I don’t know much about iPods and such. I see the 30GB with video is only $50 more than a 4GB. Why is the 4GB so expensive comparatively?
Trying to decide between an iPod 30GB and the Zune 30GB. Does anyone have any suggestions as to which one to get, what’s different about them? Can you put your storebought DVD movies into them or do you have to download off internet sites? Help!
I think its because the 30gb has a hard drive and the 4gb nano is flash.
i would get an i pod and put linux on it. but thats just me.
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if you run around at all, get the flash based (nano) ipod if you are hell bent on an ipod. HDD ipods have a tendancy to break, as they have moving parts inside of them
def. get the zune. My friend has one and the LCD screen is bigger than the Ipod and the picture is better. You can also customize a lot more things on the Zune such as the background (you can use your own pics). You can trade songs with friends but you can only listen to the song three times before it gets deleted of your zune. It’s really sweet though.
Ipods are peices of crap…go for the zune…the only reason i bought my ipod is because it was an investment, see back when the ipod shuffle first came out my brother got it… and got the 2 year replacement planfor it… ipod shuffle broke, he exchanged it and got a nano, it broke, he exchanged it and now hes up to an 8 gigabyte sansa with video
definatly go for the zune
personally i would say go for neither, but if you are hell bent on either an ipod or a zune, i would say 4gig nano
See, the thing is, with copywrite protection you can really only transfer about 50 percent of the songs if you have a zune.
I would go with an ipod, but I have a bias towards apple.
The iPod has better software and more free content (Podcasts).
I believe the Zune can play standard Podcasts (netcasts) but the Zune software doesn’t support it so you have to work outside the box.
A quick Live Search confirms.
My complaint about the Zune is no gapless playback support. Maybe version 2.
+1
I love my Creative Zen and Zen Muvo. The Muvo goes with me on many muni rides. It’s freakin’ tiny but it still has a two-line display and a trick multi-function thumbswitch… I don’t need to take my gloves off to operate it, no matter how clumsy I am.
Yeah my friend has one of those, its pretty nice.
iPod is easier, same resolution
The iPod screen and the Zune screen have the same resolution, even though the Zune screen is larger. So the picture isn’t any better, its’ pixels are larger.
Buy an iPod, unless you want using your music player to become your hobby. If you are on some sort of anti Apple kick, then put it in a case and use different earbuds. No one but you will know.
If you go with an iPod, get a refurb through the Apple Store. Same one year warranty, much cheaper. You can get a 4 gig Nano for under $100. Won’t play video. I keep uni videos on my 5g iPod and they look great. The screen is a bit small but fine for stuff under an hour. I watch the Daily Show and it is perfectly adequate.
I have had almost no problems with my iPods. My 6 year old dropped my 1st generation 5 gig iPod onto a hardwood floor from 3 feet in the air. Still works.
If nothing else, the iPod has gone through many iterations, while the Zune is Microsoft’s first shot at making a music player. Understand that owning one makes you a beta tester for Microsoft.
–tom
Yeah, I’d say go for the 'pod, but then I am clearly biased having three different ipods in the house right now. I haven’t had any problems with any of them and each is perfected suited to its specific application.
Gotta love the durability of my old mini, the simplicity of the 1st gen Shuffle and the awesome capacity of my 30 gig video pod that gets used as the core of my home stereo system.
I have owned a 4 gig nano in the past but found it to be just a little too small and slick for taking along unicycling and skateboarding - couldn’t even feel it in my pocket…LOL Perfer the solidness of a mini when I’m out playing hard.
itunes rules right now, whether we are happy about that fact or not. Works well with any 'pod and especially cool with all the free podcasts that are available now.
zune help needed
Anyone have the Zune? I just got the 80 gig zune and I’m new to “sync” stuff. I’ve never had an Ipod but the reason I bought the Zune was so I could add songs to it and then delete the files off my computer WITHOUT losing them on the player. So… can anyone tell me how I can add my music to my zune and be able to delete it from my PC without it deleting from the Zune as well?? I really need the advice, and at a noob level, please.
I have a Creative Muvo too, it’s pretty slick.
I shy away from apple products. Partly because I don’t want to be forced to use Itunes or anything else I don’t want to have.
Cant you just drag the files into the zune, unplug the zune, and right click on the file and delete it off your computer?
There is a way. Basically, you just go into the settings and configure it for manual synching only. That way it only adds what you tell it to and when, and only deletes what you tell it to and when. I’m not someplace I can plug mine in right now, or I could give you the specific instructions. I’ll plug in when I get home from work later tonight and write it up if someone else hasn’t answered before then. But it can be done…I have mine set up that way.
Before attempting an answer, I feel it’s my duty to start with another question. Where are you going to back up your songs before you delete them? Because you listed yourself as a noob you may not yet have found out how fragile hard drives are. A hard drive in a small, portable device is subject to three major problems: getting lost, being stolen, or basic drive failure from shocks/drops or for no reason at all. If you have no backups, there goes your music. Back it up to CD/DVD first, and then you’re ready to delete it from your computer.
Sounds like Tom Blackwood’s advice should work for you, but it may take a little playing around until you get comfortable with doing it all. Tom Karches made a quote earlier that may fit here:
I haven’t heard much about the ease or difficulty of managing your music library and keeping your device up to date with other brands of player. I like iTunes as it handles all the dirty work of databasing all my songs and is pretty flexible. Let us know how it goes!
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