On the subject of mp3 players
Feb. 7th, 2010 09:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
almaviva90Although I probably won't be able to buy a new mp3 player at this very minute, it doesn't hurt to contemplate one's options, I guess. At the moment, I'm trying to decide whether to stick to my trusty old friend Creative by getting the Creative X-Fi 2 (www.creative.com/products/mp3/ZenXFi2/) or give in to the ipod/Apple craze which everyone goes on about with the iPod Touch.
One thing I like about Creative is that they're usually break-resistant, the sound quality is pretty good and even dropping it a couple of times by accident doesn't seem to do anything to it. Plus they can play WMA files which the iPod can't (unless you convert WMA to MP3) which is sort of a problem since every time I rip music from CDs, Windows Media Player just converts them into WMAs and I seriously do not want to convert a large part of my music library from WMA to MP3. iTunes also gives me some misgivings since EVERYTHING has to be transferred/organised via the program.
On the other hand, the iPod Touch is admittedly very cool and can access the internet. But I'm not sure how long the battery life lasts on average (Creative players last perhaps for 2 and a half years?)...plus the real lack of alternative video formats to play (only MP4, mov and some other rather obscure formats [to me, at least]) is concerning me since a lot of my videos are either in WMV and AVI. I know I can convert them but seriously, do I seem to want to convert nearly everything (music and video) just for the sake of getting them to play on the iPod? Also does anyone know how good the sound quality is on the iPod and how does it stand to the occasional 'abuse' of getting accidentally dropped on the floor? XDDD
One thing I like about Creative is that they're usually break-resistant, the sound quality is pretty good and even dropping it a couple of times by accident doesn't seem to do anything to it. Plus they can play WMA files which the iPod can't (unless you convert WMA to MP3) which is sort of a problem since every time I rip music from CDs, Windows Media Player just converts them into WMAs and I seriously do not want to convert a large part of my music library from WMA to MP3. iTunes also gives me some misgivings since EVERYTHING has to be transferred/organised via the program.
On the other hand, the iPod Touch is admittedly very cool and can access the internet. But I'm not sure how long the battery life lasts on average (Creative players last perhaps for 2 and a half years?)...plus the real lack of alternative video formats to play (only MP4, mov and some other rather obscure formats [to me, at least]) is concerning me since a lot of my videos are either in WMV and AVI. I know I can convert them but seriously, do I seem to want to convert nearly everything (music and video) just for the sake of getting them to play on the iPod? Also does anyone know how good the sound quality is on the iPod and how does it stand to the occasional 'abuse' of getting accidentally dropped on the floor? XDDD
