Jon Ison
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 posted on 30/12/04 at 06:34 PM |
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MP3 Help
I know not nothing about these, how they work, which one to have ect..... Other 1/2 is thinking of buying one for herself with the many £££'s
santa left in her sock (no sock jokes please)
So, this is where you come in, which to go for, how do they work, can you download music onto them ect...... Don't let me down cos she's
been searching internet and come up with not a lot, then in a flash i said " i''l phone a friend" and find out......
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JoelP
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| posted on 30/12/04 at 06:39 PM |
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AFAIK, MP3 is just a common digital format. The portable MP3 players can have music put onto them from computers, and the possibility exists of
putting music onto them from machines in music shops (not sure if this is done yet, was on telly a while ago).
many new mobile phones can do this, so this is another option.
an average tune might be about 5MB, so a 64MB memory/card isnt much use really. Top whack is about 1GB at the min i think.
HTH!
EDIT. here the which? review link:
http://trial.which.co.uk/computers_internet.php?p_id=225&source=goog&keyword=which+mp3+player
[Edited on 30/12/04 by JoelP]
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 30/12/04 at 06:40 PM |
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thats the ones, portable, help.........
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JoelP
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| posted on 30/12/04 at 06:42 PM |
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damn link needs subscription 
still, apparently 4gb is possible...
not a clue about good makes though, but i bet the nips make a few good uns!
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Chris_R
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| posted on 30/12/04 at 06:51 PM |
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You can get them with built in memory, but I'd avoid those ones. Get something with removable media, a Compact Flash card for example. Also,
make sure that your chosen media is in a format that you can upgrade at a later time if you want to. Don't buy something with an own brand
memory card, it'll prolly cost you more and restrict your options.
A bit of slapstick never hurt anyone.
http://www.chris.renney.dsl.pipex.com/
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zetec
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| posted on 30/12/04 at 07:03 PM |
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My local Makro has them for £29+vat for 256meg which is enough for about 50 tracks, cheap enough to see if it's what you really want. I got one
for my misses and loaded the tracks up in 10 mins, no hassle.
" I only registered to look at the pictures, now I'm stuck with this username for the rest of my life!"
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krlthms
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| posted on 30/12/04 at 07:05 PM |
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Hard disk based ones are the best going for now. I suggest apple ipod, especially if it mainly for the misses, very trendy, very nicely made, quite
expensive.
MP3 is just a compression format for sound files, just as JPEG or GIF is pictures and mpeg or wav for video. As with ALL of these there is a
compromise between quality of sound and file size, but the size of the drives nowadays and the quality of pop music make this a non-issue. Even the
smallest drives can accomodate thousands of tracks. You could get the entire body of work of the Bay City Rollers, Gary Glitter, Banana Rama, and
still have space for some choice Status quo numbers.
Get the iPOD
Cheers
KT
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Peteff
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| posted on 30/12/04 at 07:17 PM |
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One here Jon.
http://www.tekheads.co.uk/s/product?product=603357
20 or 40gig. Some smaller ones there as well.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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flyingkiwi
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| posted on 30/12/04 at 07:19 PM |
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Ipod would be my recommendation. Bit more expensive but generally easier to use, plus contain rather large storage (upwards of 20gig to 40gig), also
gives you the ability to use it as a mass storage device - in other words a fancy portable harddrive
ipod - http://www.apple.com/ipod/
mini ipod - http://www.apple.com/ipodmini/
chris
It Runs!!!!! Bring on the SVA!
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andyps
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| posted on 30/12/04 at 10:07 PM |
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Depends how much you want to spend, but I bought my daughters the latest Sony Atrac HDD walkman for Christmas (lucky buggers ) which seems pretty
good to me. 20gig hard disc which can save up to 13000 tracks is recorded in the right format. They think it is way better than the ipod as it is
smaller, better battery life and holds more tracks.
Got a spare one for sale (long story) - £230 if anyone is interested.
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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Tim 45
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| posted on 31/12/04 at 12:20 AM |
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Would strongly recommend Creative Zen Xtra from Micro direct.
They really are the bees Knees and with 30GB (about 8,000 tracks) they hold nearly the 40GB of the Ipod but for nearly half the price
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stevebubs
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| posted on 31/12/04 at 03:03 AM |
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MP3 Help
John,
The MP3 Players are just modern walkmen that play back music files put on them by your PC.
If you're girlfriend chooses an iPod (very stylish) then you're stuck with using Apple's iTunes
(www.apple.com/itunes)
For just about all the others, you can use musicmatch jukebox (www.musicmatch.com) - IMHO this is a nice simple
program that makes converting CDs to MP3s easy, and also makes copying these files to your new toy just as simple
If you're not sure what you want, I'd recommend spending £20 or so on a cheap one and if you like what you see then go and buy a larger
one. The more memory, the more tunes you can fit on it.
(As a rough guide, An MP3 is typically about 3M so a 128M device will see about 40 tunes or 3-4 albums)
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 31/12/04 at 09:51 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Tim 45
Would strongly recommend Creative Zen Xtra from Micro direct.
They really are the bees Knees and with 30GB (about 8,000 tracks) they hold nearly the 40GB of the Ipod but for nearly half the price
I've got a 40GB Zen Xtra and it's a top bit of kit. Had no problems with it at all, and it has the advantage of an easily
removeable/replaceable battery if it ever dies unlike the Ipod.
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 31/12/04 at 11:08 AM |
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Thnx, the mud's a little clearer now, any more ?
i realy must move into the 21st electronics era.
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Mark18
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| posted on 31/12/04 at 01:41 PM |
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Basically as has been said there are two main types of mp3 players - the flash memory ones which are small and dont hold as much, and the hard-drive
memory ones which are slightly bigger and can hold a lot more.
The first thing I would reccommend you do is choose how much music you want to be able carry around. The flash mp3 players hold from 64MB to 512MB
(Simply put, a MegaByte is roughly equivilant to a minute), the hard-drive units range from 4,000MB to 60,000MB, which is a LOT of music.
After that it's a matter of preference - If you decide to go for a hard-drive based player I would definitely reccommend an iPod
(http://www.apple.com/ipod/), they're the same size as a tape casette but hold weeks of music, as
mentioned the software that comes with it is not for everyone, but you're by no means bound to it, I use ephod which is very easy to use and
can be found at http://www.download.com. Creative
(http://www.nomadworld.com/) also do a very good hard-drive based units in small and large capacities for a very
good price.
As far as the small flash memory players, I don't really know them as well but if I had to choose now I'd go for a Creative Muvo.
Mark
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