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Master B
Member


144 Posts
7/03
Posted - Oct 3 2009 : 1:27PM
first off, it has to be $150 or less. the music is important but the main factor to me is that it has to play video very well. i travel a lot and i want a player that i can watch movies,shows,etc on. so video is more important to me than the music aspect but both should be very good. i've been looking at the creative zen,sana fuze,and the new nano but still not sure. i hear the fuzes video isn't that great. i've never bought an apple so i'm concerned about the whole conversion process and whether it's a pain in the ass to do. what else is out there that i should consider. any recommendations? any info would be appreciated.
cubesnake
Senior Member

3858 Posts
10/02
Posted - Oct 4 2009 : 11:18AM
Well, price is not so much my factor. But i´ve learned that you have to make compromises. I would only buy a product who does not need a certain software to fill its memory with content. Neither would i buy anything with those touchscreens. If you can change the battery/accu yourself would be a plus for me also. Wouldn´t want to have to throw it in the garbage once its battery is dead and the cost of repair would exceed the price of a new one
Cube
Edited by - cubesnake on 10/4/2009 11:19:21 AM
Edited by - cubesnake on 10/4/2009 11:20:13 AM
RandomPrecision
Senior Member

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8175 Posts
3/06
Posted - Oct 5 2009 : 12:03AM
If I were you, I would NOT buy any MP3 player made by Sandisk. I've had two of them. The first one worked fine for 3 months and then the computer stopped recognizing it. I bought a Clip because it was really cheap at Wally World and later found that there's a pitch problem with it and it plays everything a bit slow unless you resample everything you put on it. PITA! If you wouldn't notice a pitch difference and don't care, maybe that's fine. I don't really notice but it bugs the shit out of me just knowing it.
I think you might have a hard time finding something for the price you specified that does video really well. I'm thinking a budget of at least $300 is probably going to be more like it if you don't want to be disappointed. I don't have any recommendations on brands.
LubeNLuv
Senior Member

1854 Posts
3/06
Posted - Oct 5 2009 : 3:29PM
Buy a first generation iPod Touch from someone on eBay. Also buy a set of cables to attach it to a TV, you can get these with composite or component outputs. All in you are near $150. With iTunes (free) you can easily add movies you've ripped yourself to h.264 format (which is an excellent codec) down to the device, plus subscribe to thousands of video podcasts. Your vids will look good on the little screen and as long as you rip your movies properly (again, using a free program like Handbrake) you will get HD-quality or near-HD quality video output on the TV as well.
Really, there are countless of other options from Archos, Microsoft Zune, etc....but this is one thing that the iPod/iTunes combination just makes hard to beat. Why go for a second-class rigs when you can have the market leader?
cubesnake
Senior Member

3858 Posts
10/02
Posted - Oct 5 2009 : 11:29PM
Again ...why should anyone buy a USB product who needs a special programm (ITUNES ) to add content to it ?
Cube
 
xayhoundb
Senior Member

2721 Posts
11/08
Posted - Oct 7 2009 : 3:02AM
I've heard really good things about those Sony Walkman NWZ's, and then you have the Zune.
I think those are really good alternatives if you don't want to purchase an iPod.
Proxy
Member

38 Posts
5/09
Posted - Oct 7 2009 : 7:58PM
I would buy a cell phone...
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