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An Mp3 Player Question.
notnamed:
--- Quote ---I was considering an Creative Zen Vision M, but my friend had one, dropped it, and broke it. He also told me that it does not play songs in the order of the album they are on, but in alphabetical order instead.
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Since this was never addressed, I'ma going to address it. No this isn't the way a Z:VM works. It can work in two modes, based on the ID3 tags, or based on the physical folders on the hard drive. Either way, it'll play 'em in whatever the hell order you want.
I have and love my 30GB Z:VM. I dropped it, it broke, I spent $25 (the "return fee") +shipping and sent it back and they fixed it. Haven't applied the new firmware update because any time I apply any firmware update to anything (routers, MP3 players, etc - except my old 1stgen iPod nano actually) it's broken it terribly.
Lee:
I have an old iRiver h120. I've had it 4 or so years now. Plays pretty much everything I throw at it. Not sure about there newer stuff, 'cos I haven't tried it but you can pick my model up on ebay pretty cheap last time I looked.
It's annoying 'cos no-one seems to be making any more big hard drive players apart from ipods (can't and wont buy 'cos I have music in too many formats for the poor thing), I wanted a creative vision : m but they've been discontinued - will have to keep an eye out for them on ebay or something.
Blank_Jebus:
if you reall are against the ipod the i would go with the zune...i know a couple of people who have then and they love it soo much....they recently updated the zune interface and it looks sleek and sexy...i'd say that if you wanted to get an mp3 player that isn't an ipod and holds the same ammount of storage then go with the zune...and from what i hear they are durable
Statik:
Your arguments against the iPod fall short, horribly
I agree, I dont particularly like iTunes, HOWEVER, your argument against it is terrible.
One: You can disable the auto updates (despite the fact that I have never had a problem with them)
Two: Anyone who had a problem with iTunes doing something strange to their computer PROBABLY had some other shit in the background (ie: spyware) that conflicted, nothing to do with iTunes
Three: While I long for the functionality of simply having a LIST of artists, of which WMP had before, iTunes is NOT a terrible piece of software
Four: iPods have more accessories than any other portable MP3 player that exists. (Including a case for the very nice 80gig iPod Classic that looks like you strapped a tire around the thing)
Five: "Trendy" SO WHAT? Yes, everyone has them, why does everyone has them? Because everyone has found that they have the proper amount of functionality for BEING A MP3 PLAYER, and they are surprisingly durable
My ONE AND ONLY SEMI-LEGIT KIND OF NITPICKY COMPLAINT ABOUT iPods: Polished Stainless steel picks up fingerprints like a motherfucker.
And that whole no artist list in iTunes
I worked retail for six+ years. I have seen every single brand imaginable of MP3 player. For a cheap 1gig - ish one, the Sandisk ones are decent(they arent especially durable though) For any of the ones sporting an actual HDD inside of them... GET AN iPod. There simply is nothing up to that level of quality. Period. Not MS, not creative, not samsung, NOT A SINGLE ONE. What was wrong with most of the iPods that came back? Idiots couldnt figure out how to hard reset them when they disconnected the ipod without ejecting (in itunes). (which a windows update and itunes update that came out six months ago fixed)
I have little experience with the Zune (other than the terrible 1st gen) so I dont know if the newer ones are better.
I didnt want an iPod, but I considered all of my options, and considered what I had to choose from, and what I knew, and in the end, it still made more sense to spend a couple extra bucks getting an ipod and a hardshell case.
About iRiver: While working retail, the solid state irivers seemed to be quite good, but the HDD ones I was kinda meh on, but I have no experience with their new gen of stuff
@ Spineless: Supporting Lossless media files? Like what? Raw video? Raw 44.1khz audio? So you want like, 10 uncompressed CDs on an 80gig ipod? maybe 10 minutes of raw video? There is no such thing as lossless. Digital is lossy by its very functionality. you want what? ogg support? Pick your battles, your argument is weak against the entire concept of a "MP3 PLAYER"
est:
All that text and you didn't even address my issue of iPods having shitty bass response. I am disappointed!
I have played with all of the EQ settings on my nano. The bass boost EQ setting distorts everything and every other setting is pretty shit. Maybe I am expecting too much from a nano? I am not sure. Perhaps full iPods have better sound quality? Again, not sure!
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