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Title: iPods suck. What do you guys think of this?
Post by: ScaryTooth on Thursday, January 24, 2008, 10:57:26 PM

Well, my iPod sucks. It's starting to die on me. So I'm looking into getting myself a new mp3 player for my birthday.

Creative Zen (http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Zen-4-GB-Black/dp/B000UV4EU6/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1201240551&sr=8-1)

Or any other suggestions?

Title: Re: iPods suck. What do you guys think of this?
Post by: Pugnate on Thursday, January 24, 2008, 11:46:13 PM

It seems to get good reviews.

Title: Re: iPods suck. What do you guys think of this?
Post by: iPPi on Thursday, January 24, 2008, 11:46:56 PM

I have a Creative Zen Micro... I don't use it anymore but when I did, it was a fantastic mp3 player. 

I'm sure the later generations of Zen are a lot better.

Title: Re: iPods suck. What do you guys think of this?
Post by: idolminds on Thursday, January 24, 2008, 11:57:35 PM

I hear the Zens are good, as well as the SanDisk Sansa line.

Title: Re: iPods suck. What do you guys think of this?
Post by: gpw11 on Friday, January 25, 2008, 12:15:48 AM

I've owned a few of the smaller flash based Zen and Muvo players from Creative and have been in possession of the Zen Stone.  I haven't really run into any problems with any of them.

I'd comment more, but I don't have my Vision:M yet, which will pretty much make or break my opinion of Creative.

Title: Re: iPods suck. What do you guys think of this?
Post by: poomcgoo on Friday, January 25, 2008, 11:07:58 AM

Microsoft Zune.  Thing is fucking great.

Title: Re: iPods suck. What do you guys think of this?
Post by: NatchDan on Friday, January 25, 2008, 12:50:35 PM

Don't do it.

Do not fucking do it.

My first Zen: A 30GB Nomad Xtra. Works like an absolute dream until the following things happen. 1: I install Creative's new firmware, making it so that no Zen will ever register with my PC again. 2: The headphone jack fucks up so there's only sound from one ear. 3: It will no longer charge due to a broken power port.

Second Zen: 40GB, same model. After realising that it wouldn't communicate with the PC I took it back. There's a thread I made somewhere about the music that was already on it, though.

Third Zen: I had the laptop by this point, so I could finally transfer music to a Zen. Hooray! Then one night the screen cracked. Overnight. A google search confirms that this is a frequent problem that Creative refuse to acknowledge. Its okay, I thought. It's on shuffle all. I'll live - then, one day, it just broke outright. I smashed it to pieces.

Fourth Zen: Actually my fiancée's. Zen V series. Again, all fine until the screen craps out - Do a Google search for "Dim orange screen of death". With no screen, if you change the music that's on it (necessary for a smaller size player) you can't put it back on shuffle all.

Fifth Zen: My fiancée currently has a Zen stone, and she's had no trouble with it. She's had it since December.

Me? I have a CD player now.

Title: Re: iPods suck. What do you guys think of this?
Post by: Quemaqua on Friday, January 25, 2008, 07:39:46 PM

Quote from: NatchDan on Friday, January 25, 2008, 12:50:35 PM

Me? I have a CD player now.

Yay, now there are two of us!

Title: Re: iPods suck. What do you guys think of this?
Post by: Ghandi on Friday, January 25, 2008, 08:03:09 PM

The iPod Touch is nice. You should look into getting one. :-[

Title: Re: iPods suck. What do you guys think of this?
Post by: scottws on Friday, January 25, 2008, 08:16:51 PM

Anyone want to buy my iRiver SlimX (iMP-350) off me?

Title: Re: iPods suck. What do you guys think of this?
Post by: ScaryTooth on Saturday, January 26, 2008, 12:23:25 AM

I played with a Sansa earlier and I like it a lot. I think I may get one of those. Interface is really nice, navigation is slick, features are great. And the price is good.

Title: Re: iPods suck. What do you guys think of this?
Post by: Xessive on Saturday, January 26, 2008, 05:42:04 AM

Quote from: scottws on Friday, January 25, 2008, 08:16:51 PM

Anyone want to buy my iRiver SlimX (iMP-350) off me?

That's a sweet one! I'd consider it if I wasn't saving up to get my sister an iPod (she really wants one).

Title: Re: iPods suck. What do you guys think of this?
Post by: NatchDan on Saturday, January 26, 2008, 08:41:55 PM

Scott: I'll go you one better and have it for nothing!