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veganred Donating Member (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 12:34 PM
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Poll question: What MP3 Player do you use?
Please select which mp3 player you are using now.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 12:45 PM
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1. I'm grudgingly an iPod user.
I have a lot of complaints about iPods (namely simple features that it lacks), but I was able to get it $50 cheaper than other players because it's what my school's computer store sells.
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veganred Donating Member (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 12:52 PM
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2. What is it with ipods?
I did a lot of research before purchasing my mp3 player (Creative Zen) and user reviews, consumer reports, prices, online mp3 sites etc helped me decide not to get an ipod.

Just curious!:think:
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 12:58 PM
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6. Good marketing, basically.
Like I said, the main reason I bought it was that I got it $50 cheaper.

WhichZen model did you get? The Vision:M looks really nice.
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veganred Donating Member (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 03:56 PM
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13. I love my creative zen
I have the Creative Zen Micro and I love it. I just did not want to buy into that "trendy" marketing and avoided it for that reason at first. When I priced my Zen it was about the same price as the ipods.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 04:08 PM
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16. Yeah, the Vision:M is a little more expensive then the equivalent iPod
But it's quite nice, has more features and plays more types of video.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 12:52 PM
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3. I got an ipod for christmas
There are some things about it that annoy me, but overall I like it.
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Omphaloskepsis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 12:54 PM
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4. iPod user here..
Hey Apple, if you can hear me.. Support OGG.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 01:00 PM
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7. That would be a major step towards me not complaining about iPods.
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ismnotwasm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 12:57 PM
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5. Creative Zen
An older version actually, with a lot of room that's held up to quite a bit of abuse..(I'm rough on stuff)
My daughter sent it to me and because I liked it so well, she went and bought one of the newer vesions and is quite happy with it.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 01:05 PM
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8. RCA Lyra.
It's nice, has a decent display, I can upgrade the memory, and it comes with better headphones than the iPod. Sure, the iPod has some slicker features, but my Lyra does just fine. My only complaint is that it takes AAA bateries, but as long as I keep one charged there's no problems.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 01:05 PM
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9. I swear by my Sony
only complaint is their funky headsets which are somewhat lopsided.

But I like the idea of compressing the music even more so I can get more music on my 1gig netman.

Plus it has great FM reception.

But don't lay the thing down next to a smoker - they might think it's a cigerette lighter - it's about the same shape & size
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Monkey see Monkey Do Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 01:44 PM
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10. A £10 Technika
It's a cheap piece of shit, but it serves my purposes well enough. I don't have many mp3 music files and can't be arsed to convert my CD collection, so I mainly use it to listen to podcasts, archived radio shows and comedy bootlegs.
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SouthoftheBorderPaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 01:54 PM
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11. I have a U2 iPod I got for Christmas in 2004.
It's been replaced twice, so I'm on my third. It broke 2 weeks ago and it's no longer under warantee. I learned the hard way: You should not run with an iPod. They're really not built for that. I bought a shuffle because they're better suited to that kind of activity....they run on Flash memory and have no moving parts (like the Nano too I believe).

I love iPods. Just don't take them on a run.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 02:07 PM
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12. There's only one thing I don't like about Ipods
You can't delete files on the fly.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 04:14 PM
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17. Why would you want to do that?
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 05:13 PM
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19. Because sometimes I put on songs/video that I don't like
or didn't want on or it doesn't work (ie. vid has no audio)
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 04:00 PM
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14. Rio ce2100.
2.5GB. More than enough for me.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 04:01 PM
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15. I do not!!!! hahahahahahahaha
And I'm FINE with it :grr:
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 04:47 PM
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18. iPod Video
2845 items on it for 8 days 24/7 straight of music and podcasts.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 08:56 PM
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30. I have one too - it rocks.
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alarimer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 05:23 PM
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20. Iriver H10
20 GB. I like it pretty well, now that I have worked the kinks out. I use Windows Media Player (which has problems of its own) and Napster to Go. I also have a subscription to Emusic, where you get to KEEP the songs you download. I am not sure about Napster yet. I like the selection (although it isn't as good as Rhapsody fpr my kind of music but works better with the Iriver).
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 06:01 PM
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21. Motorola M500.
It's pretty nice. 5 gigs of storage, 25 hour battery, fm recorder. Grabbed it off Ebay for $130.
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 06:07 PM
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22. I got an iPod nano for xmas
I like how many songs and audio books I can put on it. I also have a lot of photos and all my outlook contacts on it. :)
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 06:45 PM
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23. I love my iPod nano
2 gigs, just the right size for my purposes. And no, none of that "you just bought it to be trendy" bullshit. I bought it because A.) I'm already a Machead and B.) I tried someone else's and liked it.


Oh, and the people who complain about the "screen scratching too easily" are just morons who are incapable of caring for electronic equipment (sorry, had to get that off my chest :D)
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leeroysphitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 06:56 PM
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24. 40 GB Creative Nomad Zen Xtra...
No bells or whistles no "exclusive content" to download, no Jpeg display, no NUTHIN 'cept days and days and days worth of my music (and hard to find recordings of early Mario Savio speaches). All with a consumer replacable battery powerful enough to get the job done. :)
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beyurslf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 06:57 PM
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25. Mp what? Yeah I play cd's. I am so 20th century
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Ava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 06:57 PM
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26. I have an iRiver
iPods are a rip-off
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grateful581 Donating Member (760 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 06:58 PM
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27. I'm poor
All I could afford is a Apple shuffle
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 07:00 PM
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28. Three year old Rio.
I have yet to destroy it at the gym, so I've not upgraded yet.
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ChromeFoundry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 08:29 PM
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29. Nike/Philips PSA 512M
...second hand.
I use it when jogging... it holds more songs than I can run to, so I guess it'll do for now!

:beer:
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