I know its not realy connected here, just didnt want to open new thread for it..

what do you guys say about the
MZ-N707 NetMD?

i though of buying this one or the iPod, sure iPod is way better, but its so excpencive!!

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Originally posted by Prodigy I own a Slim-X 350 and in the picture it's gotta be iMP - 500! The new one is out, 400 that is...So the newest 500 is yet to be revealed!

Actually 550. I just read about it in IGN.com's Gear section!! They're coming out with an HDD player and a home DVD player too now. I would just stick to CDs or flash when they get above 2 GB for the reasons I stated above.

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Originally posted by Time2Burn Have you dropped you SLIMX yet? I wonder what would happen. I've dropped my iPod once and was pretty scared luckily i'm smart enough to keep it protected. HD players are the way to go. Sure new CD players are small but nothing campared to the newest HD players. I can put about 1000 songs on it a never have to carry around extra CD's plus there is no worry about changing batteries. Once more of these type of HD players come out on the market and for less $$ y'all will want one.

Mine isn't a SlimX, SlimX is the IMP-350. I have the older IMP-150 ChromeX (I REALLY wish the '250 was sold in the US because it has the same features as the SlimX, including the 8 MB (8 min for 128 kbps MP3, 16 min for 64 kbps WMA) antiskip buffer) but, with the screen and all functions on the main unit, as well as the remote! Plus, it charges AA batteries, something I love about the '250 because I just got 4 NIMH 1600 mAh batteries and when I get the '250 from www.mp3players.co.uk (they ship worldwide now), I'll never have to take them out again. I like a screen and all functions on the main unit because what if the remote gets damaged? That's why I want everything on the main unit as well as the remote. On the '250, both screens (unit and remote) are backlit and with the newest firmware, u can set it so that the lights stay on all the time that the power is on.

I never dropped my '150 thanks to the "Case Logic CD player + 3 CDs case" that I have clipped to my dungarees (pants or jeans for the readers who don't know) every time I go out. I always have a MP3-CD in the player and 3 CDs in the case. It's fine for around a day's (24 hours) worth of music.

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Last edited by ali92 on Jan-11-2003 at 21:07

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Originally posted by Fir3start3r True story... I'd go with the MP3/CD player myself... Just makes more sense... But for going to the gym or some outdoor exercise I'd get one that just played MP3 (all RAM sans HDD) for convenience and size. Then buy an arm strap or something to hold it there... Now if they only made them to hold more songs...

In the US, iRiver's coming out with a 512 MB model of their Flash player IN FEBRUARY 2003. Other places (like Europe, Australia, South America, etc.) should soon follow.

Now for the important (geekwise) questions:

* Will it play other types of digital media? (OGG, WAV, hell even WMA?)

* Is it firmware upgradeable?

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Originally posted by mr_smidge Now for the important (geekwise) questions: * Will it play other types of digital media? (OGG, WAV, hell even WMA?) * Is it firmware upgradeable?

ALL IRIVER PRODUCTS ARE FIRMWARE UPGRADEABLE. They can currently play MP3, WMA, ASF, and standard (Red Book, NOT WAV FILES!) Audio CDs. They are trying real hard to come out with OGG for their products. There has been a HUGE amount of demand for it on their forum (I post there under "ali92") so, that should come very soon... http://www.iriver.com/ for more info on ALL of their products! New firmware is usually released once every month or so for ALL players.

i have this.. 5 hours of music...

is the price on that thing american btw ?

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The Archos Jukebox Multimedia 20

$31 more than the Ipod (only $380).

Holds 20 gigs of whatever. It plays .mp3s, .avis, and .jpgs using its Picture Viewer. It has a camera attachment that's only $20 that'll take pictures, too. It's got a nice, intuitive interface, a good anti-skip system in place, and rechargeable lithium batteries. Unfortunately, the unit only lasts 8 hours before needing a recharging, but its charger is small, so I usually just take it with me and plug it in somewhere if I need it.

The main thing is, I've dropped it not once but twice, once while I was standing, the other time while I was a good 12 ft. from the ground. Didn't affect the unit one bit.

You have to convert your .avis you want to play on it to the Simple Mpeg4 format, but it comes with a program that does it for you. I usually keep 3-5 DVD movies on there for watching. The 1x1 inch screen may seem kind of small, but you get used to it after a minute or two.

It's a pretty neat little device.

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flash player sux

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Originally posted by mndeg flash player sux

They have uses maybe where you wouldn't use them. People who only need MP3 players for commuting and working out in the gym would not do bad at all getting a flash player. The bottom line: If you don't use the device that much and only need a little bit of music, get flash. If you want to carry around a lot of music or if you use the player a lot, get a CD-based kind. I never understood the concept of the hard drive kind because even though they may hold 5, 10, 20, 40 GB, if you want to put more music on it after it's full, you need to delete some first. Why bother doing that when you can just burn CDs and only take what you want to listen to? Plus, the CD-Rs are more affordable (where I am, the lowest I see in department stores is 20 USD for 100 CD-Rs). That's ~70 GB. The player that I have is ~100 USD. Better ones are higher, up to around 200 USD. So, total price for most people's music library would be around 250 USD or less, without tax (50 USD for 250 CD-Rs, 200 USD for the player, maybe less).

i want this when it comes out

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