Fun Stuff > BAND

An Mp3 Player Question.

<< < (4/18) > >>

qiZzer:
The reason why i hate the zune is that it runs highly restrictive drm that fucks every thing up, and don't get me started on microsofts software issues. When i had a pc it ask for update once a week so i doubt th zune will be any better.

StaedlerMars:
Creative Zen is supposed to be a really good alternative.

Reason I don't like iPods - The one I have broke every other month, and continued doing so every time I sent it back for repairs. Then the warranty expired.  Also the way they organize their music is annoying (mysteriously labeled files in mysteriously labeled folders), and the fact that it's only one way uploading with the supported software bugs me even more.

Supposedly the new iPods don't break quite as often, but I was so put off by my experience that I haven't bought a new one.

I would buy the iPhone if I had enough money. That's just the coolest thing ever.

Scandanavian War Machine:
yeah, i know what you mean. everyone i know who owned an iPod had it break within a year or so.

however, i had a 5th generation video (30gig) and it lasted me two or three years without any problem whatsoever (until two days ago when it finally gave in and died). so i have no personal problems with iPods but i know lots of people who do.

TheFuriousWombat:
I've owned three iPods in my time, all of which lasted a couple of years. I got new ones for more space and sold the old ones so I didn't replace them due to any technical issues of any kind. In fact, I've never had any serious technical problems of any kind with the iPods I've owned. Furthermore, you can organize the music in files just like you can organize other files i.e. pretty much any way you want. Just go into the file that has all your itunes music and rearrange the music to your liking. It's really simple.

imagist42:
If you're really still iffy about iPods, go with a Creative. The Vision:M is a great player, and it sounds like your friend just had uncharacteristic problems with his. I would strongly recommend the new ZEN (just got mine and it's absolutely lovely), but it only goes up to 16GB with and SD slot that I believe takes 8GB cards, so not quite the capacity you're looking for.

As far as legitimate reasons not to like iPods, they're very restricted. Even though you don't have to use iTunes, they're not exactly optimized for other programs and I've seen them go screwy necessitating a complete reformat more than enough times. Eventually people may have to give up and cave to the iTunes overlords, and really, iTunes is a crappy program, especially on a PC. Additionally, there's no extensive file format support. Back when I got my iAudio X5L, I had several GB of music in things ranging from wma to FLAC to bloody ogg vorbis, so an iPod would have been completely out of the question. Since then I've done away with the stuff I had in FLAC/ogg vorbis, but I'd still have to convert more wmas than I'd like if I ever went with a player as limited in functionality as an iPod. Speaking of functionality, where is the iPod's FM radio? Voice recording? These are things I've loved dearly on every HDD player I've ever owned and I'm not about to give them up.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page