Im a first-time buyer and the apple ipod seems to be the best one out there. Any opinions?
2006-10-15 05:21:14 · 6 answers · asked by clarix 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
If not, why is it so popular? Why do ppl hate the ipod? How could a creative zen vision m possibly be better?
2006-10-15 07:43:52 · update #1
how could the vision :m be better? well yes it is better for allot of reasons.
1. sound quality is better. the sound quality of a music player measured by the signal to noise ratio, the higher the value the better sound reproduction you will get. the video ipod is rated at 82 decibels while the vision is rated at 97 db.
2.the ipod video screen has a low defiinition 65,000 color screen while the vision has a high definition 265000 color screen
3. the vision comes with a built in fm reciever and voice recorder
,while in the ipod these are extra add ons you will have to pay for.
4. the vision is compatible with great music services such as Rhapsody,music match,napster,puretracks,yahoo..etc but ipods only work with itunes
5.itunes software for windows is not that great and many people have reported computer crashs and slow down after the program was installed.
6. apple has not addressed the scratch prone screens on thier video ipods, and this is a common problem
7.the vision supports 7 types of video files , and you can convert your dvd's quite easily with free programs over the net, while apple only supports 2 types and to convert any video to these you need to buy the 50 dollar conversion program from apple
8 movies are available for download from Cinema now or amazon movie services, while itunes has only disney movies available.
9. ipods have a battery failure rate from witihin the first 18 months
,there is a lawsuit currently on from upset ipods user of apple charging them 100 dollars to replace the battery
10. the vision has a 5 band equalizer with custom equalizer setting, while ipods don't have this feature
11. ipods/itunes have drm locks which limit the number of players you can download your music to. you may have to buy the same song twice (does that seem fair?)
12. creative was the first company to make mp3 players
13. Creatives background is in digital music and thier computer sound systems,professional recording systems and hi fi systems (cambridge soundworks)
are recognized and the best in the world.Apple's background is in computers
i could go on but i thinki have proved my point
2006-10-15 09:05:50 · answer #1 · answered by ricky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no Ipod is hardly worth your time they are stupid and apple is garbage no matter what they make.
if your lookin for a good mp3 player go creative thye have a lot of choices depenging on what you want.
if you want video: zen vison m or w is a good choice
just music: zen micro or zen or if you need something smaller then a ven v or zen nano (im prety sure the v and nano are both just drag and drop songs and its organized alphabeticly not by album artist and genera but i know the nano i that way i usd to own one nano comes in 1gig and 512 meg)
music and photo: zen sleeker or microphoto (anywhere from 512 meg to 8gig)
2006-10-15 07:36:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah i stand by mine but the only thing i don't like is that sometimes if i dont plug it in to the computer every other or third day i have to take everything off of it and put the software and all of the songs back on it
2006-10-15 05:30:03 · answer #3 · answered by dudeha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO! every1 has an ipod ull become a souless clone!!! get the song nw-a3000 its wicked!
2006-10-15 05:28:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
one of, but try a creative zen as well.
2006-10-15 05:28:10 · answer #5 · answered by insideout72 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a sandisk mp3
2006-10-15 06:00:20 · answer #6 · answered by shifty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋