IPodalicious *quest for a new media player*

Moving this old geezer in to the next generation of media

Published on January 15, 2006 By HG_Eliminator In Personal Computing

I recently broke my old portable media player (apparently it was not fire proof.*dont ask*)

so i was on a quest for a new player... I wanted a feature rich player that was fun as well as functional....i researched online, the many various media
players..Creative,IRiver,Zvue.etc.

After a weeks worth of investigating I settled on the Video capable, 5th
generation Ipod by Apple,Black.. A worth while investment.. Even tho I still feel it is a
lil over priced.(it makes me nervous to part with $300 and get handed a box I could barely fit 2 jeweled CD cases in) . At first glance it looked like some kind of cheezy $19.99 old style hand held video game like my kids get from walmart, but alas looks can be decieving.

I knew that under that simple design was 30 gigs of fun wating to be unleashed. first I ran the installer. (I already use itunes to organize my music so thre wasent much to install). and hooked the Ipod up to its usb connector.in seconds the ipod was recognized by Itunes and ready to play with...soon i was in download heaven. tranfering playlists and music files to my newest toy...but did i stop at music? noooo... i had to try out the picture function,, as well as the movie capability...so i grabed a few pics of the family and a video i made of our Christmas day carryings on...after recodeing the video to Ipod's movie format.. i was all ready to go..unhooked it from the PC and started my testing the toy out...first was getting used to the touch wheel or Click wheel as they refer it to... while the wheel looks simple, it is more advanced than meets the eye ..while it has the standard play, stop,next and prev functions it also has a touch sensitive wheel effect. Newer lap tops have this style of pad on the key board for a mouse ( you run your finger alog the pad and the cursor moves) The one on the Ipod is wheel shaped and controlls functions like volume as well as position scanning in playback mode ... in menu mode it controls the menu highlighter up and down to select the various menu items you want..Tho it gets a little getting used to (the wheel is a lil sensitive to the touch) I barely moved myfinger and BOOM full volume. needless to say the wife gave me a odd look as my startled self jumped. after hitting pause *and regaining my composure* i decided to look at the pics and movies...pics were clear and clean the movie was equally nice to watch.Every thing worked smoothly and as it should have....

As I get more familiar with it the Ipod further impresses me with its ease of use as well as well thought out extras.for instance the Screen lock... this handy lil function alows the owner to lock the Ipod so it cant be used unless the code you previously specified has been entered...*handy to keep your files safe if you use the ipod to store your secure data*...

all in all im feeling much better about my investment..

Comments (Page 2)

Corky_O

on Jan 17, 2006

Sorry about that Corky as I didn't know you had WMA files

NP. Kona.

dave86

on Jan 21, 2006

30 Gig in Black - I believe this is the same as HG has indicated in the thread topic.

Whoops

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werewolf

on Jan 27, 2006

Is it still possible to get a new Ipod w/out all the video stuff? Just the music player? Apple doesn't seem to sell them anymore. (A full Ipod, not a nano or shuffle)

kona0197

on Jan 28, 2006

Ebay would be the best bet for that Werewolf.

Corky_O

on Jan 28, 2006

If you go to the Apple Store page http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore and look on the lower left, you will see a listing for "Refurbished".

There are a couple of listings for the 20 GB, and at least 1 for the 40 GB full iPods, and are listed as "Apple Certified".

Tominated

on Jan 29, 2006

no fair.

I'm stuck with my stupid ipod mini 1G that I got when they first came out.
I WANT A 5G IPOD!

HG_Eliminator

on Jan 29, 2006

IMO its worth the $$ .. i use it daily at work..all day long .. i have movies and music on it....both of which i listen to at work.. even wth 500+ songs on it i listen to the movies too. i would recommend getting a tough skin for it .. friday it dropped out of my truck as i was getting out of it ... it fell 15 feet and hit the hard rock ground .i was OMG!!!no!!!!.but i checked it over, no damage and still works like a charm... this is the one i got in black ..it's definately worth the investment.. http://www.speckproducts.com/vid-toughskin.html

Corky_O

on Jan 30, 2006

Got the iPod (30 GB black), got the tough skin in black, got the "XtremeMac" sportwrap (arm-band iPod holder).....

Jogging has never been more fun. 2200+ songs in 14+ GB......I'm in heaven now.

Thanks for the final push, HG.

HG_Eliminator

on Feb 01, 2006

any time corky...

i love my lil Ipod..it goes every where i do:)

kona0197

on Feb 01, 2006

I quit taking my MP3 player to work since I got a new stereo for the car.

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