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ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-20 09:21:36
November 20 2009 09:20 GMT
#1
I'm really quite lost here, and i have no idea what to look around for. I know absolutely nothing about these newfangled gadgets, and would like some suggestions on what to buy. I play to be buying this on or around black friday because the prices are always so great.

The only requirements are that the hard drive is fairly large (I've currently got 59.1gb of music and 35gb of movies) So 100GB+ would be great, And also that the price not be rediculous. I can do about ~200 USD at the max, but after that it's just kind of stupid.

Suggestions?
Edit: Also, i don't give a fuck about being able to call people while playing super nintendo emulators and downloading porn. I just want to be able to listen to music+watch movies.

U Gotta Skate.
IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32275 Posts
November 20 2009 09:28 GMT
#2
I don't think you can get 100Gb for 200us$ : [
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samachking
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Bahrain4949 Posts
November 20 2009 09:28 GMT
#3
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-classic-Black-Generation-NEWEST/dp/B001F7AHOG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1258709121&sr=8-1

Ipod classic
160 GB for 230 and runs music/video

http://www.amazon.com/Zune-120-Video-Player-Black/dp/B001EQ0HAW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1258709395&sr=1-1

Normal Zune 120 GB music + video for 230

If you are looking for something smaller in memory + size price get a sansa fuze with a memory card

The normal zune 120GB seems like a good bet though
"And then Earthlings discovered tools. Suddenly agreeing with friends could be a form of suicide or worse. But agreements went on, not for the sake of common sense, or decency, or self preservation, but for friendliness."
meeple
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada10211 Posts
November 20 2009 09:29 GMT
#4
Ipod Classic can come in a 120-160 GB harddrive that isnt too bad but Ipods are somewhat overrated.

Zune has a 120 GB media player that also nice, probably be able to find it for a lower price than the ipod but expect somewhat less support.

http://www.bizrate.com/mp3-media-players/archos-5-250-gb-internet-media-tablet--pid982748040/
The archos is a favorite of mine, but its also the most expensive and somewhat out of your price-range. This is the 250GB monster, so you might be able to find it with a smaller harddrive for cheaper. It has a bunch of options and extras that the others don't, internet access for example.
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
November 20 2009 09:32 GMT
#5
On November 20 2009 18:28 samachking wrote:
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-classic-Black-Generation-NEWEST/dp/B001F7AHOG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1258709121&sr=8-1

Ipod classic
160 GB for 230 and runs music/video

http://www.amazon.com/Zune-120-Video-Player-Black/dp/B001EQ0HAW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1258709395&sr=1-1

Normal Zune 120 GB music + video for 230

If you are looking for something smaller in memory + size price get a sansa fuze with a memory card

The normal zune 120GB seems like a good bet though


Your finding were about the same as mine. I guess i'm going to buy the 160gb classic, because i'd rather the extra 40gb of space for only $5 more than the zune.

If anyone has any better deals, please post them! :D
U Gotta Skate.
samachking
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Bahrain4949 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-20 09:36:28
November 20 2009 09:34 GMT
#6
On November 20 2009 18:29 meeple wrote:
Ipod Classic can come in a 120-160 GB harddrive that isnt too bad but Ipods are somewhat overrated.

Zune has a 120 GB media player that also nice, probably be able to find it for a lower price than the ipod but expect somewhat less support.

http://www.bizrate.com/mp3-media-players/archos-5-250-gb-internet-media-tablet--pid982748040/
The archos is a favorite of mine, but its also the most expensive and somewhat out of your price-range. This is the 250GB monster, so you might be able to find it with a smaller harddrive for cheaper. It has a bunch of options and extras that the others don't, internet access for example.


The archos is up for 240 USD on amazon, you just gotta love em.
http://www.amazon.com/Archos-250-Internet-Media-Tablet/dp/B001D0E4DA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1258709535&sr=8-1

Pretty average customer reviews though

Your finding were about the same as mine. I guess i'm going to buy the 160gb classic, because i'd rather the extra 40gb of space for only $5 more than the zune.

If anyone has any better deals, please post them! :D


You have to consider screen size too though
the Zune is 3.2 inches and the classic is 2.5
Yeah but 40 gb for 5 usd difference is worth it
"And then Earthlings discovered tools. Suddenly agreeing with friends could be a form of suicide or worse. But agreements went on, not for the sake of common sense, or decency, or self preservation, but for friendliness."
Dark.Carnival
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States5095 Posts
November 20 2009 09:38 GMT
#7
i feel so out of touch with technology these days, i've been using my 2gb ipod nano for four years.
@QxGDarkCell ._.
lac29
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1485 Posts
November 20 2009 09:57 GMT
#8
http://www.anythingbutipod.com
T.O.P. *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Hong Kong4685 Posts
November 20 2009 10:03 GMT
#9
The Zune's screen is much superior to the IPOD classic's screen if you want to want videos.
Oracle comes in, Scvs go down, never a miscommunication.
tonight
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States11130 Posts
November 20 2009 11:01 GMT
#10
I bought my 80g for the same price and literally 2weeks after they came out with the 100 or 120. Made a fella quite angered.
if I come without a thing, then I come with all I need @tonightsend
samachking
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Bahrain4949 Posts
November 20 2009 11:10 GMT
#11
On November 20 2009 20:01 tonight wrote:
I bought my 80g for the same price and literally 2weeks after they came out with the 100 or 120. Made a fella quite angered.


thats the biggest flaw with moore's law T__T
"And then Earthlings discovered tools. Suddenly agreeing with friends could be a form of suicide or worse. But agreements went on, not for the sake of common sense, or decency, or self preservation, but for friendliness."
intruding
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
157 Posts
November 20 2009 11:50 GMT
#12
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Ingenol
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1328 Posts
November 20 2009 13:19 GMT
#13
On November 20 2009 20:10 samachking wrote:
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On November 20 2009 20:01 tonight wrote:
I bought my 80g for the same price and literally 2weeks after they came out with the 100 or 120. Made a fella quite angered.


thats the biggest flaw with moore's law T__T

Not that Moore's Law has anything to do with this whatsoever or that is anything more than an observation, but I'm pretty sure this is the absolute best part about the computer industry of late.
georgir
Profile Joined May 2009
Bulgaria253 Posts
November 20 2009 14:39 GMT
#14
For me personally such a huge capacity isn't 100% important. I figure, I can keep my library on a netbook/laptop or even at home, and copy whatever i am interested in right now. Granted, having it all in the player is better, just not that much better that I'd give up small size and light weight or pay too much for it.
I also like the idea of players with removable flash card storage, with SDHC at 32GB and the micro versions at 16GB that gives plenty of space, and i can even carry several with me and swap them out - unlimited storage. Would've been good if I knew of some gadget or case to keep the spares in without losing them or messing up which is which.

For me there are more important features though, namely synchronized lyrics display for the songs, browsing both by filesystem and by tags, supporting unicode text everywhere, and both on the go and on the pc playlist editing and saving. Simple things, I thought, but turns out there really aren't any candidates to provide them to me. It's been a while since I last took a look at buying a player though, maybe there are some good options now? Especially the first point seems to be disappointingly rare... maybe I am just one of a few weird guys that want it?

I am also interested in some more unusual features, ideas for which have been floating around for a long time, but i've not seen them in products.
Players that can act as usb host devices, so you can plug external usb devices such as other players to copy files over seem like a nice idea, great way for sharing music on the go if you don't have your laptop. Even better if it could play the music directly from the external storage device without copying.
Players that can exchange files over bluetooth or wifi are also interesting, and for wifi even more so if they could connect directly without requiring an access point.
Players that can use wifi or 3g internet access to fetch lyrics, info or even whole new songs, and allow normal web browsing as a side bonus can also be a great hit - I guess that's finally been covered by the new zunes and ipod touch players.

I have decided that I will buy a Zune HD as soon as it hits our god-forgotten country, but I don't even know if it has the features that I want in a player yet - I will be buying it mainly because I am interested in developing apps for it.
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
November 20 2009 15:56 GMT
#15
On November 20 2009 20:50 intruding wrote:
dude, wtf? you're like the most computer-tech-savvy-former-drug-dealer that ive seen in a long time. yet you're puzzled about simple things like buying ipods...
basically you got those with small drives and tons of functions, and those with big fucking drives but lower amount of functions. just buy the ipod 160 ^_^;


A lot of the time these things can be less obvious than they appear.
U Gotta Skate.
piratebay
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States399 Posts
November 20 2009 17:29 GMT
#16
go with a cowon D2
piratebay
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States399 Posts
November 20 2009 17:32 GMT
#17
also, you know on black friday, most of the time selected models are on sale. you dont get to pick and choose to see whats cheap.

cowons have the best sound quality hands down.
they also have a very good touchscreen for video and they play all different codecs
(flac, avi, mp3, etc etc etc)
dont go with an ipod unless you go with a classic, buy the adapter so you dont use the headphone jack and an external amp.
omfghi2u2
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States831 Posts
November 20 2009 17:49 GMT
#18
How do you think I felt when I bought my first gen Zune for $260.

But regardless of that, Zune software is quite annoying, but the player is reliable as shit. People who bitch about how "big" it is or how there is no touch circle shit are faggots. Really. Suck it up.
I think Zune is so much better than the iPod.
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21243 Posts
November 20 2009 20:29 GMT
#19
Cowon A3 sounds close to what you're looking for. It has a few quirks though.
TranslatorBaa!
XDawn
Profile Blog Joined February 2004
Canada4040 Posts
November 20 2009 21:14 GMT
#20
On November 21 2009 02:49 omfghi2u2 wrote:
People who bitch about how "big" it is or how there is no touch circle shit are faggots. Really. Suck it up.


THIS. Applies to every device like PDAs, Phones, MP3 Players.
People are just too effing lazy it just pisses me off. Especially when you see review videos
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