What MP3 player to get? (1 Viewer)

[Seth G]

Jean D

Available in 15GB or 20GB
Dimensions: 4.1" x 2.7" x 0.86"
Weight: 7.61 oz

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/prod...=19&l=en&s=dhs

 

[Jean D]

Those do look really great. talk about bang for you buck. how long do the batteries typically last? anyone experiance this?

 

[Seth G]

Jean D

According to Anandtech's review ( available here: http://anandtech.com/multimedia/showdoc.aspx?i=2084 ), the batteries lasted:

"The battery life on the Digital Jukebox is specified at 20 hours, and we got approximately 19.5 hours in the first couple of days. It tapered off at 18 to 19 hours after several days of constant use and stayed at that battery rating for the duration of our testing. This is fairly in line with battery degradation that we have seen with other MP3 players."

 

[John Alvarez]

I'm lost on the converter. It says at 128 kbps with a file of 5 meg it is 5 min. 27 sec. and at 64kbps it's 10min. 55 sec. So what does that mean? How much space is it actually taking on the card....I'm so confused...
Never mind. I just figured it out. What's the fastest bit rate that you would want?

 

[Seth G]

John Alvarez

So that means, given you have a 5MB storage medium, encoding at 128 kbps, you can fit 5m27s of music on it. So what you want to do is, plug in how much space you plan on getting (128MB, 256MB, 1GB?), then plug in your bitrate (64, 128, 192?), and it'll tell you how much music you can fit on it.

 

[Seth G]

Sorry, you edited your post while I was typing my reply.

John Alvarez

Well, that's really the big question. This is that personal preference I refered to earlier. How much quality are you willing to sacrifice to get more music on the player? The rule of thumb for MP3s is 128, but some people won't think of going less than 192 or even 256. I haven't used WMA, but I've heard the rule of thumb there is 64 (supposedly equivalent to a 128 MP3). Not familiar enough with AAC or OGG to give an answer for either of those.

 

[John Alvarez]

Thanks a ton. You've been a huge help.

 

[John Alvarez]

Has anyone gotten the Rio Forge 512 yet? I think that's the one I want.
Has anyone seen these yet? http://oakley.com/catalog/eyewear/th...e=oakley_thump
Great idea. Is there something with a player integrated into just the headphones?