iam_immigrant

I'm thinking of picking up an MP3 player but not sure which to buy. So I'm looking for people's suggestions from past experiences or general knowledge.

Criteria are:

1. Double digit storage - so no Nano/Mini/Light/Slim stuff. I don't mind if it's bigger than a PDA but it must have storage.

2. Video capabilites - I know most if not all new players offer this but which would have the best quality/screen size

3. Battery life - obviously the longer the better

4. Battery - Must have removeable AND rechargeable battery

5. File support - the most or most popular file types would be desired.

6. Extras - I know some offer stuff like radio and voice recorder so the more extras the better.


That's all I can think of right now. I know that with these requirements it'll be in the $400+ range so if you know of a good player that's up there in price don't be afraid to mention it. Also if possible please list some pro's or con's about each. Right now I'm looking at the Creative Zen Vision W.

Thanks all

Cynikal.Mindset

archos 604 wifi, Cadillac of all personal media players

or even the 504 which doesnt have the touchscreen or wifi but is available with higher capacity hdd

imported_viper_2_4

going to agree with CM here...if you want video the archos is the best way to go...

but ask yourself first, will you actually use video?...most people don't use video on their video enables players...

imported_Zyepher

Cynikal, did you end up keeping the archos?

VTEC_Thunder

anything but an ipod....

imported_Zyepher

Whats wrong with an ipod?

imported_viper_2_4

why?...mine works great, sure it got replaced twice by apple because they kept sending me broken ones, but the one I have no works great...

imported_JoonyaSI

one and done purchases FTW tho ... i dont trust apple still .. only thing i would ever by from apple would be an ibook.. and i would ONLY use it to run my SERATO .. other than that they are useless..

imported_Zyepher

right..

imported_viper_2_4

and you trust MS??

weezybaby

rofl ROFL, i laugh at your ignorance.

mac is the best computer a person can have

imported_JoonyaSI

with SERATO no i dont lol hence why i said what i said ...

i trust it with my everyday computing tho .. not that its stable ..but its as stable as i need it to be ...

but when playing out for hours and hours at a time i woudlnt trust MS at all ..

imported_TuttiGirl

I agree, I love our Mac, great computer!

and I've never had a problem with my Ipod or my Mum's they both work great

imported_viper_2_4

I'm gonna try one for my next machine, I figure worst case (if I don't like OS X at all) I've paid a small premium for a fancy looking windows machine....

I have to reboot my XP machine on a daily basis because it acts stupid, I'm ready to try something else...

imported_JoonyaSI

i would only buy an ibook as G series are wayy too over priced right now .. true they are stable (so ive been lead to believe) but i cant justify paying 3-4 G's for a pc that im using to surf the net/dl stuff/ and run a few apps on .. when and if i get an ibook its only purpose is audio applications .. thats all they are good for Audio/Visual

weezybaby

you cant run xp on a i686 architecture, but you can get emulators that run xp through osx

imported_JoonyaSI

i think thats what he was refering to

cibs

if that was true there wouldn't be a market for pc's now...

the answer is that there is no BEST anything... it's all about tradeoffs...

IMO i'd much rather have a pc than a mac...

but anyways that whole thing is off-topic...

how about we keep it back on topic?

Notorious

Serato is dope T.

One of my boys uses Serato with his dell laptop. We havent run into any problems as of yet. But I wouldnt trust it lol.


I want an ibook so badly.

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In regards to the topic get the archos, solid units.

imported_JoonyaSI

yea .. and yall are lucky u got a warning ..

usually some ppl just lock it without question


lol ah man im goin home .. its snowing hard .. peace folks