MP3 players: What's your ideal mp3 player?
Battery life...
by chillyxpress - 4/1/05 2:33 AM In reply to: easy!!!! by cv4321Personally, I like unit's with removable batteries. It gives me that piece of mind that when the battery dies I don't have to send it back to the manufacturer - even if that's after 3-4 years of heavy use. I like the radio option as well, cos I can listen to radio talkback or whatever when I wanna hear someones opinions...
iPod mini because of acessories
by mxer210 - 4/1/05 10:58 AM In reply to: What's your ideal mp3 player? by millsnerthe iPod Mini would be my top pick because it's well known and has many accessories offered at stores like http://www.PureFiveAudio.com which has over 300+ iPod accessories. No other mp3 player can offer that much add-ons.
what features make a great mp3 player
by curioone - 4/1/05 12:47 PM In reply to: What's your ideal mp3 player? by millsnera player that has nothing to do with wma or itunes propriatory limitations.music without the ball and chain.Terry
audiobooks
by lukkystarr - 4/2/05 8:30 PM In reply to: What's your ideal mp3 player? by millsnerThe ultimate player for me is conducive to audiobook listening. It is small, doesn't have a hard drive, holds 1GB of info, play order is selectable according to tag information, has a time scale feature for listening to books faster (some of those readers are boooooring), and has a replaceable rechargeable battery that lasts more than a few hours. Oh yeah, plug and play is a must.....
one other thing.....
by lukkystarr - 4/2/05 8:45 PM In reply to: audiobooks by lukkystarrIt has got to pick up playing when powered up where it stopped playing when powered down. Essential for those 60 minute audiobook files.....
so which brand has a bookmark?
by brillist - 5/4/05 10:10 PM In reply to: one other thing..... by lukkystarrMy husband has an RCA Lyra and is going nuts trying to get back to where he stopped.
A PDA
by hp46168 - 4/5/05 8:13 PM In reply to: What's your ideal mp3 player? by millsnerAny PDA that also plays MP3s is a step above just an MP3 player, and possibly can be deducted for tax purposes.
FM -Transmitter
by rcgcfn - 4/22/05 2:52 PM In reply to: What's your ideal mp3 player? by millsnerI've had a unit for a while now, and I've realized how essential the FM broadcaster has been for me. I use it every day! In the car, across the room, to show off at parties, to share music with my friends (who have a radio in their player). And mine is built in. I wouldn't be able to stand having an accesory that is hanging off my OGG player. ^_^ I just had to put that in there. Any CD's that I personally own, are in OGG Vorbis. It gives me the piece of mind that it's versitile, and wont become obsolete. And there is no licensing fee for its encoder/decoder.
Must haves for my next HD Player:
*FM - Tuner/Recorder/Transmitter
*AM Radio?
*OGG/MP3/FLAC/WAV
*Recorder - Microphone/Line in/FM (multiple tracks?)
*Four directional navigation
*One touch recording button
*Smart menu system - Uses pop-up menus to display choices while playing tracks - Repeating/Sequence/ Equilizer/Play Lists/Deleting
*Equilizer - at least 5 band graphical
*'DJ' controls - Speed/Pitch/AB looping/Multiple track outputs
*Accurate FF and RW
*Accurate scolling in menus
*Reliable power down/on - Track resuming
*Open Source Firmware - Get whatever options you want in the firmware
*Optional syncing - Can have it/But don't have to
*No lag times - While loading songs/FM Transmitting music/Recording
*Physical design between the Phillips model and the Neuros
^_^ Right there I pretty much described a cross between the second generation Neuros and hopefully the third generation. Basically that's what I'm hoping to get later this year. ^_^
my ideal player (partial)
by pianoplayer88key - 4/23/05 1:38 AM In reply to: What's your ideal mp3 player? by millsnersome features of my ideal player:
has a built-in > 8X dual-layer DVD+/-RW drive
if it doesn't come with a hard drive, accepts the regular 3.5" hard drives so I could put a > 320GB HD in it (I wouldn't mind some extra bulk maybe)
has enough protection so that even if I dropped it from a roof to a driveway while accessing the hard disk, it would survive unscathed. (sp?)
has multiple line and microphone inputs for recording, and has the full LAME encoder options, plus Ogg Vorbis, and Wave.
USB 2.0 and firewire interface
displays pictures and movies on a screen about the size of the 3.5" hard disk, at a resolution of at least 200 pixels per inch
There's lots more I'm sure, but I'll maybe post some more later.
Meanwhile, to be more realistic, I'm looking for a player that has the same features as the IRiver IFP-799 or 899, but has an expandable memory slot and works like a USB flash drive (lets me upload mp3s without complaining from the player to the computer).
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