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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 02 2009 at 15:39
^ I don't think the gtfo is out yet so I can't vote, but it can't be less reliable than the iPod.
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the Pod or gtfo.
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Whoops. sorry, guys. Embarrassed
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^ I think most manufacturers have given up on microdrives over solid state flash for all players under 16Gb. Anything over that is going to be 1.8" or 2.5" hard disc.
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haha zunes run a HDD (Hard Disk Drive)
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Points: 55 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 02 2009 at 13:12
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by DASistGrantTeeL DASistGrantTeeL wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Here's a comparison of all the latest portable multi-media players: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_portable_media_players 
 
..looking at that the Zune wouldn't be my first or second choice... 4 hours battery life - what the hell is it powering? Confused


my 120g zune gets way longer battery life i think it's like 16-20 hours
..when playing audio files - the quoted 4 hours was for video.

ohh for video, well idk seems a little short but i dont watch videos very often so i wouldn't know
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Originally posted by p0mt3 p0mt3 wrote:

I LOVE Zunes! Way better than iPods, in my opinion. They sound better, have solid-state hard drives (hence more reliable), live longer, have a better interface, and the marketplace is way better that what apple has for their players.

This all opinion, of course, but I think Zunes get a bad rap for no reason. It's funny as hell to me how Mac computers get slayed  by most people, yet iPods are loved by everyone, even if they hate Apple products.

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a 120Gb solid state harddrive!!!! - I think not. Wink
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I LOVE Zunes! Way better than iPods, in my opinion. They sound better, have solid-state hard drives (hence more reliable), live longer, have a better interface, and the marketplace is way better that what apple has for their players.

This all opinion, of course, but I think Zunes get a bad rap for no reason. It's funny as hell to me how Mac computers get slayed  by most people, yet iPods are loved by everyone, even if they hate Apple products.

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Originally posted by DASistGrantTeeL DASistGrantTeeL wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Here's a comparison of all the latest portable multi-media players: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_portable_media_players 
 
..looking at that the Zune wouldn't be my first or second choice... 4 hours battery life - what the hell is it powering? Confused


my 120g zune gets way longer battery life i think it's like 16-20 hours
..when playing audio files - the quoted 4 hours was for video.
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Here's a comparison of all the latest portable multi-media players: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_portable_media_players 
 
..looking at that the Zune wouldn't be my first or second choice... 4 hours battery life - what the hell is it powering? Confused


my 120g zune gets way longer battery life i think it's like 16-20 hours
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sorry for the plug guys. yesterday i was on progarchives and on the zune marketplace getting new music that i saw on here and i just realized how much i liked the zune

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Originally posted by Mr ProgFreak Mr ProgFreak wrote:

I'm very happy with my 8GB Creative Zen X-Fi. 250GB sounds tempting, but the price tag ...
...reflects what you get ... with a bit of margin for being the only 250G media player available (and for being French probably Wink). Of all those I looked at the Archos is the only one you can actually watch a movie on with any degree of comfort - as a mp3 player it's an over-kill.
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I'm very happy with my 8GB Creative Zen X-Fi. 250GB sounds tempting, but the price tag ...
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^ only downside is it weighs 300gms. Pinch
 
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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 02 2009 at 11:44
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Having had a 4th Gen iPlod for many years, I've changed over to an Archos 5 - it's a brilliant little box that can plug into my AV system, playback video and record programmes straight to its 250Gb hard disc; it's also wifi enabled and can stream from my PC and the interweb and has a USB I/F for playing stuff of USB sticks. The PC interface is as easy as pie and doesn't lock me into any proprietry software like iTunes.



Wow, I might have to trade in my iPod.  Looks like this now supports OGG/FLAC as well, and is Linux compatible.

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Here's a comparison of all the latest portable multi-media players: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_portable_media_players 
 
..looking at that the Zune wouldn't be my first or second choice... 4 hours battery life - what the hell is it powering? Confused
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 02 2009 at 10:51
Originally posted by DASistGrantTeeL DASistGrantTeeL wrote:

i just wanted to let everyone know about the zunes and how badass they are.
for $15 a month you get unlimited music downloads, although you have to keep paying every month in order to keep them but in addition for the price of $15 you can get 10 songs to keep for ever.Another amazing addition to the zune is the fact that it has built in wifi (not for viewing the web sadly) for downloading music from the zune marketplace, another function that can be used with the wifi is wirelessly syncing your music

i have a 120G zune and i have yet to encounter any problems.

here is a link to the zune devices and as you can see they are much cheaper than ipods
http://www.zune.net/en-US/mp3players/default.htm

here is a link to a free trial of the zune marketplace for 14 days
http://www.zune.net/en-US/software/zunepass/default.htm

hope you guys like it

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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 02 2009 at 10:43
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Are you still hanging on to the iPlod for supplemental use?  Have not heard or the Archos before.
the iPlod's 40G harddisc was temperamental and unreliable, so I removed it and replaced it with a 4G flash drive - the smaller drive can't hold my collection but it is useful for using in the car if I pre-load it with stuff I want to hear.
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Points: 29630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 02 2009 at 08:45
Are you still hanging on to the iPlod for supplemental use?  Have not heard or the Archos before.

Edited by Slartibartfast - August 13 2009 at 10:30
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Having had a 4th Gen iPlod for many years, I've changed over to an Archos 5 - it's a brilliant little box that can plug into my AV system, playback video and record programmes straight to its 250Gb hard disc; it's also wifi enabled and can stream from my PC and the interweb and has a USB I/F for playing stuff of USB sticks. The PC interface is as easy as pie and doesn't lock me into any proprietry software like iTunes.
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