Zune Or Ipod? Options

[sephiroth99]

The only time I listen to music is in the car or on the computer. Guess what, in my car, my deck has a USB port so I can just plug my flash drive right into it. That's my "mp3 player."

Are they cool little devices? Sure. Would I use it? No. Are they worth the price tag? I don't think so.

sorry, i meant portable mp3 players are overrated. I agree, a computer (which is a "mp3 player") isn't overrated

[eebeejay]

My choice is Zune. But I want a 60gig+, so I'll probably wait a bit longer.

But the best thing is that since the Zune is out now, it'll force better Ipods to surface in the future (not that they're bad now). The competition between the two will result in better products from both. Because in my opinion the Zune is the first true competitor for the Ipod.

[pholly]

sorry, i meant portable mp3 players are overrated. I agree, a computer (which is a "mp3 player") isn't overrated

I think you may be mildly retarded.... Anywho, since I only have an iPood so I can only comment on it. I've had issues with freezing once in a while and I don't like not being able to drag n' drop with it but it's worked very well for over a year and it's worth the money to me since I own so many cd's. Portable video is pretty useless but it is nice to have. I am planning to get a new player soon, but I don't think I'll be getting either one of these devices the next time mainly because of the limitations on both such as dn'd and format limitations.

[quarky42]

I love my Archos GMINI... all the power of playing DIVX, XVID, MP3s and much more ....LONG before the video crap-pod came out. It works well and it is treated as a standard USB storage device... Great for putting files on for moving between multiple computers.

Screw the crappod and the zune wannabe. If they actually did something impressive *AND* came at a reasonable price, then I'd give them some respect... otherwise they are just out there to bilk you of precious dollars. The Archos products are what I go towards.

[Jish]

I love my Archos GMINI... all the power of playing DIVX, XVID, MP3s and much more ....LONG before the video crap-pod came out. It works well and it is treated as a standard USB storage device... Great for putting files on for moving between multiple computers.

Screw the crappod and the zune wannabe. If they actually did something impressive *AND* came at a reasonable price, then I'd give them some respect... otherwise they are just out there to bilk you of precious dollars. The Archos products are what I go towards.

You have a great point, they are both way overpriced! I only got an iPod because I got it for free, I will get a Zune (for free) as soon as they crack the firmware.

[Yuyu]

Zune

[kermit007]

The songs are in MP3 format. iTunes wanted to convert any songs being put on the iPod. Simply copying songs to the iPod stores them but does not let you play them. What kind of sh!t is that? Let me ask you this. Is iTune or iPod Access going to take these 300 album playlists and use them to put the correct songs on the iPod like WMP will do for most other mp3 players? iTunes is a Macintosh program that should have stayed there. I'm sick of this exclusivity these companies want for their products. Who cares what program I use as long as I'm using your product? That's why my choice was for the zen. Not to mention you can play any type of video, not that stupid ipod crap. Also I have yet to see an iPod with a built in radio... something very important for people living on base.

BTW... not everyone needs to carry around 60GB of song files. After all, you're not going to listen to those in one day, one week, and probably not even in one month. 30GB is more than enough for most people unless you got a music library completely 100% independent of a Mac/PC.

Please use an iPod for more than 5 minutes before bashing it. No conversion is needed, nor does iTunes bug you to convert Mp3 files. I can play music thats on my iPod without issue on my Mac, Windows, and Linux (well may a little bit of an issue on Linux, but what isn't really?). There are more pain in the ass ways to go about it, but you can play music off the iPod in iTunes. Just tell that machine you want to manually manage song files on the iPod. The iPod does almost everything else your gripeing about (video needs to be down-converted anyways, and radio is useless), but it's easier I guess to just piss on something with never using it (iTunes is NOT required to use an iPod on any OS for full functionality outside of purchased files PERIOD).

60GB? I can fill that, but I don't. 10-20gigs is random files, music & videos. Plenty of uses for that space. Oh, and a very small percentage of the market gives a flying crap about having an FM tuner in their MP3 player. MP3 players are there to get you off the FM tit, and if your "on base" you can pick up any number of cheap FM tuners. Less than 5% of the market would use such a useless feature. It's like complaining your CD player doesn't have a record player. Sure a few people would like it, but it's functionally useless.

Sorry, I haven't fed a troll in a while. They need love too these holidays.

[bigjimmy]

I bought a video ipod about a month ago, and the only slight complaint i have with it is the battery life when watching videos........

[TheIceman72]

Alrighty now I have two ipods and just got a zune. What I can say is this, Apple has had many years at getting the ipod to where it is now. This is Microsoft's first try. For the First try, it is amazing. The unit itself has a awsome interface. The quality of the screen is awsome. It just feels more user friendly. Now the computer software is not my favorite. But hey neither is iTunes. I hate iTunes with a passion and I refuse to use it. I use EphPod. Now the Zuze software I think is a little better than iTunes. For me it is more straight forward. But thats me. As far as buying music. Personally I could care less about that. I dont buy electronic music. I do like the possibilities of the Wifi. It would be nice if I could just drop music on it like a HD. But thats not a big deal because putting my own music on the Zune is mad easy and very fast. Same thing goes for movies and photos. Now unlike many people I did not have problems installing the software and getting it to work. I really dont know how people could have gotten that wrong. As far as USB problems, well the people that are having those problems...thats your computer and not the Zune. So maybe you need to update your drivers or get a new USB 2.0 card.

So again over all I think the Zune was a great investment. Now I will be selling both of my iPods.

[bucko]

My Black Video Ipod rocks, it's the best gadget I've ever bought I think, I'm glad to, I don't like Zune's DRM, Ipod DRM is just right (AAC)..

This post has been edited by bucko: Dec 26 2006, 08:32 PM

[Neo0311]

I (Heart) my Shuffle

Never leaves my side, Well when i'm sleeping and on my computer its not going. But no matter the other condistions (Even durning sex) it's on and playing my music

[RAISH]

Just got a Creative Zen V Plus, and well happy loads of features to keep you happy and not OTT like some other gadgets.

Signed up to Major Nelson's Podcast and a few other, I'd rather support Creative anyday over M$ and Apple.

[lithium1189]

None, Creative Zen M. Better battery, better durability, better period.

[SensualMango]

I vote zune because im not an elitist bastard.
own: Zen Vision M
buying: zune (friday)

[markop]

Zune all the way!

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