Portable music... MD or MP3?

Mushlafa · 08-20-2003, 07:18 PM

well ive got a buncha money saved up.. i guess enought o buy any sort of portable audio md mp3 whatever it is, but i dunno which i should get. Im lookin at getting a good sony MD one of the higher models but then i look at the price and its kinda high considering the fact that this 10 gb ipod i saw at a store was 459.99 ( canadian and i know where i can get it much cheaper) but the 10 gb is useless as hell for me.. im never gonna fill 10 gb of songs Or shoudl i get a small like 128 mb mp3 player?

What do you guys think about the Ipod.. does anybody have it? It looks real nice .. fits in your pocket and the box was pretty

I asked the guy at the store if they had other models besides 10 gb and he said no so i was a lil disapointed because id have trouble filling 1/10 of it with songs that i actually like..

Joeiss · 08-20-2003, 07:53 PM

I am going to get a Sony Net MD in the fall.... I have heard great things about them!

Mushlafa · 08-20-2003, 07:55 PM

ya but the thing is.. why get that when you can get an ipod... the cheapest ipod model is like 299.99 at best buy and thats 10 gb.. im not even sure the cheapest net md is that cheap ..

GameMaster · 08-20-2003, 07:59 PM

I have an iPod and I would definately recommend it. I got the iPod when they were first introduced so I have the 5G iPod which is no longer made but it has the original mechanical scroll wheel and the original button layout which I think is better than the new one. And although you may not have a lot of songs now, your collection will most likely grow and I think it's better to have extra room than not enough.

Mini hardrive technology is much better for portable music than Mini Disc also.

And the iPod can also hold other information since it's a mini hardrive so if you have tons of room leftover you store files or other stuff if you want to free up some of your computer's room. And you can download text or audio books so if you're into reading or listening to stories you can do that also.

The iPod is the best portable music player. I strongly urge you to get it over the Sony MD player.

Null · 08-20-2003, 08:34 PM

iPod HIGHLY recommended. as Gamemaster said. it doubles for many other uses.

I have a 30gig one. i can store all my music. then put say some files on it (big ones) take it to afriends computer and put them on there without needing CD's or anything

Not to mention it plays games on it. (ex. bricks (kinda like pong)... solitare, etc. i think they can make more for download. not sure bout that yet.)

has callender. Alarm clock

you can save mesages in there and all that.

i've never regreted getting it. and its so easy and quick to put files on it too

Stonecutter · 08-20-2003, 08:34 PM

Even I would recomend an Ipod.

Bond · 08-20-2003, 09:17 PM

Buy the 15GB iPod. That's what I have.

Null · 08-20-2003, 09:20 PM

me likey my 30 :P

Stonecutter · 08-20-2003, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Null

me likey my 30 :P

Yeah, I'd say get the 30 gig. If you're already spending close to 400$ on a 15 why not just double the size for 100$?

And if you're not going to want to drop the bones on an mp3 player don't CD players that play mp3 encoded cds kind of make minidisc obsolete?

GameMaster · 08-20-2003, 10:39 PM

I haven't filled my 5G yet.

Stonecutter · 08-20-2003, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by GameMaster

I haven't filled my 5G yet.

Only counting stuff that I legaly own, I could probably fill 10gig at 128.

Null · 08-20-2003, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by GameMaster

I haven't filled my 5G yet.

i have about 8gigs of songs on mine. But, my friend and his bothers have over 500 CD's each. So his 30gig iPod has like 300 full CD's coppied onto his ipod. roughly 3000 songs.

i go over there and copy some of thier cd's whenever i feel like having some new music. hehe

And a CD player that can play mp3's fits about 150 songs on 1 CD.
But get a portable DVD player that plays mp3's and fit like what? over 500 songs one on DVD. not sure how many.

GameMaster · 08-20-2003, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Null

i have about 8gigs of songs on mine. But, my friend and his bothers have over 500 CD's each. So his 30gig iPod has like 300 full CD's coppied onto his ipod. roughly 3000 songs.

i go over there and copy some of thier cd's whenever i feel like having some new music. hehe

Tee hee, that's cool, have they thought about opening up a small business and renting out their CD's.

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And a CD player that can play mp3's fits about 150 songs on 1 CD.But get a portable DVD player that plays mp3's and fit like what? over 500 songs one on DVD. not sure how many.

Yeah, or make a CD player that plays DVDs.

Mushlafa · 08-20-2003, 11:51 PM

ya definatley im getting an Ipod but im getting the 10 gig model .. since i dont know where to get it cheap cuz canadacomputers doesnt have it il prolly go to best buy and get the 10 gig one. I dunno how much it is canadian tho.. i figure it would be like 399.99 .. thats queit a bit of money to spend but i know id enjoy it after...

Can anyone recommend a canadian store in toronto that would sells stuff for pretty cheap?

Null · 08-20-2003, 11:57 PM

once you get rolling on getting songs. be it however you are getting them :P they tend to fill up quickly.

as aposed to a 128mb mp3 player you'd fit like 20 or so songs on it.

Trust me, whatever iPod you get, you'll be happy as hell with it. Plus the sound quality on the iPod is Superb.

dunno of any canadian stores tho. sorry.