iPod

[Hero*]

Or then they want the best quality, no matter the costs.

I AGREE

[ZeUs!!]

Only people who don't know how to research cheaper alternatives

Minidisc

You record all your favourite mp3s to the player (ala ipod), and when its full... take the minidisc out and put another one in! It does exactly the same thing as an ipod but cheaper and no memory limit. Why do people actually buy ipods?

[Dim]

Well, I paid £80 for mine, so theres your answer.

[Fit of Rage]

Minidisc

You record all your favourite mp3s to the player (ala ipod), and when its full... take the minidisc out and put another one in! It does exactly the same thing as an ipod but cheaper and no memory limit. Why do people actually buy ipods?

Oddly enough you can do the same thing with... CD-RW? HOLY SHIT!

[ZeUs!!]

My point exactly (apart from the fact that I can fit a minidisc player into my pocket compared to personal cd players)

[Mr. Peanuts]

I'm reading more into these MD players, all my mates have decent ones, any recommendations, Zeus?

[ZeUs!!]

Go Sony, always Sony. They invented the format and they pour more money into the research than any other companies. Ergo they are more reliable, have better functionality and are generally less shitty. Other ones have been known to go bust in the sun (holiday last year). However with Sony they charge the earth to fix them and in many cases its cheaper to get a new one, but I have a suspicion most companies operate like this and Sonys are the most reliable anyway

[Sarien]

Only people who don't know how to research cheaper alternatives (Or are rich) get iPods

Or people that want a quality Apple product, and the ability to get and use any of the huge amounts of extra accessories you can get for the iPod's expansion jack?

Such as:
Microphone for recording.
iTrip, a little accessory that will let you play your iPod through your car's FM stereo.
Using the iPod as a Calendar/Address Book
The naviPod that lets you attach your iPod to your home audio system, complete with remote
PocketDock that lets you recharge and sync/update your iPod via a standard FireWire cable

I'm sure there are a ton more options and accessories but all that is just the stuff that is easily seen in this month's copy of Macworld.

Also in this month's issue they review flash-memory mp3 players, and the highest rated was the Rio Cali, the 128 meg version at $130, the 256 meg version is $180, or a 15 Gig iPod for $294.

In my opinion the iPod still is the best buy for your money.

[Bilbo]

Who the fuck has time to listen to 40gb of music. I don't even have 5gb of music on my computer.

[Kim]

I've got a 512 MB mp3 play that weighs less than half a pound, I THINK, and it looks like a tootsie roll. It's by LG, and thats more music than I can handle just to take the bus or something. I don't have 40 GIGS of spare time to waste a day, not to mention that mp3 players allow you to erase / add songs so damn quickly. I have no idea why people are lugging around HDs just to listen to the music they already have on their comp.

[Torn Wing]

I thought this was a thread trashing iPod the player.

[Dim]

I Have Every Talking Heads Album Ever Made On My Ipod.

[Mr. Peanuts]

Thanks for the info, Zeus. Yeah, all my friends have the Sony ones, in that vibrant metallic blue style. I'm gonna do my best to be different, as ever...

[za gophar]

it sounds tempting to buy one, but they are like 300 dollars... not quite worth it for me yet. i got about 1000 songs.

[Sarien]

Just so you know, the iPod can be sorta used like an External Hard Drive, Too. I know a guy that went into CompUSA, hooked his iPod up to a display computer and copied MS Office to it, and then left. Not that I'd advocate doing that, it's just an example.