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 dripping destruction  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929  |
QUOTE(mipadi @ Sep 11 2005, 6:21 AM) Uh, that's great. I didn't assert the iPod had a color screen first; I pointed out to Latinprep that, contrary to what he said, iPods have a color screen.  and i didn't say you were wrong either. 
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| *kryogenix* |
Sep 12 2005, 08:56 PM
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I just found out some irivers have Ogg Vorbis support. Hooray!
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Sep 12 2005, 09:00 PM
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 What up, dawg? Group: Member Posts: 235 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 19,480 |
I have an iPod and I love it. iTunes is great, the device itself is great, and so is the sound quality. The only thing I don't like is the short battery life.
My best friend has an iRiver and he loves it. The only thing he doesn't like is the fact that it doesn't have a good music program for the computer. It's cheaper and it holds alot of stuff and it can fit better in your pocket. It really just depends on whether you want to go for the practical iRiver or the incredibly sexy iPod. Rin-chan |
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Sep 12 2005, 09:01 PM
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dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
oh yes.
i forgot to metion ogg vorbis. it's quite a draw for some. open source! (^ and really, if you need an ipod to get laid, that's sad.  )
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Sep 12 2005, 09:13 PM
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Are oggs that big of a deal? I've only felt the need for them once, but I later found the files in mp3 anyway. Besides which, they're mainly linux, right?
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Sep 12 2005, 09:16 PM
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QUOTE(tweeak @ Sep 12 2005, 10:13 PM) Are oggs that big of a deal? I've only felt the need for them once, but I later found the files in mp3 anyway. Besides which, they're mainly linux, right? It's a free compression algorithm, which means that companies who wish to have Ogg Vorbis support don't have to pay for a license. (It's Ogg Vorbis or just Vorbis, by the way, not Ogg; Ogg is just the most common wrapper for Vorbis-compressed files.) |
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Sep 12 2005, 09:25 PM
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Oh, ok. Interesting. (and I had just assume call them Ogg since I've seen .ogg but I'll keep that in mind)
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Sep 12 2005, 09:29 PM
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Ogg Vorbis files are higher quality than mp3 files. However, I think they require a more robust processor, which is why some manufacturers opt not to include Vorbis support (also, it's not nearly as poplar as mp3's, but it's growing).
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Sep 12 2005, 09:53 PM
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dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
ogg is the package
vorbis is the codex... like... .rm real media. you can have music, you can have video. .ogg can be music and (theoretically) video. at least, that's my understanding of it. and ogg does hit battery life a bit. |
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Sep 12 2005, 10:09 PM
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 "my girls rock balenciaga and smoke mad marijuana" Group: Member Posts: 2,089 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 70,049 |
as much as i really want the new iPOD ; the skinny one whatever. i dont really like to support apple; the way the technology they use is very poor; i enjoy CREATIVE! hehe the mini m0vo! great for everyday use the battery even last 15 hours or maybe a little less! but very good for 100$ or less [now.] even has an screen which a ipod shuffle has not. yeahh...oh AND it works with wondows media player...[free songs] most likely!
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Sep 13 2005, 11:40 PM
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 Wow, i dont know whats going on... Group: Member Posts: 1,439 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 10,977 |
QUOTE(tweeak @ Sep 12 2005, 9:13 PM) Are oggs that big of a deal? I've only felt the need for them once, but I later found the files in mp3 anyway. Besides which, they're mainly linux, right? They have better sound and quality then the mp3 format, which is atleast 10 years old. I personally likc the ogg vorbis format, it's quite good. Most new mp3's should allow them to play. I know the h300s use it, im not sure about the h10's, but they might, not sure about the flash players either though. . Ipod Had them since 3rd generation I think. Creative probably does, they are the kings of sound. "If you snapped the Razor, or the Nano you should not be allowed to touch expensive things. " - Hahahaha, true dat. |
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Sep 14 2005, 09:07 AM
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QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Sep 8 2005, 10:56 PM) the PMC the PMP and the H300 show video, so that's three. The H300 shows videos? Wow didn't know that, I went to the iRiver site when they already stopped manufacturing them... |
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Sep 14 2005, 03:06 PM
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Wow, i dont know whats going on... Group: Member Posts: 1,439 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 10,977 |
QUOTE(xnofearx @ Sep 14 2005, 9:07 AM) The H300 shows videos? Wow didn't know that, I went to the iRiver site when they already stopped manufacturing them... They stopped making the h320's, but they are still making the h340s |
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Sep 14 2005, 06:59 PM
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dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
^ they've apparently stopped those too.
yea, it's hard to get any h300s anymore. they rock tho, and their value (used) is increasing. once rockbox is enabled on them, they'll be perfectly wonderful. i can keep upgrading this thing for a while before i need a new one. |
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Sep 14 2005, 10:11 PM
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Wow, i dont know whats going on... Group: Member Posts: 1,439 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 10,977 |
QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Sep 14 2005, 6:59 PM) ^ they've apparently stopped those too. yea, it's hard to get any h300s anymore. they rock tho, and their value (used) is increasing. once rockbox is enabled on them, they'll be perfectly wonderful. i can keep upgrading this thing for a while before i need a new one. I never really understood what rockbox really was. I found out about it through hackaday.com and it was about archos. It did have an iRiver section, but didn't quite understand. |
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Sep 14 2005, 10:27 PM
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dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
it's homebrew, opensource firmware.
kind of like linux. |
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Sep 15 2005, 04:26 AM
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cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
I actually ran into an H300 series yesterday, in the pictures I saw they look rather big, but I saw it in person and they actually look really nice...
Though I dislike the buttons, but than again we're not looking for looks, we want functions... |
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