recommend a mp3 player

[Hot Karl]

wanna get a mp3 player, anyone have recommendations? what type of specs/brands i should be looking towards. something average price...maybe around $150ish or so.

anyone have good experience with a certain model and so on and so forth.

thanx

[MC Hammered]

I got a e.Digital Treo 15 unit off eBay for $160US and it works great.

15gb of storage, 9 hour Lithium Ion battery, supports playlists, easy to navigate, backlit display and doubles as a portable hard drive.

You can upgrade it by buying a 2.5" hard drive, formatting it FAT16 and just drop it into the case.

[Pussy_Kat]

I have an RCA Lyra and i love it its sooo great and soo easy to use

[SEAN!]

Originally posted by Pussy_Kat
I have an RCA Lyra and i love it its sooo great and soo easy to use

i have the same thing..i find it burns batteries rather quickly

[Pussy_Kat]

^ i definatly agree with u but its sooo easy to use...DAMN THE BATTERY EATER :finger:

[Viro]

just bite the bullet and grab a minidisc player.. you aren't limited to mp3.. and seein how downloading music (unless u pay for it) is on it's way to being outlawed, I'd recommend that. Save up the funds to get one. I have one and it's fantastic for recording live sets.. accepts optical in, and you can hit up over 2 hours on one disc with sony's 2X compression algorithm. Not to mention how durable it is.. it's been dropped contless times and it never misses a beat-- Give it a looksy ;)

[ty:rone]

get CREATIVE or go home

[Rytalin]

I'd look around for a used iPod, they seem to pop up every once in awhile in that price range.

if not that, then I'd probably go with an MP3 Minidisc player.
The Sony NetMD's seem pretty good.

[ebbomega]

Originally posted by Rytalin
I'd look around for a used iPod, they seem to pop up every once in awhile in that price range.

Exactly what I was about to say. Damn you!

[Dr. Doom]

Don't get an Ipod, get one of these instead
http://www6.tomshardware.com/mobile/20031122/

[Asteroid]

www.iriver.com

awesome mp3 cd players

[cyberdog]

Basically decide what you wanna use it for first...there are some that are super-small and great if job or work out, etc...the other type are somewhat larger and meant for what I'd call portability without high impact activity...like going on the bus, hooking into the car stereo, lazing around the beach, etc.

Ultra portable pros are small, super-light, cheaper and usually better on batteries than larger models; main con is the more limited amounts of storage, usually only enought for 1-4 hours of music.

The larger types have the advantages of huge storage capacities (10-40GB+), better displays with more room (due to their size)...but they are much more $$$ and tend to hog batteries more, although many are rechargable and so this negates that point somewhat (somewhat because the batteries drain over time and replacements can be pricey).

Figure out which type you want first...then decide how much you can spend...that'll likely narrow down the number of models you'll be looking at and make the choice easier.

[stephen_c]

someone told me the dell digital jukebox is quite good.
dell dj 20 digital jukebox has the same capacity as the ipod.
$349 for the 15G model, $399 for the 20G model vs. $579 for an ipod as of today.

[Hot Karl]

looks like i'm leaning towards an md player right now...just cuz their pimp and price wise it'll even out or be better since i don't have to buy additional memory. probably waiting til boxing day anyways

gonna go whore out at future shop/a&b today. any other store recommendations? some sorta mom n pop electronic spot.