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Toshiba and its Gigabeat

post #1 of 5
4/21/10 at 12:23am
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Hey there I'm the proud owner of a Toshiba Gigabeat, it's nearly five years old, still plays music for atleast 14 hours. Runs rockbox so stable, it's more sure footed than its original firmware. The hardwares been very reliable - I haven't replaced one component, and (to me, atleast) it sounds great! It's contemporary looks means it still looks good today and not out of place when I pull it out of my pocket (in fact I had a guy go "Wow that looks pretty cool, what is it?" I laughed as I said it was over 4 years old ) If it ever dies, in fact I'd consider it before it died, I'd upgrade to its successor in a heartbeat.

I did actually 'upgrade' about 2 years ago and bought a 6th gen iPod... I used that for about 3 weeks, then went back. I'm still trying alternative today, but haven't found one I like nearly as much.

Is there anyone else who shares my experience? Why did Toshiba drop it's production? I'm sad this will be the only gigabeat I'll probably ever own
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post #2 of 5
4/21/10 at 12:38am
because of the apple domination, they cannot hold it anymore
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post #3 of 5
4/21/10 at 1:42am
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Dammit! iPods made Gigabeats redundant - I must say, iPods have a better name :P
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post #4 of 5
4/22/10 at 12:41am
I have recently become interested in checking out the HDD-based Gigabeats (F and X series). I've heard the sound quality is pretty good on these, is that right? I actually have one of the flash-based ones (a U series, I won it in a raffle) and the SQ is horrible!
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post #5 of 5
4/22/10 at 1:09am
If I'm not mistaken, the gigabeat halted in production because Toshiba started producing the hardware for the Zune. You can't produce hardware for one company and compete with it at the same time, so they stopped gigabeat production. I remember trying one out at best buy back in the day. The Gigabeat shares the same basic hardware as the first-gen Zune.

I always wanted a gigabeat/zune and would be floored if rockbox was successfully ported to the zune. Though I think that microsoft did a good job of locking it down.
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