Nano also looks good, 2GB or 4GB flash memory, decent battery life and small size. But they are still pretty expensive compared to other players.
Whatever you decide, get something with at least 1GB memory even if you don't think you need that much. Anything less is a waste.
Ipod !!!
I really believe its only the Ipod as an MP3 player. Just try to find accessories for any other units and you will only find a few things. The Ipod has so many different gadets you can add. Take a look here to see what I mean.
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/
and that's only one company making stuff for the Ipod.
need more info go here it's an Ipod site for stuff and reviews.
http://www.ilounge.com/
Also I believe there will be about 10 or 12 car companies with Ipod support or accessories. Basically you will be able to just dock you Ipod into your dash or a docking station somewhere in the car and you can access your songs.
And with the podcasts and now video podcast your listening or watching choices are endless.
Heck even the new Xbox 360 coming in two weeks has Ipod support. If Microsoft is supporting an Apple product you know it's really big!
So in short, I and anybody who really knows ( ie. review sites ) its only the Ipod... The others are just too far behind. Sad but true.
I really believe its only the Ipod as an MP3 player. Just try to find accessories for any other units and you will only find a few things. The Ipod has so many different gadets you can add. Take a look here to see what I mean.
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/
and that's only one company making stuff for the Ipod.
need more info go here it's an Ipod site for stuff and reviews.
http://www.ilounge.com/
Also I believe there will be about 10 or 12 car companies with Ipod support or accessories. Basically you will be able to just dock you Ipod into your dash or a docking station somewhere in the car and you can access your songs.
And with the podcasts and now video podcast your listening or watching choices are endless.
Heck even the new Xbox 360 coming in two weeks has Ipod support. If Microsoft is supporting an Apple product you know it's really big!
So in short, I and anybody who really knows ( ie. review sites ) its only the Ipod... The others are just too far behind. Sad but true.
I-pod shuffle
The ipod shuffle is great. Awesome clear sound..holds over 100 songs...shuffle feature is nice. My first experience with mp3's...but the sound is far suprerior to anything else I sampled. (non-ipods I mean)
The ipod shuffle is great. Awesome clear sound..holds over 100 songs...shuffle feature is nice. My first experience with mp3's...but the sound is far suprerior to anything else I sampled. (non-ipods I mean)
