So, here I am asking for YOUR help and advice..what Mp3 player should I get?
A little info about me:
In some aspects, I am a bit behind the times. Im usually not the type of individual who rushes out to buy anything new. I take a step back, and wait and see how the device fairs out on the market. I also wait to for the price to come down a little bit as well.
This was the case with me getting my first cell phone, DVD player, internet-ready PC, among other items.
I think the time has come for me to get an MP3 player. I have about a 30 minute drive to work each way, and when I drive to work, I love to listen to my music in my car's CD player. I find myself constantly changing out the CDs, because I want a bit of variety sometimes, rather than listening to the same CD over and over, etc. I understand that there are FM radio transmitters that are available for MP3 players so that I can listen to my MP3 player in my car.
sometimes, Im not able to change out the CDs as I am driving. sometimes the CDs will be laying in the passenger seat at my ready access, and then some car decides to cut in front of me..i slam on my brakes, and my cds land in the floorboard,.and sometimes suffer some scratches (dont worry..i am smart enough to copy my music onto blank cds, so that the original albums are left at home,.unscathed.)
My girlfriend has an Mp3 player, its a Creative Labs-Zen microphoto 8 GB. she said it can hold up to about 4,000 songs. it can also store photos too.
I tried playing around with her MP3 player,.and while I am impressed at the fact it can hold so much data,..I simply hate the interface..I cant use the damn thing..i barely touch some of the buttons on it..and it wants to scroll frantically..to me it just plain sucks.
I have a fairly big music collection. I havent taken exact inventory,.but Id guesstimate that I have about 1,000 albums. it would be nice to put the majority of these albums onto an mp3 player.
I want an mp3 player that has a pretty easy to use interface. It has to be somewhat lightweight, cause I want to take it to the gym when I workout. As far as extras, like photos & videos..that would be nice,..but to me, isnt a dire necessity. Id prefer an easy interface and large memory capacity over that.
I saw a design I liked a lot. It was made by Samsung and retailed at $99.99. But I was dismayed that it only had a 2gb capacity. I am being told that at least 4gb is what you would want.
the samsung i saw and liked was this one:
http://www.bestbuy.c...d=1155070316629
i also like this one
http://www.bestbuy.c...d=1156607400225
i think, dollar for dollar,.this may be the best one for me..it has 8gb, and doesnt cost too much more than a lot of 4 gb players...
http://www.bestbuy.c...d=1156607400598
I dont really care much for the mp3 players that looks like a PC component. to me, an mp3 player should look more sleek and give off a more "portable stereo" look and feel to it. so, with that being said, i dont care much for the apple ipod, even though a lot of people rave and praise it. i think its one of the most overpriced mp3 players out there.
then i also heard that there are even 30 gb mp3 players..wow! 30gb!!..damn..how many songs is that anyways?..anyone care to answer that question?
if anyone can provide me with a chart or link that shows me about how many songs a gb can hold, that would be really helpful to me to make an informed decision. ..for example..how many songs can 2gbs hold? 4gbs? 8 gbs? etc.
i also dont care much for the "sleek button" design, where the buttons have absolutely zero-protrusion. i like to know and be able to feel a difference when i am pressing a button. i also believe that having a button protrusion type of design makes for easier navigation of finding the buttons with my fingers, when i am not able to look down at it, when i am driving, for example.
furthermore..i dont like the mp3 players that dont have an lcd display on them. how the hell am i supposed to search and locate certain songs and albums that i want to listen to? ..am i missing something here??...apple calls one of their smallest mp3 players an "ipod shuffle"..i believe it alright.cause without a display to show you where youre files are,..how are you supposed to locate them?
also, some of the other mp3 players,.the small ones that look like butane lighters...like this one..
http://www.bestbuy.c...d=1174693782271
.ha ha...well,.they just look weird to me..i dont know..are they any good as well?
anyways..i pretty gave you all the info as far as what im looking for...so what do you suggest?
This post has been edited by optimus_prime: 22 August 2007 - 02:02 AM