Considering the iPod?[views:14327][posts:85]_________________________________________ [May 17,2005 9:31am - DreamingInExile ""] th3rdknuckle said:also note: if you have any music on your hard drive and iPod ONLY, (meaning no disc/back-up copy) you are risking losing it if your computer crashes. iPods are a 1-way-only device; you send music from computer to iPod, but NOT vice versa. Last fall my i had to wipe & re-install my OS and lost all of my tunes... i thought 'no problem, they're all in my iPod'. WRONG. if i connected the iPod to the computer after iTunes was wiped clean, that would have erased everything on the iPod. I would have lost a ton of music that i had downloaded but never burned to disc. This problem can be alleviated by NOT using iTunes and use WinAMP with the iPod Plugin. I can add and remove music at will with this combo, and NEVER have to worry about losing something if my OS goes to shit (and considering it's winblows, that happens all too frequently) |
| _________________________________________ [May 17,2005 9:47am - an80smetalchick ""] the ipod is shit! I would never invest in it! when its time to replace the rechargable battery - the damn battery costs as much as a new unit! i use recharable batteries and a portable mp3 cd player. I have unlimited mp3 storage and you can plug it into an FM transmitter in your car. I hate limitations! |
| _____________________________________ [May 17,2005 9:50am - RustedAngel ""] an80smetalchick said:the ipod is shit! I would never invest in it! when its time to replace the rechargable battery - the damn battery costs as much as a new unit! i use recharable batteries and a portable mp3 cd player. I have unlimited mp3 storage and you can plug it into an FM transmitter in your car. I hate limitations! you still have to carry around mp3 cd's and burn cd of mp3's and possibly even deal with scratched cd's. It's a minor improvement over regular cd's but not by much! |
| _________________________________________ [May 17,2005 9:52am - DreamingInExile ""] my CD player plays mp3 encoded CDs, but I'm still better off with the iPod, why carry 5 lbs of CD's when I can carry 6oz of hardware that has the same amount of mp3's? |
| _________________________________________ [May 17,2005 9:54am - an80smetalchick ""] if you can afford to pay $200 every time you need a new battery... good for you! |
| _________________________________________ [May 17,2005 9:58am - DreamingInExile ""] an80smetalchick said:if you can afford to pay $200 every time you need a new battery... good for you! if you buy the Apple Care Protection plan for $40 when you buy your iPod, you don't have to worry about that, they will replace the battery for you for free (well the $40 that you paid for the plan) for 3 years. so if people actually listened to sales people once in a while, noone would bitch about this issue... and to anyone that has an iPod and dosen't have a Apple Care Plan, you can still go get one... |
| _____________________________________ [May 17,2005 10:01am - Boots wtf ""] fuck that. i'll stick with my 30 song mp3 player i won at a bar. thats all the songs i need. i just replace the songs everytime i need to. i only use the thing 2 or 3 times a week anyway. |
| __________________________________________ [May 17,2005 10:07am - an80smetalchick ""] Thats really some shit, because I know people who get screwed by the Apple Care Protection Plan because of the clause listed as: Repair or Replacement Service Provided a. Repair or Replacement Service. If during the Coverage Period there is a defect in materials or workmanship of the Covered Equipment, or, after being fully charged and the iPod hardware product operating under Standard Operations, the capacity of the Battery to hold an electrical charge has depleted fifty (50%) percent or more from its original specification, Apple will, at its option, repair or replace the affected Covered Equipment. The Keyword are: "Apple will, at its option" This can be found within terms of the agreement at http://images.apple.com/support/products/p...applecare_ipod_t_and_c_11182003.pdf |
| _______________________________________ [May 17,2005 12:08pm - the_reverend ""] 30GB zen for $140 http://slickdeals.net/#p6081 |
| _____________________________________ [May 17,2005 1:00pm - RustedAngel ""] an80smetalchick said:if you can afford to pay $200 every time you need a new battery... good for you! you can buy a battery for like $30 and replace it yourself. Where is the $200 thing coming from? |
| ______________________________________ [May 17,2005 1:03pm - the_reverend ""] she's a woman.. so she's factoring the in the 3 pairs of shoes that she would get at "such a good deal" from shopping online. I mean, come on! it was such a good deal AND also bought the battery.. oh no, sale a macy's dot com. time to hide some cloths in the trunk! |
| ___________________________________ [May 17,2005 1:06pm - ~Carina~ ""] hahahaha way to quote Hughley! |
| ____________________________________________________ [May 17,2005 1:12pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] haha Aaron is king of men |
| __________________________________ [May 17,2005 1:17pm - litacore ""] [img] from [img] to hmm, think I'll save up for [img] |
| ________________________________________ [May 17,2005 1:25pm - mike......... ""] although IPODS are a way only device, there are ways to circumvent that. search for a program COPYPOD. with that you can take music from the IPOD and transfer it to a computer. the program runs kind of slowly, but it works. that way if your comp crashes you can back up your files, or if you want to trade shit with other people you can do it from IPOD to computer. hope that helps. |
| _________________________________________ [May 17,2005 2:51pm - DreamingInExile ""] mike......... said: search for a program COPYPOD. with that you can take music from the IPOD and transfer it to a computer. or just use the WinAMP plugin... that runs FAST |
| _________________________________________ [May 17,2005 3:24pm - an80smetalchick ""] post by the_reverend at May 17,2005 1:03pm she's a woman.. so she's factoring the in the 3 pairs of shoes that she would get at "such a good deal" from shopping online. I mean, come on! it was such a good deal AND also bought the battery.. oh no, sale a macy's dot com. time to hide some cloths in the trunk! why should i buy shoes when I can just steal yours? |
| __________________________________ [May 17,2005 3:35pm - Niccolai ""] The only thing that has me leaning more towards the Ipod is the Itrip. it's the best device of it's kind by a landslide. |
| _____________________________________ [May 17,2005 3:44pm - RustedAngel ""] Monster® iCarPlay™ Wireless Plus http://www.monstercable.com/computer/productPageComputer.asp?pin=2660 |
| _____________________________________ [May 17,2005 3:51pm - Heathenking ""] The only thing I hate about ipod is the fact that it scratches so easy, as soon as I get a new one I am defintly getting a case. |
| __________________________________ [May 17,2005 4:13pm - Niccolai ""] The Itrips key though because theres no extra power supply or cables. plus theres a huge selection of chanels. |
| _____________________________________ [May 17,2005 4:19pm - RustedAngel ""] Niccolai said:The Itrips key though because theres no extra power supply or cables. plus theres a huge selection of chanels. but if you use it in your car and it dies you can't charge it while you drive with iTrip. with icarplay it charges the battery while you use it. |
| ______________________________________ [May 17,2005 6:05pm - the_reverend ""] I like the one with the cig. plug and the holder. |
| ______________________________________ [May 17,2005 6:07pm - the_reverend ""] oh... you forgot. RustedAngel said:[img][img][img] |
| ________________________________________ [May 17,2005 9:05pm - ArrowHead nli ""] $30 - 100 cdr's. (approx 70 gig) $20 - 50 cd carrying booklet (about the size of a good sandwich) $29 - Red mp3/cd discman at Walmart, plus car adapter kit. You tell me about the hassle of lugging around a CD player and a book of CD's, and I'll laugh at the extra $450 you spent, and the additional repair and replacement expenditures you'll incur over the life of your Ipod. By the way, if you're looking JUST for your car, Aaron posted a link many moons ago to a remote/wireless system that transmits music directly from your computer to a harddrive in your car while you sleep. Maybe he can post that link again, looked like a great idea to me. |
| ________________________________________ [May 17,2005 9:07pm - ArrowHead nli ""] by the way, the setup I listed above works quite well. I typed out a 3 page "menu" as I burned each CDR, listing the artist and what albums appeared on each CDR. The last Pillory tour I brough it along and it was GREAT. All we had to do was whip out the menu, decide what we wanted to listen to, and grab the cd labelled with the corresponding number. I fit an average of 11 albums each disc. Some fit way more, as many metal albums are under 40 min. |
| _____________________________________ [May 25,2005 1:11am - RustedAngel ""] So I got a 30gb iSuck Photo... 1st thing I see when it comes out of the package is this and I immediately start laughing.. [img] Things I've learned so far: 1. ITunes blows, Use the Winamp Ipod plugin. 2. The Transpod FM transmitter/holder/charger sucks compared to the Monster Icarplay (sound quality wise) 3. I couldn't get firewire to work at first, but now I can get both usb and firewire to work. 4. Ipods and accessories are expensive. 5. I wish I could plug the ipod directly into my car deck without speding another $300. So far I have about 1300 songs on it, got the stereo rca jack for the stereo at work so I don't have to fuck with cd's usually ever anymore. I'm digging it so far... |
| __________________________________ [May 25,2005 7:19am - Kalopsia ""] yo fuck the Ipod, Oakley Thumps are where it's at!!!!!!! [img] |
| ______________________________________ [Jun 15,2005 12:55pm - RustedAngel ""] IPOD UPDATE So I must reaffirm my hatred for APPLE. So the iPod 30gb photo I bought less than a month ago suddenly didn't turn on sunday morning. After never leaving it in my car, having it in a protective sleeve and it still died. So I brought it back to best buy only to be in line behind 2 people also returning their broken ipods. One dude was returning his broken 40gb, well they don't make the 40gb anymore so he was like so do I get the 60gb photo and they were like yes. Then the exchange lady tells him that he'll have to pay an extra $50 to get the 60gb and he flipped out and was like WHY should I have to pay? hahaha, so then she gets a manager and I watch them bicker back and forth while I exchange mine. It took about 15 minutes for them to give me a new one. I even kept the ac adapter/usb cable from the broken one so now I have 2. It only took me about 15 minutes to reload my ipod with about 1700 songs. A couple weeks ago I got a stereo adapter which allows me to connect the thing to my factory car stereo, it worked awesome but when I plugged in my new ipod now it's only outputting through the right side of my car and flickering on and off on the left side. GAY. anyways, yeah, fucking Apple ipods, great concept that I really really want to work but they still fucking blow. |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 15,2005 6:34pm - infoterror ""] Never buy anything from Apple. They cannot manufacture anything decent, and it will cost you far more than a normal piece of hardware. Not only that, but supporting Apple is to support the gay, Jewish, black, hippie, pedophile and Democratic agendas all at once. Boycott Apple! |
| _______________________________ [Jun 15,2005 11:28pm - blue ""] i just bought an iriver h340. 40 gigs. good player, but ive only managed to get songs on it once, havent been able to get more on. arg. |
| _______________________________________________ [Jun 15,2005 11:39pm - BobNOMAAMRooney nli ""] RCA sent me a replacement for my broken mp3 player, instead of a refurbished two year old discontinued model I have the new 40 gig RD2854 |
| __________________________________ [Jun 16,2005 7:07am - Defnasty ""] IRIVER GET SONGS ON ALL DAY BLUE YOU STUPID! |
| __________________________________________ [Jun 16,2005 9:44am - WhyamIandasshole ""] I got a and ipod Mini and its been fine. I heard from a guy at work that was the way to go because he bought the newer ipods with the higher memory and has already gone through 4. |
| ________________________________________ [Jun 16,2005 11:50am - niccolai nli ""] I think the minis are sick, I just wish they had a tiny bit more space on them. a 10 gig mini would be godly. |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 16,2005 12:13pm - question ""] if you have a ipod that you use with an ibook --- is it possible to get music from friends playlists who aren't using a apple computer without having to reformat your ipod? |