greyjhu

Any suggestions? I am leaning towards getting something that runs off a memory card instead of a hard drive (like the ipod). Going to use it while skiing, and don't think a hard drive is the best idea because of impacts and shock.

Thanks!

zamo

I got this for my mom

Sandisk Silver 1GB MP3 Player

$138.69 - $30 rebate = $108.69

It is really tiny and has FM too

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=158097

jruss9819

I don't know about shocks/ impact upsetting the HD. I drop my Dell Jukebox all the time and have never have any issues with it. The dell is a good product if you change your mind.

greyjhu

Wow, that's a great deal! I may have to buy that one-

97Acura3.0CL

i got a creative zen xtra 40 gb

Repo1234

The Ipod has a 25 second skip protection feature.

Doom878

Can you drag files from one hard drive to the one set up by the mp3 player on your unit? I hear the software sucks and I do that for my flash player.

Red-CL

I got a PVP (portable Video Player).

These own Ipods............





http://www.archos.com/products/overv...00_series.html

darrinb

i like the dell one

zamo

RCA Lyra is pretty cool too, and cheaper

Red-CL

It's reviews are horrible and it doesn't do nearly as much.

The RCA Lyra is what got me into PVP's though. My friend has one.

NewAgePirate

I got a Creative Zen Touch 20 gig. I like it.

SMILEY

Check these i-pod killers. I have the Xclef 8500 and am real happy with it. They also have the 256MB flash player right now for $70 bucks...

http://www.digmind.com/store/index.html

Doom878

How long have you had it for? They're a little more than the Creative but offer more features.

SMILEY

If you are asking me... I've had it for about 3 months now. I bought the 40GB and I have over 3000 songs a crap load of of pics and vids and you can save word and powerpoint files, all kinds of stuff and I'm not even half ways full in space. My co-worker bought the creative 40GB also and paid more than I did and has less features than mine...

Doom878

Whoops. Creative can be had for $200 but I guess he didn't shop around. Can you drag files over from your hard drive to the player's drive or do you have to use software?

SMILEY

Just drag them over. It's just like saving something into a thumb drive. Another thing I like is you can record music from the headphone jack of any computer or discman as well.

Doom878

Wow that DMC Xclef 500 looks pretty badass. Anywhere to buy it other than that page as it appears to be sold out for now?

Best feature: Upgrade the hard drive later on.

Any update to search via artists?

SMILEY

dam they must of sold out for Christmas... I know I have seen new ones on e-bay before...

Doom878

There's a store that sells them on ebay. They only have right now the 100GB one for $500 but I'll wait until mid-Jan at least to start pricing.

Doom878

Oh yeah forgot to ask. Is it sturdier than the Creative? Is it easier to cycle through songs? I read that the DMC had some disadvantages as far as browsing. I really don't care for the FM tuner as I'll mostly use it in my car nor the recorder. Is this thing really a better mp3 player.

PS: Sorry for asking so many questions but you seem to be the only one with experience with both.

Arram

where is the rebate stuff? i mite get one

Arram

oh buy.com has it for 120 after rebate with free shipping

SMILEY

I'm not to sure about creative, but I take my DMC to the gym and also run with it. All I know is my co-worker told me to buy the DMC because he was not to happy with his creative. He also convinced his roomate to buy a DMC and he ended up buying the 100GB. I could browse through my folders easily. The only thing I can say I don't like is it takes about aminute to fully turn on, but I was told it's just like turning on a computer. I dunno what else to say, but that I think it was money well spent...

chikai

i just picked one up before christmas:

https://acurazine.com/forums/ramblings-12/picked-up-new-mp3-player-mpio-fl300-256mb-163801/

Doom878

I already have a 128mb flash player for the gym. I wouldn't take this thing in. MOstly for car use. Why didn't he like his Creative?

craigyg69

check out www.iaudio.com they have very nice flash players. I have the G3, it's extremely easy to use, and works very well.

Doom878

That's a nice player but a little pricey. Man so many out there.