iPod questions

**Stuart Wright** · 01-08-2006, 1:58 PM

Interested in you and iPods

pixelpixel · 01-08-2006, 6:15 PM

I have a 3g ipod that has had a replacement battery. (Fitted myself in about 5 mins) Also a nano and a ipod video 60gig. An upgrade from the 3g.

01-08-2006, 9:31 PM

i-snobs? ;-)

KJ Palmer · 02-08-2006, 11:57 AM

No ipods here - just a Sony "MP3 player"

PJTX100 · 02-08-2006, 1:53 PM

30Gb of music on tap in the car, up to 300 albums, all controllable from the head unit, can't remember the last time I looked at the iPod screen or used the click wheel. It is the coolest HD on the market though.

I believe you can use them with headphones too.

Seriously though, it did take me about 5 months (on and off) to encode my entire CD collection. And I had to buy a new PC and some serious storage space to back it all up.

A project not for the faint hearted.

pixelpixel · 02-08-2006, 2:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Tezdread

i-snobs? ;-)

What rubbish. I hate the word podding and I hate white earphones. No Snob.

Just find that I had an ipod first and now its went out of control.

Bring back the mono screen and what's a pod cast? surely its just a MP3 file!!with the wrong title.

windie · 02-08-2006, 11:51 PM

Tend to stick to the IHP seris by Iriver, just a little bit more freedom of choice.

My rugrat has an Ipod tho, it's a fashion thing for when he is out and about. In the house he uses a H320

dunks517 · 03-08-2006, 9:40 AM

Ipod schmypod! Rio Karma! still going strong - hoofing sound & a dock that glows blue when charging!

03-08-2006, 10:48 AM

Love my Sony NW5 and won't har a bad word against my cracked keypad!!! sound quality, battery life and gapless play all beat the i-pod into the dust

Muratcan · 04-08-2006, 3:58 PM

My MP3 player is my PSP with 1gb memory stick.

daveaka · 07-08-2006, 7:19 AM

Creative all the way baby.........

Tejstar · 07-08-2006, 2:05 PM

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Originally Posted by daveaka

Creative all the way baby.........

Me too, Zen Vision M 30GB!

bentleg · 07-08-2006, 2:06 PM

Nokia N80 + 1 gig stick is all you need. does more than any ipod

djjimbob · 08-08-2006, 7:54 AM

It's a fact that anything other than an iPod, is not an iPod.

Creative, Rio et all - they can sing and dance all they want - WOW, we can play WMA files! But the truth is they're all poo, the user interface is poo, their design is poo and you look like a poo when you get it out at the train station and start fiddling with it.

thekingbeyond · 08-08-2006, 11:18 AM

Creative zen 20gig here, used in the car

Tejstar · 08-08-2006, 1:22 PM

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Originally Posted by djjimbob

It's a fact that anything other than an iPod, is not an iPod.

Creative, Rio et all - they can sing and dance all they want - WOW, we can play WMA files! But the truth is they're all poo, the user interface is poo, their design is poo and you look like a poo when you get it out at the train station and start fiddling with it.

Lol - not biased?

Well I agree the iPod has the best user interface, it can't touch my ZVM in terms of video playback as well as battery life - no difference in sound quality either!

davidm · 08-08-2006, 5:13 PM

60gb iPod here.

I have an iPod connector in the car, so makes it very easy to use.

I do not buy much music from the iTunes store as I prefer to buy the CD for better sound quality and rip to iTunes.

Just wish everyone would agree on one format so that I can play my music from my PC through the XBox360 or Airport Express, in anything apart from MP3 format, which is not as good as the other formats IMO, even the LAME encoder.

PRODIGY8 · 08-08-2006, 6:12 PM

40 gig photo ipod here

not big enough!! have to delete some mp3s before i can copy new stuff on to it!!!

wanna get a 60gig video, don't think i would have anything else than an ipod

amardilo · 09-08-2006, 3:58 PM

I have a 30GB Video iPod.

It's great I have my entire album collection on it (over 100 albums), a few podcasts (inclueding this one :D) and a few video clips.

I do use iTunes as I find it easy to load albums and download podcasts to my iPod using iTunes. Although I don't buy music or content from iTunes as I like to own the disc's :D

Eddy Boy · 10-08-2006, 9:05 AM

Rio, much better and i can transfer files to it as if its a netwrok drive, just into the dock and any PC on the netwrok can add stuff to it.

11-08-2006, 7:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Stuart Wright

Interested in you and iPods

I don't have an iPod. Mine is a Sandisk e140: 1Gb internal memory and an SD slot that takes cards up to 2Gb. I bought a pair of Sennheiser CX300 earphones to go with it - ROCKING!
I've converted all my CDs (200+) to MP3 (192 kbps) using CDex, which I've libraried onto several DVD-RW.
I copy over from them to the Sandisk and SD cards via the unit's USB link.

Spike_UK · 11-08-2006, 3:57 PM

I've got a Creative Labs MuVo TX SE - 1GB. Its not flashy but its really easy to use and sounds great. I also use it as a flash drive, which comes in handy.
I rip my cd's into wma (VBR/50-95 kbps) with wmp and they sound EXACTLY the same as the original cd! Only problem is its a bit slow transfering songs, despite the fact its meant to support Usb 2.

rob64 · 11-08-2006, 4:07 PM

40th birthday pressie .40 gig ipod , 4th gen . 32 gigs of tunes , mostly ripped at 320 kbps . when apple brought out "lossless " a bit back 40 gig doesn't seem so big anymore .I always used apple , only ever had imac's . Got rid of white headphones though and got some nice black in ear sonys.

baron103 · 12-08-2006, 1:42 PM

Creative zen sleek photo 20 gig. Rip @ 320 variable bit rate for best results.

KelvinHT · 13-08-2006, 7:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Tejstar

Me too, Zen Vision M 30GB!

Me too

13-08-2006, 10:15 PM

I have a sandisk sansa 4gb, plus its got a card slot. its great

, but I feel a bit badly done to as it said in the blurb its got a radio, but in the uk they arnt allowed

DrWorm · 14-08-2006, 8:49 PM

6GB Sony Walkman, small, shiny & purple.

RedIndian · 15-08-2006, 4:16 PM

Rio all the way!!

16-08-2006, 9:19 PM

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Originally Posted by KelvinHT

Me too

And me just got mine today, and have to say i'm glad i did. Never been a fan of i pods, i always root for the underdog. Creative zen vision m is everything i wanted it to be and more

bfrost · 17-08-2006, 6:45 AM

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Originally Posted by PJTX100

30Gb of music on tap in the car, up to 300 albums, all controllable from the head unit, can't remember the last time I looked at the iPod screen or used the click wheel. It is the coolest HD on the market though.

I believe you can use them with headphones too.

Seriously though, it did take me about 5 months (on and off) to encode my entire CD collection. And I had to buy a new PC and some serious storage space to back it all up.

A project not for the faint hearted.

I'm thinking of getting the 60G Ipod but I have many mp3's and jpeg's on my PC plus attatched expternal storage drives. Can I manage addition of these files manually? Must I used ITunes? I'm used to a 1G MP3 player with manual copying. If I use ITunes, can I specifiy what root folders it looks in?
TIA
Bri

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I own an iPod	466	59.06%
I own an MP3 player	393	49.81%
My iPod is over 1 GB	458	58.05%
I spend more than £20 / month on music for my iPod	30	3.80%
I use iTunes	421	53.36%
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01-08-2006, 9:31 PM	#3
Tezdread Guest Posts: n/a	i-snobs? ;-)
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03-08-2006, 10:48 AM	#9
Speakerbox Guest Posts: n/a	Love my Sony NW5 and won't har a bad word against my cracked keypad!!! sound quality, battery life and gapless play all beat the i-pod into the dust
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13-08-2006, 10:15 PM	#26
iantib Guest Posts: n/a	I have a sandisk sansa 4gb, plus its got a card slot. its great , but I feel a bit badly done to as it said in the blurb its got a radio, but in the uk they arnt allowed
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