ipod owners of the world unite!

[Dingo Jellybean]

I really don't want an IPod, they're too damn expensive. Don't you need a subscription to iTunes to get music onto it?

No subscription, you just download it and you buy any songs or albums that you want. New albums typically cost $10, which is good considering most stores charge $15 plus tax. iTunes lets you burn your music onto a CD, obviously I never needed this feature, but still.

[Triple T]

I have a CD Player. I'm so in the past that it makes me sad.

[theundeadhero]

Vinyl baby! Vinyl...

[Rinoabella]

Damn. 40GBs?!! I have trouble trying to fill up 1GB. You better be careful where you bring that thing because those 40GB iPods are not cheap. They're $400 US. 10 years from now we'll probably all look like fools for spending so much when there's 1TB MP3 players on the market that has 60 hour battery life for the same relative price.

I originally bought it as a portable hard drive that I could use for my graphics files for Uni. So the space is good for more than one thing

[Dingo Jellybean]

I'm pondering to buy an FM Transmitter for my iPod so I can play it in the car. It be so nice if I could just pump up the volume of my iPod when I'm diriving, roll the windows down in 20F weather and just rock out. It's a bit expensive though, and my car doesn't have an Audio-in jack...and I'm not shelling out $1000 for a new system.

See, I wouldn't mind too much getting another branded MP3 player like iRiver's H10 or Virgin's Electronic Player, but the accessories aren't very crowded for those things. My iSkin is what makes my iPod standout. I love just carrying that MP3 player around. It's so neat. I treat my iPod as a newborn baby, and give it all the attention in the world. The touch-sensitive click wheel is just so smooth, scrolling through songs on Rio's is painfully tedious since it only displays 4 songs at once. And Virgin's player is too sensitive since you can make it do an action rather than scroll through songs. The scroll wheel is just perfect...or maybe I've just adapted to the scroll wheel.

But I have mini speakers hooked up to my iPod in my room and just bang out or relax to the music with the door closed. It's so great. I have playlists that I use depending on which mood I'm in. I love this thing. *hugs it*

[Yamaneko]

The iRivers look awesome, but since I don't have that kind of money, I'm looking at getting the 20GB Rio Karma. OGG and FLAC support. Superior sound quality compared to the iPod. I have heard that Karmas have problems with their HDD sometimes. And as of now you still can't use them as storage devices (not FAT 16/32 formatted), but hopefully with future firmware upgrades you will.

Unless the 20GB iPod drops to $250, I'm not getting it.

[krissy]

i have a walkman
60 minutes of pure ripped bliss

[Dingo Jellybean]

The iRivers look awesome, but since I don't have that kind of money, I'm looking at getting the 20GB Rio Karma. OGG and FLAC support. Superior sound quality compared to the iPod. I have heard that Karmas have problems with their HDD sometimes. And as of now you still can't use them as storage devices (not FAT 16/32 formatted), but hopefully with future firmware upgrades you will.

Unless the 20GB iPod drops to $250, I'm not getting it.

You can get a 15GB iPod for around $220 on eBay. But really though, most people who have iPods or MP3 devices never use them as mass storage devices since they have plenty of space on the computer. My 15GB iPod almost has as much space on my current CPU now.

There's plenty of devices out-there that has much better features than the iPods. The problem for them is that they aren't mainstream. The way iPod advertises, it has everyone hooked. That's why I think Rhapsody and Napster should just get licenses from Apple, before Apple completely buries them. I always support competition, but it's like when Sega got licenses from Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft to design games. That's what Rhapsody, Rio, and all these other iPod/iTunes competitors should do. Is it better to reach for possible millions or have a guaranteed million or two? Depends on the companies. They never want to be bought out, but there's a decent number of iPod haters that they'll support these non Apple products.

The great thing about the iPod is that I can rewrite my notes in text format and upload them onto the iPod and view them over in class.

[Kalen]

Yesh ah luv it

4g 20g

[Samuraid]

iPods are not worth it. They far too expensive for what you get and they do not play OGG nor do they play WMA.

[Yamaneko]

OGGs

WMA

I've never once downloaded a WMA.

[Dingo Jellybean]

iPods are not worth it. They far too expensive for what you get and they do not play OGG nor do they play WMA.

iTunes(which is a free download) converts unprotected WMA files to MP3 files or AAC files to be played on an iPod.

If you want something cheaper, you can get early models on eBay for hundreds less. I saw a 1G 5GB iPod that went for $80 brand new.

But personally though, I just love accessorizing the thing. I'm thinking of getting an iShade to go with my iSkin, but no way I'm shelling out $22 for a cheap plastic cover that weighs .1 oz and is a little under 2" long diagonally.

[Samuraid]

OGGs

WMA

I've never once downloaded a WMA.

Ah, not true. Ogg is very similar to WMA. Try a google search. There are a number of comparisons.

I did an audio comparison test on a $4500 pair of Genelec THX pm3 certified studio monitors at the studio where I work. Ogg and WMA sounded nearly the same.

[Yamaneko]

I just don't like Microsoft.

Those are some nice studio monitors. Much nicer than the ones I have. Plus I have mine on a SB Audigy-2.

[Dingo Jellybean]

Well, I'm not much on specs, but I can't find any file that matches the original quality of .wav files.

When I rip files from CDs, I simply compress the .wav files using 56kbps compression. I know the standard is 128kbps, but it gives me 3-4 times the space with very little sound quality degration. At least using the earbuds on the iPod. I'm willing to sacrifice a little sound quality to have a much larger library, so now instead of the 3700 songs the iPod can hold...that number can jump to over 15000.