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Does size matter? (No, stupid, with MP3 HDDs)
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:02 pm
by FleetAdmiralBacon
What's up with all these MP3 players these days with more space than my notebook? Seriously, though it's a piece of junk, my IBM Laptop has a 20gb hard disk drive. The newest iPods? 30gb. WTF is up with that?
I'm here to find out how many people really need all that space.
Vote in the poll, that's why it's there.
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:04 pm
by inferno
yes, i need that space in fact i need more space than that ... i will quote myself now.
Inferno wrote:i have about 500 songs and about 400 videos and movies.
and the rest of the space is halo ce and pc loaded up so i can take it too freinds houses and play there off my Ipod.
i have about 10 megs free space right now.
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:06 pm
by FleetAdmiralBacon
Inferno wrote:yes, i need that space in fact i need more space than that ... i will quote myself now.
Inferno wrote:i have about 500 songs and about 400 videos and movies.
and the rest of the space is halo ce and pc loaded up so i can take it too freinds houses and play there off my Ipod.
i have about 10 megs free space right now.
Do you really listen to and watch all of those songs / videos?
You couldn't even listen to / watch all of them with one charging of the battery. I understand variety, but that much? That's like having every article of clothing in the world just so that you have the option of wearing it, but you probably never will.
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:08 pm
by Tural
I have more music than I listen to now, doesn't even take up 500mb.
With videos, most of which I don't watch, as well as all of the programs I've ever needed, and some I don't use, I am not even using 1.5gb.
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:08 pm
by inferno
.... thats your opinion.. but i like too have it all on their because i use my ipod almost as much as my computer.
and i have a charger cable
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:09 pm
by Grunt Rebel
I would need the extra space. I use my PSP though and my memory card sucks for it. I cant fit as many songs as I would like. I would love to have a bigger selection on it.
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:11 pm
by Patrickssj6
If there would be a CHEAPER and BETTER MP3 Player next to the Ipod people would still take the Ipod.Thats what I hate.
2GB would be way more then enough for me.
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:14 pm
by inferno
and thats why apple has so many models. because some people have a huge music library (like me) and others dont. so size matter too the person whos getting the mp3 player. question solved!!!!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:14 pm
by gh0570fchurch
Yes, I agree. Apple could raise the price up insane amounts and people will still pay it.
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:17 pm
by angry man
lol when i read the title i thought it was another spambot thing
I have music on my MP3 play but i mostly have movies and some progies that take up most of the space.. that's why i got a 20gb MP3 Player.
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:19 pm
by FleetAdmiralBacon
Let me just pop something into the discussion:
Compression.
MP3 compression is old and outdated, and even MP4s aren't very compressed. Think about that one.
(And I don't like that people are disrespecting their MP3 Players by using them as flash drives!)
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:23 pm
by angry man
Yea i could get a flash drive.. But what is an MP3 player? It's a flash drive with an audio output.
WMA compression is worse
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:24 pm
by FleetAdmiralBacon
Angry Man wrote:Yea i could get a flash drive.. But what is an MP3 player? It's a flash drive with an audio output.
WMA compression is worse
No it isn't, I've done experiments with it, it's a lot better than MP3 (oddly enough, Microsoft doesn't screw everything up), you just have to configure it correctly. Converting with Windows Media Encoder will give you great results.
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:26 pm
by angry man
Hmm cuz whenever, for say, you rip a CD with Windows Media Player and it's in WMA format, its like 10mb a song.
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:28 pm
by FleetAdmiralBacon
Angry Man wrote:Hmm cuz whenever, for say, you rip a CD with Windows Media Player and it's in WMA format, its like 10mb a song.
What version of WMP are you using!?
I've never gotten a 10mb song with WMP, and it rips in MP3 to begin with, plus it doesn't compress songs when it rips them, you'd lose some quality. Whenever you compress anything, you'll lose quality.
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:29 pm
by FReAK
I have an 8 gig Creative Zen MicroPhoto, I use 1.35 gigs of that for music. I don't even listen to all of that, I would chop half of that off with music I don't really listen to, but I've got so much free space anyways that I may as well have a little bit of variety in there... Plus i've got a few pics in there, so that puts me at like 1.5 gigs MAX.
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:31 pm
by angry man
Not necessarily WMP I was just using that as an example.
I want an MP3 player that can uncompress the song in milliseconds, so there would be no quality lost
(Even if it's not noticable 90% of the time)
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:33 pm
by FleetAdmiralBacon
Angry Man wrote:Not necessarily WMP I was just using that as an example.
I want an MP3 player that can uncompress the song in milliseconds, so there would be no quality lost
(Even if it's not noticable 90% of the time)
Ok, get a Pocket PC and Get WinRAR. Problem solved.
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:41 pm
by angry man
*Turns around*
*Drops Pants*
Fire at will!
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:43 pm
by FleetAdmiralBacon
Angry Man wrote:*Turns around*
*Drops Pants*
Fire at will!
Um, did you just
A) ask me to have anal sex with you, B) Suggest that you are taking a dump on me, or C) Pull down your pants and show me your genitals
?