I'm New To Ipods and Trying to decide Help?!? My Daughter just got an ipod shuffle for her birthday. It was so easy to use and tiny I wanted to look into other Ipod Products. Question I'd like to get a video type for watching movies when we are on the plane/travel etc. Which one would be the best? She has no problem watching the same one or two over and over again but I need atleast a 4-5 hour battery life. I know I wouldn't be using it to it's fullest capabilities but I would probably only be loading it with Video, the music can be taken care of with the Shuffle. By the way can you use a regular movie dvd and upload it to an Ipod or can you only get them from itunes? Like I said I'm really new to these products. I'm New To Ipods and Trying to decide Help?!? My Daughter just got an ipod shuffle for her birthday. It was so easy to use and tiny I wanted to look into other Ipod Products. Question I'd... » Read More I'm New To Ipods and Trying to decide Help?!? My Daughter just got an ipod shuffle for her birthday. It was so easy to use and tiny I wanted to look into other Ipod Products. Question I'd like to get a video type for watching movies when we are on the plane/travel etc. Which one would be the best? She has no problem watching the same one or two over and over again but I need atleast a 4-5 hour battery life. I know I wouldn't be using it to it's fullest capabilities but I would probably only be loading it with Video, the music can be taken care of with the Shuffle. By the way can you use a regular movie dvd and upload it to an Ipod or can you only get them from itunes? Like I said I'm really new to these products. « Show Less
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"All in all I am very happy with how much this tiny Ipod has freed up space in my carry on luggage and my purse." - This is the most wonderful aspect about my iPod. It's just so much more portable than lugging around a DVD player all the time.
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I appreciate the tip about the Sony PSP. I'll Look into that. I actually already have a really good Sony Portable DVD. There are just a couple of problems with it that seem to be the downfall with most Portable DVD players. First it is really pretty bulky and with Airport security and the rest of the craziness with air travel, the less and the lighter the load with a small child in tow is preferable. The other problem is her want to remove/change DVDS on her own which is tending to cause some damage to the DVDs themselves. I still haven't purchased anything because I am really trying to find the best item to suit my needs and I really appreciate the helpful advice. I appreciate the tip about the Sony PSP. I'll Look into that. I actually already have a really good Sony Portable DVD. There are just a couple of problems with it that seem to be the downfall with most Portable DVD players. First it is really pretty bulky and with Airport security and the rest of the craziness with air travel, the less and the lighter the load with a small child in tow is preferable. The other problem is her want to remove/change DVDS on her own which is tending to cause some damage to the DVDs themselves. I still haven't purchased anything because I... » Read More I appreciate the tip about the Sony PSP. I'll Look into that. I actually already have a really good Sony Portable DVD. There are just a couple of problems with it that seem to be the downfall with most Portable DVD players. First it is really pretty bulky and with Airport security and the rest of the craziness with air travel, the less and the lighter the load with a small child in tow is preferable. The other problem is her want to remove/change DVDS on her own which is tending to cause some damage to the DVDs themselves. I still haven't purchased anything because I am really trying to find the best item to suit my needs and I really appreciate the helpful advice. « Show Less
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handbrake is a good tool (for macs & beta version for pc-google search) to covert dvd to ipod format & drag to itunes or your ipod directly.
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Thank you for the information. Since the 32 gb is only $50 more, it would make more sense to me to go with that one and then I can add whatever music I want, whenever I want and whatever genres I want and have an incredible personal jukebox. But I'll keep in mind what you said and I can always change my mind and drop down to the 16 gb. And no, I don't care about the video. If the 16 gb does not have the video function, that might be the way I would go then. Why don't these places just make music players at a less expensive price for those customers who don't want every electronic function that is available at the higher prices? Thank you for the information. Since the 32 gb is only $50 more, it would make more sense to me to go with that one and then I can add whatever music I want, whenever I want and whatever genres I want and have an incredible personal jukebox. But I'll keep in mind what you said and I can always change my mind and drop down to the 16 gb. And no, I don't care about the video. If the 16 gb does not have the video function, that might be the way I would go then. Why don't these places just make music players at a less expensive price for those customers who don't want every electronic function... » Read More Thank you for the information. Since the 32 gb is only $50 more, it would make more sense to me to go with that one and then I can add whatever music I want, whenever I want and whatever genres I want and have an incredible personal jukebox. But I'll keep in mind what you said and I can always change my mind and drop down to the 16 gb. And no, I don't care about the video. If the 16 gb does not have the video function, that might be the way I would go then. Why don't these places just make music players at a less expensive price for those customers who don't want every electronic function that is available at the higher prices? « Show Less
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A 20-minute video I bought from iTunes is 100MB. If you think they're going to use the video feature a lot, I'd go with the 80G.
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A really good MP3 player that I have come across is the SanDisk Sansa e280 8 GB MP3 player. It is a little more expensive than most (I think new it's about $149.99, may be cheaper), however it lasted me about 7 years. It probably would have lasted me longer, except a friend borrowed it and left it in the rain. It is a pretty high quality player. Now on to the itunes issue. Itunes has basically made it so that you can't download music from them onto something that isn't apple, except a desktop computer. I received an itunes gift card once and did not own anything by apple. I downloaded itunes onto my computer easily and then bought a few songs. I did a lot of research and tried and tried to sinc the music onto my MP3 player, but nothing was working. Finally, I tried to download my songs onto a disc, which worked. Then I proceeded to upload that disc onto a different media player (Windows Media Player) on my computer that allowed me to download songs onto my MP3 player. All in all it was a very frustrating and difficult process. If you want to avoid the frustration of having to deal with itunes, I would just get an apple ipod, ipod touch, or something that apple allows itunes to download to. If you really want an MP3 player I would recommend the one I highlighted above.
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I have 8GB on my curent (Gen 4) iPod. I have been wanting to upgrade to a video iPod for a while, but decided to wait hoping a new one would come out (similar to the iPhone). I am a little concerned about only having 16GB, but even more concerned about its shape. Is this iPod expected to fit into current iPod accessories? I have an iDock for my AV receiver, and I'd be bummed if this didn't fit. It came with several adaptors, but I don't think it has any that are for an iPod that thin.
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Basically other than the shape/size there are two basic differences. I will only go into the one since I am assuming you want to know why the nano is priced as high as the video. Basically the difference is that the 30GB Video uses a Harddrive whereas the 4GB Nano uses Flash memory. Flash Memory is solid-state, in other word no moving parts. A harddrive is constantly spinning while in use. So whats the big deal? Being as flash has no moving parts less battery power is used to "put it in motion" therefore the battery will last much longer. Also without those moving parts it is less prone to shock damage, making it a perfect candidate for jogging. And again without moving parts flash has been know to last longer. So does that make the Video a bad player? No The battery still lasts for as much time as anyone would need it too, It can still be used for jogging, but the player may not last as long. What it all comes down to it when and how you use it determines what you should get. I don't jog much and have a large collection of music so I got the 30GB iPod. My friend goes jogging every morning and she has a large music collection as well, she bought the Nano and loves it, not all of the music will fit on it at once, but 4GB is still a lot of music. Just a few thinks to think about before you buy
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Actually if you look at that same specs page you'll see it mentions a dock adapter coming in the box so it shouldn't be a problem either way. For me the ipod touch is everything that I was looking for. Sure it could have been given a power hungry disk drive with more capacity, but flash is the better option hands down. Lower energy consumption with that nice slim form factor and better battery life for the size (look at specs on the classic 160 and you'll see the difference). I don't know why you would need 16gb of music and videos on there at any one time anyways, manual sync people...use it
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I agree with W Yang, with the iphone your locks you into a 2 year contract for very slow internet connection, Steve Jobs himself said this at the release yesterday, that the wifi is a much faster system than what the iphone uses. to me the choice is easy over my current ipod video, larger touch screen, and wifi. i only need about 4gb of music so this will leave me 12gb for video podcasts and movies. and with the flash memory less parts to fail than with a hard drive. Oh and what about a camera, wheres the camera.....lol
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Video consumes more memory cause there is a video and audio. I cant really tell you how many videos and songs you can have on this iPod touch cause I don't know how long and how many videos you will have vs just songs. This iPod touch has 64GB . Not sure how many gb your old ipod classic has. They all come with different capacity.If you want to know how many songs ONLY it can store it still depends on the length of the song but its approx. 10000 songs
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I just got the 16GB for Christmas. After reading all the battery posts, the first thing I did was charge it fully, then play it until the battery died. I got 20+ hours. I think a lot has to do with how often the screen is "lit". If you're constantly shuffling through, picking songs, adjusting volume etc. i think one would get less life than just playing it like I did (the screen was black most of the time since I wasn't adjusting anything). And of course, i would expect video or games to kill the battery even quicker. That would be a good test, play a video straight through and see the life. I don't have any videos loaded, so I can't really test that.
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Actually I have an 8 GB iphone and thought it would be a problem but really the way apple designed the ipod touch and iphone with itunes makes it almost a moot point. You can transfer things in and out of your ipod while you are recharging the battery that even 8GB is plenty. I change my songs about once a month (2000 songs is more than I can listen to), and i dont keep the same movies on my ipod. After you watch a few, you replace them with new ones on itunes with one click. How hard is that? Same for podcasts, they automatically remove the old ones and replace with the new. No other device has the ease of use and ease of transfer of your files, that is why they need lots of external memory crap! Actually I have an 8 GB iphone and thought it would be a problem but really the way apple designed the ipod touch and iphone with itunes makes it almost a moot point. You can transfer things in and out of your ipod while you are recharging the battery that even 8GB is plenty. I change my songs about once a month (2000 songs is more than I can listen to), and i dont keep the same movies on my ipod. After you watch a few, you replace them with new ones on itunes with one click. How hard is that? Same for podcasts, they automatically remove the old ones and replace with the new. No other... » Read More Actually I have an 8 GB iphone and thought it would be a problem but really the way apple designed the ipod touch and iphone with itunes makes it almost a moot point. You can transfer things in and out of your ipod while you are recharging the battery that even 8GB is plenty. I change my songs about once a month (2000 songs is more than I can listen to), and i dont keep the same movies on my ipod. After you watch a few, you replace them with new ones on itunes with one click. How hard is that? Same for podcasts, they automatically remove the old ones and replace with the new. No other device has the ease of use and ease of transfer of your files, that is why they need lots of external memory crap! « Show Less
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As of last summer, I bought my second one (used) thru Amazon for a very low price. It's still works with I Tunes and I have found a goldmine of music videos on U Tube that with a free software converter, called flvto.com, downloads multi videos to I Tunes. Make sure, if you buy one, that you down load Apples updates for it, or it will loose some of your music on it!!
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Depends.Is watching video on your Mp3 player important to you? If so, get the View, no question. The screen is significantly larger. The e280 is a better choice if video isn't important to you. The screen is decent quality, but far too small to be comfortable watching for a long time.The e280 is probably also better if you're looking for a "workout" Mp3 player, since it's smaller and lighter.
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If your friend just needs it for music, then go with the 30 gig. I bought the 80 gig version, but it's complete overkill for me. I don't watch video on it, or even store photos. I keep about 4,500 songs on there, and it maybe takes up 15gigs or so. You can never have enough space, which is a fact for electronics, so I bought the 80 gig version for myself. If your friend is really into video or photos, then definitely get the 80gig version.
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Hi there,i'd like to buy a new 8GB mp3, but, i'm confused between the new ipod nano and zune. people say that the 3rd gen nano has a great battery life now, but, i'm discouraged from transferring my music files to itunes and changing the format (i've been using windows media. so, they're mostly in .wma)Is it true that Zune's software is crippled?being an experienced useer, would you recommend zune or nano? =)thanks a bunch!!
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Right now I have on one of mine, 13.9GB of total usable space (the other 2.1BG takes up the operating system). I currently have 4.35GB of free space left open. The other part is filled up with the following content: That includes 113 full albums averaging between 6 to 15 songs per album using 4.40GB of space and 59 music videos that is using 5.12GB of the storage space. The music videos are assorted sizes form 3.10MB to 177MB. I am always adding and removing songs and videos depending upon what style of music I'm into at the time. It's all drag and drop when you sync it to the player in your pc so moving things around is easy. I always try to leave at least 1 or more GB of free space open so that the music videos don't get jerky. I own more than one of these and it's really more about having not running out of battery before I can get back to recharge. Music uses a lot less battery, but the videos can wear down the battery pretty fast. These are small and very portable and I use them plugged into the car stereo for road trip music playlists and while waiting around in long lines, etc. at sci-fi conventions where it's not easy to get back to the room to recharge. Probably TMI but I hope this helps you in some way!
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Well, it depends on what you are looking for. I have the 30GB iPod with video, and I love it. If you are looking for space go with the 30GB, but if you are looking for something extra sleek and portable, go with the Nano. I am relatively new to the iPod craze as well, so I know why you are going through the back and forth with this. Just decide if you want obscene amounts of space or sleek portability.