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Mike=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Mp3 players  Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:51 pm |
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| Legal Pidgeon |
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firstly, i refuse to buy an ipod on principle that every conformist person out there has 1....and because i'm stubborn about buying from apple...
My requirements are ....
At LEAST 4GB capacity and over....8GB preferably and over...
i want to pay no more than £70-85
Must have a battery life of at least 4 hours.
No disposable batteries (i would prefer to recharge it)
I would like a reasonable interface - not one that takes ages to navigate to an album...
I.e. i want to be able to listen to whole albums (i've had 2 mp3 players in the past that seem to completely disregard the Track numbers (even tho ID3 tags were correct) and just made its own ****ing order up... GRRR
the ipod is good for this... is there something which can compete with this flexible interface
also, incredibly fancy LCD screens don't interest me so much..they simple waste battery anyway..
i preferably don't want a brick in my pocket... but if that is something i have to compromise with i would be willing to
Whats are my best options? I'm currently looking at something like an 8GB creative zen...for £80 for £83.03inc vat
on this note though.. i noticed everything seems to be getting merged into 1 device...
camera + mp3 player sounds like a good idea
open to suggestions
thx in advance
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Lemon =GCHQ=
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Post subject: Re: Mp3 players Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:03 pm |
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battery life is a problem with my phone its great for camera and phone but listen to a couple tracks and ya looking for a juice point
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Post subject: Re: Mp3 players Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:06 pm |
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Im looking at geting one from hong kong ebay 15-10 pounds all delivered
i tell ya how i get on if you can wait
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Mike=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Re: Mp3 players Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:41 pm |
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hong kong mate .. my dad has been a good few times..... it all comes from japan... so its no cheaper than it is over here.. if any.. marginally...
not to mention you can say goodbye to your consumer rights and warranty
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Post subject: Re: Mp3 players Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:19 pm |
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been looking today for one. I also don't want to buy ipod.
Zen xi-fi has caught my eye at the mo.
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Post subject: Re: Mp3 players Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:29 pm |
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well, yer budget option would be this > Itronics 8GB MP3 Playerit has you'r 8gb, it has an 8 hour battery life, it's very cheap. but, it uses AAAs instead of re-chargeables...but then with the money you save you could buy one of these.
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Post subject: Re: Mp3 players Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:11 pm |
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if your not arsed about size - i have had a 40 gb zen for about 5 year - drop it loads of times and its still going 13 hours battery as well
sounds better than any apple players as well
i imagine the modern ones own apple tbh
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Post subject: Re: Mp3 players Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:30 pm |
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iriver is supposed to be one of the best brands (music quality wise for instance) here are some on amazon
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Post subject: Re: Mp3 players Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:12 am |
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Also can i add;
No batteries (i would prefer to recharge it)
I would like a reasonable interface - not one that takes ages to navigate to an album...
I.e. i want to be able to listen to whole albums (i've had 2 mp3 players in the past that seem to completely disregard the Track numbers (even tho ID3 tags were correct) and just made its own fecking order up... GRRR
the ipod is good for this... is there something which can compete with this flexible interface
also incredibly fancy LCD screens don't interest me so much..they simple waste battery anyway..
i preferably don't want a brick in my pocket... but if that is something i have to compromise with i would be willing to
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Post subject: Re: Mp3 players Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:32 am |
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Pony =GCHQ= wrote: been looking today for one. I also don't want to buy ipod.
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Post subject: Re: Mp3 players Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:18 pm |
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Mike=GCHQ= wrote: Pony =GCHQ= wrote: been looking today for one. I also don't want to buy ipod.
Zen xi-fi has caught my eye at the mo. looks interesting Bit rushed last night otherwise I would have put links up  I will prob purchase one of these shortly. Out of all the others I have looked at I keep coming back to this one. _________________ Takes No Trap! | TFPC
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Post subject: Re: Mp3 players Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:15 pm |
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Post subject: Re: Mp3 players Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:20 pm |
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Post subject: Re: Mp3 players Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:24 am |
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Mike=GCHQ= wrote: mmmm. Nice. Worth considering. _________________ Takes No Trap! | TFPC
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Post subject: Re: Mp3 players Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:43 pm |
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I have a Creative Zen Stone and it completely ignores the order you put songs in and folders and stuff like that so wouldn't bother.
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