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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sandwich on December 27, 2002, 06:36:44 am
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(http://gearmedia.ign.com/gear/image/iriver_slimx_350_big.jpg)
The iRiver iMP-350 SlimX CD/MP3 player - indisputably the best one on the market (with the exception of it's brand-new upgraded sibling, the iMP-400...).
Check out the specs and pics (http://www.iriver.com/product/detail.asp?idx=5&product_name=iMP-350), or read a review (http://gear.ign.com/articles/318084p1.html).
Personally, I just love it. :D I forgot to post about it when I got back from my trip, what with catching up to HLP and all, but I finally remembered. I have never been more satisfied with having spent $150 as I have with the SlimX. :nod: :yes: :yes:
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Seems nice, but I'd rather get an MP3 player for my car...
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Originally posted by Styxx
Seems nice, but I'd rather get an MP3 player for my car...
dito. tho the next expensive thing I'll get is most likely a dvd-burner, not a "I'll use it twice" gadget :p
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This is my toy :)
Simply drag and drop MP3's onto the minidisc and it converts them. Takes about half an hour to do a full disc but if the files are already converted it takes about 10 minutes.
Holds about 80 songs (280 minutes) on a single minidisc, takes one battery. In fact I used a single AA battery, 8 hours a day for an entire week.
Expensive but oh so worth it :)
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sandwiches is more funkyer :)
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For that money you could get the Nomad Zen which can take 333 hours of music on it (comparing it to the net md) init.
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Originally posted by Mr Carrot
For that money you could get the Nomad Zen which can take 333 hours of music on it (comparing it to the net md) init.
Yeah but I already had a minidisc player before I got it, so I had loads of discs knocking about so it's like 280 minutes * 15 discs. I don't think I even have that much music and it doesn't matter that it's not solid state because the anti-shock is the most incredible I've ever experienced.
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I'll stick with my Archos. I can stuff the biggest 2.5" (notebook) hard drive in it and tote it around and play music/audiobooks all day, and it works as a standard windows hard drive. AND you can use it with any system that has stereo inputs or a tape deck (ie: most). Even with its current 6gig drive, I can't use all the space for music. I'm no audiophile, so I sample at 96kbs for music and 16kbs for spoken word. its got DAYS of music--and the batteries last for about 2 days per charge.
Oh, and its upgradable. :D
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Bling Bling! .... :blah:
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This is mine. :D I've had this for about for years or something. This is almost the exact same model except mine is probably older than this model and has smaller buttons. :p
(http://www.lenoxx.com/CD%20Personals/IMAGES/cd-50.jpg)
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Originally posted by 01010
...and it doesn't matter that it's not solid state because the anti-shock is the most incredible I've ever experienced.
How long does it have? Mine has 8 minutes. :D
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Originally posted by Sandwich
How long does it have? Mine has 8 minutes. :D
I'm not sure to be honest but I have it in my pocket at work all day (9 hours constantly) and I'm bumping it about and knocking it quite severely a lot and it's never skipped because of that. In fact the only time it skips is if I get dust on the discs.
But what annoys me about anti-shock usually is the battery drainage, my old MD used to go through a battery every two hours if it was bumped about all the time. This thing would probably run on air given the chance :)
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I've got a Sony MZ-R37 minidisc player, got it two years ago. Not quite as spiffy, but it fits in my pocket and that's all that counts!
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Joey's looks alot like my old Koss.
I now use a sony. That thing rarely skips (ie: end of battery)
My newest gadget (thanks to christmas;) ) is a Canon ZR-40 Mini DV Camera. It is mighty sweet! And cheaper than the Sony equivalent.
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I don't think my Archos has ever skipped. I've used it whilst jogging, without incident.
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Originally posted by Sandwich
The iRiver iMP-350 SlimX CD/MP3 player - indisputably the best one on the market
Heheh, Jed told me about this. ;) Oh, and look what I've got! :D
(http://www.steves-digicams.com/2002_reviews/sony_p31/p31_front_blk.jpg)
Oh whoops, wrong thread. ;)
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*Has uncontroable urge to show off a real Digital camera to Setekh*
(http://www.sonystyle.com/intershoproot/eCS/Store/en/imagesProducts/250x250/DSCP71.jpg)
:D
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Ooh..I just got a Creative Nomad Jukebox 3 AND a crappy Emerson. I'm using the Nomad right now. 20 gigs of space. Very nice.
Yours looks like it was designed around the year 2015, though. I love the way it looks, and I don't want to read the review because it'll make me feel inferior. :p
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
*Has uncontroable urge to show off a real Digital camera to Setekh*
(http://www.sonystyle.com/intershoproot/eCS/Store/en/imagesProducts/250x250/DSCP71.jpg)
:D
Booooo! :D Twice the price for a bit of zoom and an extra megapixel? Booooo! ;)
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Originally posted by Setekh
Booooo! :D Twice the price for a bit of zoom and an extra megapixel? Booooo! ;)
*drools*
Dude! That itsy bit of zoom is equivalent to twice the megapixelage for pictures you can't get any close to, and that extra megapixelage is equivalent to a bit more zoom otherwise!
*disagrees with Setekh for once in his life*
:p
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Originally posted by Sandwich
*disagrees with Setekh for once in his life*
MY GOD WHAT HAVE I DONE!?!?!
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Originally posted by Sandwich
Dude! That itsy bit of zoom is equivalent to twice the megapixelage for pictures you can't get any close to, and that extra megapixelage is equivalent to a bit more zoom otherwise!
I assume it's optical and not digital zoom?
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Originally posted by Shrike
I assume it's optical and not digital zoom?
Yes, in my mind that is granted - "digital zoom" isn't worthy of the name any more than a microscope is good as a telescope. :rolleyes:
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Originally posted by Sandwich
Dude! That itsy bit of zoom is equivalent to twice the megapixelage for pictures you can't get any close to, and that extra megapixelage is equivalent to a bit more zoom otherwise!
All that for a student with almost zero income?! *cries* Sorry man, as budget cameras go zoom isn't much of an option. Besides, for the type of camera-work I usually do, I can generally get physically closer to my subjects - family members. ;)
Originally posted by Sandwich
Yes, in my mind that is granted - "digital zoom" isn't worthy of the name any more than a microscope is good as a telescope. :rolleyes:
*agrees with Sandwich wholeheartedly* Well, things are back to normal. ;)
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Originally posted by Setekh
Heheh, Jed told me about this. ;) Oh, and look what I've got! :D
Bah.
* hugs own Canon reflex film cam *
Not that that cam isn't good, I almost got myself one for Christmas... It's a shame that there are practically no good digital cams (I mean, reflex-style, with "pluggable" lenses and stuff) around here that cost less than 10k bucks.
:p
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Cool! :nod::yes:
(pathetic.. I was away for one week and the 1st and only thing I can say is cool...)
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Originally posted by Styxx
It's a shame that there are practically no good digital cams (I mean, reflex-style, with "pluggable" lenses and stuff) around here that cost less than 10k bucks.
Mmmm, digital SLR. :) Anyway, 10k bucks... what's that in USD? The cheapest one I can find around here is AUD$1500, about USD$700.
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That's about 3k USD. It varies constantly, though.
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Originally posted by Setekh
Mmmm, digital SLR. :) Anyway, 10k bucks... what's that in USD? The cheapest one I can find around here is AUD$1500, about USD$700.
What my brother said. And remember that around here we have something like 60% to 100% import taxes over hi-tech stuff, that's why it gets so expensive even in US dollars.
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Yeah, we get taxed into oblivion too, which I suppose is a pain short-term, but we get sweet social security. ;)
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Originally posted by Setekh
Yeah, we get taxed into oblivion too, which I suppose is a pain short-term, but we get sweet social security. ;)
We just get the taxes.