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MP3 Player vs CD/RW/MP3 Player

Okay, so I'm little bit behind the times here. My cassette Walkman (it's a Sony) finally crapped out on me, so I'm looking for a portable alternative. The two types I'm considering are: MP3 player and CD/RW/MP3 Player. What are the pros and cons of each type of player?

mp3 player for sure

get a flashed based player...NOT harddrive...battery life sucks on harddrive

i love my irivier ifp 999 - 1gb, wicked play mode, small, fm radio,line-in...$200 bucks..rio's are sweet too....do not get the ipod shuffle.

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ive got a cd/mp3 player http://news.sel.sony.com/digitalima...photo_id=137558
i love it! its thin, light, looks nice. so its not as small as an mp3 player is, but i can still listen to CDs on it and for 6 months this was my CD player when i was away in holland.

if you're going with an mp3 player, like serge said, go with a flashed based one

I like the small size of the MP3 players and the recording functions on some of them, but I'm put off by the storage sizes. I don't want to get an iPod - too expensive. 1GB is okay size-wise but if you're stuck in a hospital, you pretty much end up listening to the same thing over and over. Some do accept flash memory cards, but those can cost as much as the player itself! Also, transferring MP3s to the player and memory card may be slow and bothersome, if you have to reload them everytime you want something different.

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Originally posted by apri_peel ive got a cd/mp3 player http://news.sel.sony.com/digitalima...photo_id=137558 i love it! its thin, light, looks nice. so its not as small as an mp3 player is, but i can still listen to CDs on it and for 6 months this was my CD player when i was away in holland.

That's one sexy looking CD player!

i would prefer an mp3 player for its size and weight.

well i have a 20gb ipod, i am a music whore and i need alot of music with me so i dont have to be trading off sets/tracks all the time.

it lasts and lasts, usually use it for about 5 hours every day but it could go for at lesat 10, keep in mind that is if you do not use the backlight it sucks up ALOT of juice, have it as my alarm clock so i wake up to whatever set i chose.


its not cheap at all, it does weigh in alot more than most mp3 players, although for what it offers, i would pick an ipod 10 fold.

With ipodagent You can have news on it if you want, email, contacts, horiscopes, movie times, any notes.

I have horiscopes, contacts, movietimes, notes, work schedules, lyrics (about 50 of them) tracklistings,


the ipod mini can offer all of this, although u only get 6gb or 4gb, but they are friggin small!

just bought a HiMD, i love it.

1GB lasts me a week before i get tired of the tunes...20gb is just too much i found...hard to even decide what to listen too....512mb a bit small

I also have a 20 Gig Ipod and seriously... I may not listen to some of it ,but its the option of having it there if you want. Plus I have loads of full DJ sets on it with a few 4 hour mixes so a 1 Gig would get me nowhere. They're expensive but totally worth it IMO I think the battery life on mine is at about 8 hours. I'm thinking of upgrading to a better Ipod but i'm just waiting for the right time to get it before something else better comes out!

also u can use your ipod as a hard drive

so if you have any movies, documents, pr0n, or any other files u need from one spot to another and dont want to burn or transfer on the net, the ipod is your best friend

when i worked at an internet cafe i used mine to transfer game servers that i configured at home then brought to the cafe, saves SOOO much time.

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Originally posted by sw1 1GB is okay size-wise but if you're stuck in a hospital, you pretty much end up listening to the same thing over and over.

so... the first thing that comes to your mind when you're thinking about buying an mp3 player is the hospital? wtf.. you party pretty hard don't you b?

got an iPod Mini and it's solid. 4GB is kinda small if you like using stationripper you'll fill it up in a week. flash drives GB tiny and lack nice-to-have functionality the iPod offers.

if you belong to a college/university you can get a "personalized" ipod for 225CDN, mine was fedex'ed in 3 days from china.

http://canadaapp.apple.com/cgi-bin/....woa/wa/english

I have an iRiver Ihp 120, a 20 gig driver lasts from 10 to 15 hours non stop.

very useful to transfer files too as it is usb2.

Plus you can encode to mp3 on the fly from an line in or optical in source.

Is that faster than transferring with a firewire?

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Originally posted by Miss Lizzie Is that faster than transferring with a firewire?

firewire is 400 mbps, USB2 is 480 mbps, thats on paper.

In real life I wouldn't be able to tell you because I only have USB2 devices and they're blzing fast.

firewire compared to usb2.0 is mostly like seconds

i have my backup hdd on USB 2.0 and it will transfer 4gb in about 3 min or so. depends on how much cpu i have in use.

really the initial load of music will take some time, but that is gaurenteed. then you will just have short bursts of music loaded on as you see fit to put them on your device.

most flash devices will fill up quite fast, then u are stuck with flash cards and they are on usb 2.0 on seperate readers you have to purchase.

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Originally posted by sw1 I like the small size of the MP3 players and the recording functions on some of them, but I'm put off by the storage sizes. I don't want to get an iPod - too expensive. 1GB is okay size-wise but if you're stuck in a hospital, you pretty much end up listening to the same thing over and over. Some do accept flash memory cards, but those can cost as much as the player itself! Also, transferring MP3s to the player and memory card may be slow and bothersome, if you have to reload them everytime you want something different.

depending on size, can take very little time. i load up tracks while i put my work clothes on and by the time im dressed, its ready to go.

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Originally posted by TheNakedGuy so... the first thing that comes to your mind when you're thinking about buying an mp3 player is the hospital? wtf.. you party pretty hard don't you b?

Hey, you never know when you'll end up in a hospital. And once you regain consciousness from the surgery, you feel all the pain during recovery. You'll feel really tired and sleepy the first couple of days, and when you're able to walk, you'll be EXTREMELY bored there. Sure, they got TV, but who wants to watch TV all day and night. Plus there's no radio, no internet access, can't use your cell phone, crappy food, and you're hooked up to the IV bags and have to drag around that damn IV pole with the new IV pumps while wearing just a hospital gown with your ass showing! (Try fitting the pole into the toilet stall with you. It just won't fit! Oh, don't forget the drain thingy they insert into you and clip onto the gown.)

The only thing that would make me feel better is some trance tunes!

mp3 > cd/mp3 any day.


Who really uses cds??

Whether its an ipod, iriver, digitaljukebox, make sure its over 5 gigs and its all good. I got a 15 gig jukebox and it dominates.

http://www.apple.com/ipod

Lengthy battery life. Multiple formats. Awesome portability. Sleek design. Fast song-transfer speed. Automatic music library updates. Simple interface. Seamless iTunes integration. Large storage. Wide compatability. Perfect skip protection. On-the-go playlists. Doubles as a portable hard drive. Text note display. Calendar display. Contacts display. Built-in games. Alarm clock. Multiple languages. Voice recording. Personalized engraving.

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Originally posted by kypez Who really uses cds??

some of us still do buy CDs

i got a 256 meg iriver. its alright, can hold enough for me since i change my favourites constantly. xfers pretty quick, and the screen is dope. has a line, only mono recording though but stlil dope to grab a random set or something. has some radio stuff too, don't use that though so dunno if its good or not.

only bad hting is that its kind of an awkward shape to have in your pocket. it does have a armband thats dope for running/working out though.

battery life is pretty dec, throw some rechargables in there and your set for ~25 hours (?).

8/10

tempted by that ipod shuffle, its fairly cheap and looks a lot more ergonomical for pocket usage.

I am on my second ipod and I love it. You really can't go wrong with the ipod. I personally like to have a lot of space on my ipod and I wouldn't go less than 20gb, it's just so nice to listen to whatever you are in the mood for. I can fill mine up pretty fast with live sets and cds.

I fully recomend the ipod! I have never been so impressed with a product of any kind, it's really that good.


Drop the money its well worth it.

Yup i got a 40gb ipod photo and its the way to go.

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