I think I want an iPod. NEED ADVICE!!!

Bryan Knox · From: Gardendale, Alabama...Ya'll come

I think I would like to buy an iPod, but I don't know what to look for. Any of you guys up on them so you can steer me in the right direction? Question

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Scott Appleton · From: Ashland, Oregon

I just purchased a Samsung 2 gig mp3 player for 119.00
at best buy .. It displays pictures and has a radio.
It comes with earbuds and a usb cable for charging and
data transfer.. you can use a variety of mp3 music file
web stores to get music .. i does not use Itunes .. that is good because you have a larger selection of where you buy your tunes .. it comes with a ripper to make your own files as well .. Check it out.

Marc Jenkins · From: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

I'm quite happy with my 30 gig Ipod. I've got over 4500 songs in a variety of formats, a couple full-length movies (great for the ferry to Vancouver!) and about 400 pictures on it, plus Tetris (hilarious)! It's really easy to use - easier than other players friends of mine use -and itunes is quite good. It's well organized and it's really simple to manage your playlists, rip cds to mp3 format, and organize your digital music and movie collection. I don't use it to buy music, I just rip cds I already own.

I'd definitely replace it if I had to.

A good friend of mine has a 4 gig Nano--he loves it, but he finds it much too small, storage wise.

Marc

Darvin Willhoite · From: Roxton, Tx. USA

I too have a 30 gig video Ipod. I have around 2700 songs, 4 or 5 short videos, and a bunch of pictures on it. It is easy to operate and seems to be well made. The screens and the enclosure scratch pretty easy, so get a good leather or vinyl case to protect it.
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Mike Neer · From: NJ

30GB Creative Zen Vision:M. In my opinion, it's the way to go.
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Doug Beaumier · From: Northampton, MA

30 gig video iPod with about 3000 songs, including about 400 BIAB rhythm tracks (WAV files), playlists for dobro practice, steel practice, guitar practice, guitar lessons, "band break" sets: played through the board during my band's breaks, and a lot of pictures. I've never used the video feature.

I bought the iPod for teaching (guitar and steel), and I patch it into a set of powered speakers in my teaching room. There's nothing like having 3000 songs and rhythm tracks at your fingertips when teaching guitar lessons! But this iPod has gotten me back into listening to music again. When I pop in the earbuds and go for a walk the music keeps me truckin' along and before I know it I've walked 5 miles!

The iTunes software is excellent... and it's Free!
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Bob Martin · From: Madison Tn

Well I've a got a couple of them. I've got a 4gb ipod nano which I like but I also have a Pioneer XM Radio Satellite that will hold 50 hours of either XM radio recordings or 50 hours of 192 bit MP3's from any source as well as listen to Satellite radio any place you can get a clear shot of the sky. It doesn't have to be a direct southern view mainly just a view.

Of course in the house I hook it up to my stereo and antenna and in my truck the same thing I have an auto kit with antenna and all so most of the time I listen to it.

They sell for around 250.00 but I got mine for 109.00 on ebay. I love it and don't know what I done before I had it. Oh yeah I almost forgot you can partition the internal HD to do 25 hrs of XM and 25 of your own stuff or any way you want to divide it up.

I had it in Walmart last weekend and I actually got a pretty decent (2 bars) signal and good reception inside there. Heck that's better than my cell phone I can never get a good signal in walmart!

It's also one of the few radios that's guaranteed to pick up both signals after the XM and Sirius Merger this next year.

Bob

Jim Sliff · From: Lawndale California, USA

I have The Nexus XM radio, much like the one mentioned. The downside is they don't interface with iTunes the way an iPod does.

So I mostly use my 30GB video iPod. I can set up everything in iTunes and let the transfer be automatic. There are also far more accessories available for iPods than any other brand, plus many podcasts are set up for instant subscriptions using iTunes and an iPod.

I'd stick with the iPod.
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Dag Wolf · From: Bergen, Norway

I just bought a 80GB ipod in Austin.
I love the thing. I have only 2-3GB in it well over 700 songs. I have backing songs,tracks and pics in it.

If I`m not mistaking anything with more than 8 or 10GB has a hard drive. This may break and there has been a lot of trouble with them. I suspect it is kids that drop the ipod on the floor that cause the "trouble".

There`s two consideration to make - hard drive (moving parts) or Nano (Chip). (Hope I got that part right) Rolling Eyes

If you need a lot of storage you will have to go with one like mine.
If you only need like 2000 song you are better off choosing one that has a chip (Nano) for storage - No moving part and will probably take more beating.

That`s what I heard - any comments from others?

Dag

Jerry Erickson · From: Atlanta,IL 61723

I've got a 3rd generation ipod that I've had for 3+ years. It's a 15gig that is pretty well loaded up with music. I've had to uncheck some of the music in my itunes list on my 'puter so I can load in newer stuff. I had to put a new battery in it about a year ago and I've been thinking of getting a new 20 gig drive for it to have a little bit more room for tunes.

David Tunnell · From: Marshfield, Missouri, USA

I have an 80GB iPod that has my whole CD collection in it, about 23,000 songs.

It is the best thing ever to use for a band learning new songs. In a matter of seconds, you can punch up the song by the original artist, listen to it, and then commence playing the song. WAY easier than trying to find the CD.

I bought an attachment that is supposed to let you record directly on it. I have not tried it yet, but I will try it at a gig tonight.

I am an attorney, and I have to do a lot of traveling for my job. It is great to be able to drive down the road, with the iPod plugged into your stereo, and have that much music at your disposal.

The one negative about an iPod is that they don't have a very long life. I bought a 60GB in May 2005, and it worked fine for about 18 months, but then it started acting very screwy, and eventually quit working at all. I believe it was a problem with the battery. I had given up on it, so I bought the new one. But since then, my wife got the old one to working, somehow, and it is still going.

Long story short--when you buy the iPod, they offer you an extended service plan for about $40 or $50. I don't buy those plans, as a rule, because you hardly ever end up needing service before the plan expires. You likely will need service on the iPod, so go ahead and buy the plan.

Another thing--don't delete the songs off of your computer after you load them on your iPod. That way, you will have a backup if you ever need to put them on a new iPod. I didn't think of this when I first got mine, and I had to buy a computer program to enable me to copy the songs on the iPod back on the computer.

I hope this is helpful to you.
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Eric Jaeger · From: Oakland, California, USA

You have to ask youself some questions first:

1) how much music do you want to carry around with you?

2) how often do you want to add/change what's on it?

3) how comfortable are you with messing around with computers?

4) do you want the music accesible from something other than the iPod as well? (like your stereo)

etc etc.

I travel a lot, so I carry a 60Gb iPod. I rip the tracks in lossless format since I also play the same tracks through my stereo. So I can't carry as much as I'd like (the whole library is @250Gb and @17,000 songs). I rearrange the contents of the iPod every week or so.

Given that, I generally recommend iPods. The engineering is good, the human interface in both the iPod and iTunes is pretty straightforward, there are a lot of 3rd party options available, and almost every music format you can find can be used with it.

Downsides: they're not cheap, many of the functions are proprietary and unique to Apple, and Steve Jobs is a jerk.

All said, I still think an iPod is the best choice.

er-c

A. J. Schobert · From: Cincinnati, Ohio,

Check this out, Tasacam mp gt-1 (may be misspelled) came out with a mp3 player and it also has a slow down effect and stays in tune. it use's flash point memory, I think it can only hold like 200 songs but that is plenty to me

Bo Borland · From: South Jersey -

I have been using a 4gb Nano for a couple years..700 or so tunes and still has 25% empty space.
All the positives mentioned above plus I plug into the media in on the NV112 and play along with or without headphones also take it along for music when on a break at a gig.
I am going to upgrade to a larger capacity soon.
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Bob Hoffnar · From: Austin, Tx

I have an Ipod that is a couple years old and it is a great thing. It got me listening to music again. They are extremely well designed and easy to deal with. I would get one with the video feature next. Its pretty amazing.
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Bryan Knox · From: Gardendale, Alabama...Ya'll come

Thanks for all the good advice.
I bought a 2nd gen. Nano, which should be more than enough for me. I liked the compact size and light weight. 500 songs will keep me busy for a long time.

Maybe one day I'll go "all out" for one with the video and such, but the last thing I need is another gadget to take up more of my time!!! Wink

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Wade Branch · From: Weatherford, Texas, USA

Bryan I use my ipod to practice my steel with,you can buy a $5.00 pair of powered computer speakers and plug right into the ipod and play along.

Brad Sarno · From: St. Louis, MO USA

My recommendation is to get a 30G iPod at a place like Best Buy, and purchase the 2 year warranty plan. They'll simply replace it if it goes bad. They'll even replace it with the newer model if that's all they have in stock. The iPod may seriously change your relationship with music listening. When you load it up with all kinds of your favorite music, and then you put it on "shuffle" it's like the best radio station you ever heard. I listen to so much more music now, and road trips are phenomenally enhanced. The whole iPod and iTunes software setup is so clean and easy and user friendly. The whole iPod revolution is mind blowing.

Brad

D Schubert · From: Columbia, MO, USA

I have an 8GB iPod and wife has a 4GB model, that get used a lot. We have "ripped" most/all of our CD's into digital format over the past year.

I find that I use iTunes on home computer about as much as I use the pod, set on party shuffle, as a great home radio station w/o no commercials and my kind of music.

Danny Naccarato · From: Burleson, Texas

Check out the SanDisk Sansa e200 series (not the c200). 1,2,4,6,8 gb models). It also takes the MicroSD flash card (up to 2gb), meaning it's unlimited storage wise. FM tuner, Video, Pics as well. The MicroSD cards are hot swappable as well.

Bill Fuentes · From: Garland, Texas, USA

Good advice all around. I have (and can't do w/out) the 60 GB Video. Why, because it is a great item to have when traveling and with a band. I have every CD I could ever want on this thing, and tons of stuff I could care care less about, but I keep trying to fill it up and it won't let me! I spend way too much on iTunes. But hey there's lots of steel on there.

A couple of things I do with mine are, I create playlists for each of our sets, with each song in order played, and I have the lyrics, performance notes, and any steel tab I need within the info for each song.

So now if for some reason I need help remembering a lyric or lick, I just look it up. No heavy or bulky binder, just a pod in my pocket. And it's great to use as a jukebox through the PA during breaks.

Sweet

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