digl Posted May 12, 2002 Share Posted May 12, 2002 I'll probably get one soon, so I'd like to hear comments and experiences from people who own any of these. I was undecided between the Archos recorder 10gb and the nomad jukebox 10gb. But the 3-4 hours battery life of the nomad kills the option, and the archos, according to opinions I'v read isn't as reliable as the nomad, sometimes it skips, and the materials used in it aren't the better ones. Also I'v read of a lot of people who's archos have stopped working. The archos only supports .mp3. As someone will buy it in the USA and bring it to Chile, I won't buy something that has a high probablity of failing, like that archos apparently has. So I think I'll spend more money, and get the Nomad 3. I know about the size issue, but compared to a regular discman it's not that big. Comments?anyone have tried out any of this things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anox Kleevah Posted May 12, 2002 Share Posted May 12, 2002 Get a I-POD... http://www.apple.com/ipod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[SWS]Strider Posted May 12, 2002 Share Posted May 12, 2002 I have a iPod, expensive yes. But it's the best MP3 player around. 5gb or 10, firewire, 8 hour battery life, charge 75% of it in less than a hour, best interface and it's small. You can double it as a firewire HD and I think I loaded my 3gb of music on there in under 3 minutes. It's REALLY nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyth'emos Posted May 12, 2002 Share Posted May 12, 2002 How much do mp3 players cost now ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clem Posted May 12, 2002 Share Posted May 12, 2002 but strider ..... its a mac thing im asuming this is a pc thing u can get firewire jukeboxs (creative) cos its advertised on the audigy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[SWS]Strider Posted May 12, 2002 Share Posted May 12, 2002 Anywhere from 50-500 dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clem Posted May 12, 2002 Share Posted May 12, 2002 or for those of us on this side of the pond about 50 - 300 quid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicket the Ewok Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 Media Four sells Windows based software for the iPod for around $20. You'll need a firewire port too which aren't exactly standard on PCs yet. Personally I wasn't too bothered about space but I wanted something extremely small and extremely sexy so I bought myself a Sony NWE10. It's about the size of a cigerette lighter, holds around 2 albums of music @ 160kbps and doesn't skip at all when I'm down the gym. Like the iPod it's an expensive option though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digl Posted May 13, 2002 Author Share Posted May 13, 2002 I had seen the ipod, but as it was a mac thing I didn't consider it. Have you tried that software? anyway, I don't have a firewire port and I'd need the 10 GB version, because I already have about 6 gb of ripped CDs in my HD, and I want something that can hold every CD I have, but the 10gb ipod is really expensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[SWS]Strider Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 Digil, are you a college student? If so you might be able to get a slight discount on the iPod...check out the educational pricing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digl Posted May 13, 2002 Author Share Posted May 13, 2002 Hmmm...well...I don't think there is a way I could certify that I'm studying, I'm on a University, the system is different here, after high school you go to the University, there's no college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[SWS]Strider Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 Beat up a little kid and force him to act under your behalf....hmm I dunnno. Honestly, do you have any friends that work as teachers or that are in highschool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digl Posted May 13, 2002 Author Share Posted May 13, 2002 did you read my location at the left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[SWS]Strider Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 Yah, lol didn't register....sorry, I only got a few hours of sleep last night. Mod slap me now :-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digl Posted May 13, 2002 Author Share Posted May 13, 2002 I won't slap you...this time I'v also looked at the Rio Riot, some nice features, but apparently it has bad battery life and it's not as reliable as the nomad. I'v read the users comments at cnet, and there are several posts about the riot and the archos dying, but not with the NJ3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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