fredpb
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CON for HDD player: When it goes bad, you gotta reload it. Takes a LLLOOONNNNGGGG time with 40gb player, and your are ripping from CD's with USB 1.1.
what are the pros and cons of CD player vs HDD player?
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ProFingerSk8er
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fredpb, his looking at either iMP or iHP, so there's no USB 1.0 problem
sorry i dont have any real-life picture of gold verson, but here's my black one if your intersted
sorry i dont have any real-life picture of gold verson, but here's my black one if your intersted
i realise the pictures of the ihp at the iriver international website is the gold version, but its not gold. its brownish. look somewhat more classy than the black version.
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Thanks for the pictures guys!
black version looks so much better damn! so bad i can't get it
black version looks so much better damn! so bad i can't get it
fredpb
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That IRiver looks awesome! I LOVE that remote.
I am still learning my Zen. As usually, the supplied PC software is a bit funky. Learning to live with it.
My year old computer has USB 1.1. I built it myself, and did not think to check for USB 2.0 for my motherboard. I built the machine for gaming. It only has a 3 PCI slot MB. One PCI for soundcard, one for video capture, and the one adjacent the AGP is taken up by the AGP fan (FX5900 card). I should just stick another MB in there, but am too cheap, and too lazy.
I am still learning my Zen. As usually, the supplied PC software is a bit funky. Learning to live with it.
My year old computer has USB 1.1. I built it myself, and did not think to check for USB 2.0 for my motherboard. I built the machine for gaming. It only has a 3 PCI slot MB. One PCI for soundcard, one for video capture, and the one adjacent the AGP is taken up by the AGP fan (FX5900 card). I should just stick another MB in there, but am too cheap, and too lazy.
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put your hd-based player through the hand-search section. You wouldn't take a laptop through a metal detector, would you?
I've heard less than stellar things about the slimx550, i'd go for a used 150 or 250 (or rio volt sp 250).
To me the only way a cd based player really makes sense is if you've got another cd-based player elsewhere, say in the car.
otherwise, it is a PITA to get new tunes on disc, and with only 700mb to work with, you can't just stick everything on a disc and go. So, factor a good 10-30 minutes selecting tracks per disc, wheras with HD based players you can just toss the files on and go.
As for battery life being a pro in the HD players, my rio volt sp 250 gets around 16 hours of life, off of a rechargable battery that can be replaced by a pair of AA's. The slimx 550 can get 55 hours of life (!)
I've heard less than stellar things about the slimx550, i'd go for a used 150 or 250 (or rio volt sp 250).
To me the only way a cd based player really makes sense is if you've got another cd-based player elsewhere, say in the car.
otherwise, it is a PITA to get new tunes on disc, and with only 700mb to work with, you can't just stick everything on a disc and go. So, factor a good 10-30 minutes selecting tracks per disc, wheras with HD based players you can just toss the files on and go.
As for battery life being a pro in the HD players, my rio volt sp 250 gets around 16 hours of life, off of a rechargable battery that can be replaced by a pair of AA's. The slimx 550 can get 55 hours of life (!)
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