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Posted: Mar 13 2007 05:52 pm

I have an RCA Lyra Player. Pretty reliable, but I want this here:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7657555&type=product&id=1134700863114

(And no, Tish, this isn't an invite to feed me some Apple Ipod propoganda. This thing plays more file types than any current Ipod.)

Posted: Mar 13 2007 06:22 pm

I have 4 desktop computers that play ALL audio formats, and also VIDEO, and GAMES!

Muhahahahaahahahahahaahha!!!!!

.......Oh wait.

I bet you mean "portable" MP3 players.

I had a PSP. That was about the only thing it was good for.

Posted: Mar 13 2007 06:57 pm

Looks pretty awesome.

My sister has an Ipod but I think they're crap. I don't yet have a portable music player, but I'm definitely going to try to invest in one.

Or ask for one for my birthday. Either way.

Posted: Mar 13 2007 07:18 pm

My friend has a 4 GB hard drive for his DS. He was showing me Jet Li's last martial arts movie on it.

Posted: Mar 13 2007 07:40 pm

Microsoft Zune.

Posted: Mar 13 2007 08:35 pm

I have an MP3 CD player, and a CDRW disc.

I'm stickin' with it.

Posted: Mar 13 2007 08:50 pm

Sock wrote:

I have an MP3 CD player, and a CDRW disc.

I'm stickin' with it.

I gotta agree with that one. How cheap is it to upgrade memory space on your iPOD/Zune/etc?

Oh wait you can't....

How much does it cost Sock to upgrade his MP3 player?

About 15 cents per 700Mb.*

Can't argue with that logic.

*If your using CD-Rs, not CD-RW.

Posted: Mar 13 2007 09:22 pm

I just keep writing over the same CD-RW over and over again. They lie to us about CDRWs. They say you can't write over them more than a few times. Bullshit, I've written over one at least 40 times. And if you don't store them properly or you'll lose your data, also bullshit. I've kept several CDRWs on the windowsill in my weight room for like, over a year now, some of them stay there for weeks before getting put in my CD player.

I do want an iPod shuffle, though. I want something really small and light I can toss in my pocket when I go sled dragging. Shuffles are really made for things like running, and other such forms of cardio. If you get a shuffle for casual listening, you're bad at spending money.

Posted: Mar 13 2007 10:44 pm

Knyte wrote:

I gotta agree with that one. How cheap is it to upgrade memory space on your iPOD/Zune/etc?

Oh wait you can't....

Do you really need more than 80gb of music? I think not!

Posted: Mar 13 2007 11:14 pm

Tishwitch wrote:

Knyte wrote:

I gotta agree with that one. How cheap is it to upgrade memory space on your iPOD/Zune/etc?

Oh wait you can't....

Do you really need more than 80gb of music? I think not!

Let's see a 80Gb iPod = 399.99

-or-

MP3 Capable CD player = $39.99 (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7685686&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat27600050005&id=1134703604749)
100 CD-Rs (70Gb) = $27.29 (http://www.pcclub.com/product_details.cfm?itemno=A0196763)

Total cost = $69.28

Gee, your right, I would be better off paying an extra $330.00 just so I don't have to carry around a cd case with my player.

Posted: Mar 13 2007 11:16 pm

Also burritos don't cost 400 dollars.

Title: Nothing Special Joined: Oct 25 2006 Posts: 396

Tishwitch wrote:

That's a god damn lie. Burritos are awesome, because they put animals in them. Until I can cram creamy dolphin into a shuffle and down it with some cheap beer, burritos win.

Player: 30GB Zen I bought 3 years ago. It does everything it needs to do, which is play fucking music.

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Better than an overpriced piece of trendy technology.

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Knyte wrote:

Sock wrote:

I have an MP3 CD player, and a CDRW disc.

I'm stickin' with it.

I gotta agree with that one. How cheap is it to upgrade memory space on your iPOD/Zune/etc?

Oh wait you can't....

How much does it cost Sock to upgrade his MP3 player?

About 15 cents per 700Mb.*

Can't argue with that logic.

*If your using CD-Rs, not CD-RW.

yeah, then you get to carry around a giant stupid CD palyer, that only holds a few hundred songs, that you have to contsntly change when you wnat somethign new, or carry multiple cDs, as opposed to carrying one small, convenient device that holds thousads.

let's not even get started on the matter of using the MP3 player as a portable hard drive...

I have a 30gb ipod video that I'm happy with. I don't like the zune much, but I haven't messed with it alot, and I don't like the zens because of the vertical scrollbar. I got too used to the ipod wheel.

Posted: Mar 14 2007 12:47 am

My point is simply that there are some of us who don't see a need, nor can justify paying such a high premium, for slightly better convenience.

Look at the $300 difference in my above post. I mean, for us older folks. (Mid 20's), I remember lugging around "a giant stupid CD palyer" (Which was so huge, it was barely bigger than the CD!) and a CD wallet that held 24 CDs in my backback all through highschool and college and never once did I complain!

...even though I had to walk uphill both ways, in the snow and ice, and all we had to listen to was crappy 90's and prior metal, and we wore onions on our belts 'cuss that was the style at the time, and we liked it! And we........*ZZZZZ*

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....*Snort!* Pies! We made Pies!!! *Falls back asleep*

Title: Nothing Special Joined: Oct 25 2006 Posts: 396

P.S. Knyte's old. Here's where he's posting from:

Posted: Mar 14 2007 01:26 am

I dunno dude, carrying around a CD player with a CDRW in it isn't difficult. It can fit in my pocket, it can go on my dashboard. I can't fit it in a can of soda that's been cut in half, though. So the iPod has me beat there.

And I never really 'get tired' of the music in my CD player, because I'm not really focusing on the music when I'm driving, which is where I'd be listening to an iPod the most.

Some people have a better use for $400 than something that will hold more music than they own.

Posted: Mar 14 2007 08:37 am

I'm just looking for something to hold music and videos. I forgot about the DS HD option, I'll probably go with that.

Joined: Feb 24 2006 Posts: 2578

I have a cheapo 1 GB Sandisk something-or-other. That's plenty for me for now. Smile

Posted: Mar 14 2007 06:22 pm

jonnymorgue wrote:

P.S. Knyte's old. Here's where he's posting from:

Isn't that what Mathew Brodrick was using in "War Games"?

Posted: Mar 14 2007 06:39 pm

Don't you mean Michael "Twitchy McParkinsons" J. Fox?

Posted: Mar 14 2007 06:48 pm

I was right!

Posted: Mar 14 2007 07:03 pm

Well, shit, it was Broderick. Knyte is right on both counts.

2010 SLF Tag Champ Joined: Jun 07 2006 Posts: 12294

Knyte wrote:

My point is simply that there are some of us who don't see a need, nor can justify paying such a high premium, for slightly better convenience.

Look at the $300 difference in my above post. I mean, for us older folks. (Mid 20's), I remember lugging around "a giant stupid CD palyer" (Which was so huge, it was barely bigger than the CD!) and a CD wallet that held 24 CDs in my backback all through highschool and college and never once did I complain!

...even though I had to walk uphill both ways, in the snow and ice, and all we had to listen to was crappy 90's and prior metal, and we wore onions on our belts 'cuss that was the style at the time, and we liked it! And we........*ZZZZZ*

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....*Snort!* Pies! We made Pies!!! *Falls back asleep*

I'm nearly your age sir. I also schlepped around a CD palyer and CD wallet. now I'm overjoyed that I don't have to. I could never go back now. maybe you jsut don't listen to music like I do. I ALWAYS ahve my ipod on me, because I'm ALWAYS listening to music. I never know what I want to listen to either, so I need alot of music on me.

Posted: Mar 14 2007 11:03 pm

Once again, I am not knocking the conveniance of mp3 devices, I am just saying that there are alot of us who cannot justify paying hundreds of dollars just for a bit more portability than a DiscMan or such can give us.

I would buy a 40Gb+ player in a heartbeat if I had the money to spare. Though, I would use it more for a portable HDD then a music player. Wink