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50Cent
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I want to buy a MP3 player that:
-isnt an ipod
-reasonable memory 1.5gb+ (none of those 256 mb rubbish)
-looks good
-not too chunky
with a budget of around £150- £200
any1 with any suggestions, i have looked around but the ones that fit my criteria are pretty ugly. I am intrigued by the Rio Riot ones but i can find many good ones.....that fit what i want.
however i might consider getting one with %12 MB (cos thats like 80 songs) but it would have to be cheap and small..
Thanks for any info
Twista 
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mixin
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if not an ipod.. how bout an ipod mini 
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50Cent
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hehe 
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50Cent
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anyone with any ideas???
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masseur
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I'd check out advanced mp3 players as they have a pretty good range of whats available today
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50Cent
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okay thanks for the link
ooo i might have found the ONE!
Xclef HD-800 20GB MP3 Jukebox
Has any one got one??? feedback would be nice...i'm off to search for reviews.
or this one
Archos Gmini 120SP
Kind Regards
Twista
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Fritz24
Joined: Jul 25, 2003
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From: Nottingham, England
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Today I ordered the I-River IHP-120. Somebody at work has got one and it looks excellent, and I've not read one bad user review on the web.
I'll let people know what it's like when I get it delivered 
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Krakan
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I just got my Xclef HD-800 and is VERY pleased. Had an HD-500 before which was my favourite toy for 3 months. Now with the "upgrade" to HD-800 I am an even more happy "gadget-guy".
It serves my needs perfectly since i already have a small flash player (Jens of Sweden MP100 with 256 MB).
I scanned the market completely and found that the HD-500 was best value for the money. However, I recommend you to chip in that extra money for the HD-800 - it's worth it !
Main benefits with HD-500 still beats the HD-800 though;
The HD-500 has a standard 2,5" harddrive (lap-top type, 20 or 40 GB). Even the battery is of standard type that can be found in well sorted electronics stores. So the two main weak points with a (any) harddrive type player can be replaced if there would be problems in future.
HD-800 has an 1.8" harddrive and built-in battery that will probably be more expensive and troublesome to replace if anything should fail in future. But I have very high trust in Asono support so far so it should not be a problem I hope (Asono is my local dealer for HD-800).
I have all music organized in folders with structure "genre-artist-album-tracks". Makes tree navigation really simple. Connected to PC with Music Match 8.2 I can organize playlists and ID3-tags easily. Playlists are saved directly to the HD-800 and so far I have not seen any limitations on number of playlists or how long playlists you have.
The real +1 features are:
+ Design. It looks VERY nice and solid.
+ Simple and powerful navigation (folder browsing or name search).
+ Sound quality. 5 different presets and one custom setting on equalizer is enough for my needs.
+ Battery life (12-16 hours depending on temperature + how much you use the buttons= lighting up the display).
+ Playlist (M3U-files), as many as you want, as big as you want.
+ really fast file transfer with USB2.0 : 16 GB in 20 minutes (4000 MP3-files).
+ works as an external harddrive and any data format is accepted for storing. No limitations with copy protected music.
Real improvements compared to the HD-500;
Size - it is now really pocket sized -actually smaller than iPod !
Much better radio, HD-500 radio was not really that good actually.
Auto synchronization for Line-In (that player can make separate MP3-files from recording a full Audio CD with several individual tracks).
For me 20 GB (or 18,6GB that is the real size when you re-calculate 20 000 MB in binary format) is slightly too small. I would like to see a 40-60 GB drive in this kind of player. But that's my very personal opinion.
Conclusion:
HD-800 is a very good player and should give iPod and iRiver a good match. It's my preferred choise anyway !
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Fritz24
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I'm sure that was a copy of a review I read somewhere 
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50Cent
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On 2004-03-22 10:51:20, Fritz24 wrote:
Today I ordered the I-River IHP-120. Somebody at work has got one and it looks excellent, and I've not read one bad user review on the web.
I'll let people know what it's like when I get it delivered
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yeah my bro has that MP3 player, so i dont really want the same one. Thats why i'm loking at Xclef HD-800
@Krakan, thanks for the feedback mate
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ShawO
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any1 for sony? just got mine in the mail last week
a long awaited upgrade from my trusty old sony nw-ms9
(yups... true blue sony fan)
cost me around 240pounds but it's packaged wif some shitty earphones... go grab yourself some decent headphones
the ms-90d is great since i love fiddling wif small gadgets
512mb built in wif a max capacity 128mb msduo slot (nopes... it doesn't support the pro duo). i know duos are obscenely priced but sandisk duos are relatively cheap... got my 128 for like 40pounds.
the built in battery lasted me a good 30hours or so but u have to dock it in in order to recharge 
NOTE: it is NOT an mp3 player... you must convert music into it's own format before you can transfer it onto the player.
small price to pay for something so damn cool
plus... i managed to cram 350 songs into this baby (512+128) but since its using the old usb standard (usb1?) tansfer time is a pain!
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50Cent
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yeah but for that kinda money ur im better off gettin the xclef cos i have a lotts songs...
plus with sony i reckon ur kinda paying a bit too much for the name, u could get the same kinda thing for much cheaper, but the again the sony is pretty cool!
INCLUDED IN THE BOX:
Xclef HD-800 20GB MP3 Jukebox
Earphones
USB Cable
Driver CD
AC Adapter
User Manual
Line-In Cable
LCD Remote control (optional accessory - due in 1 - 2 months) !!!!
Carry Case
whats with the LCD remote!!!!! we have to pay extra for it?
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ShawO
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well... the main reason i got a sony is durability...
others haf suffered broken screens, hard drives, casings... 
well... old chinese saying...
cheap thing no good, good thing no cheap
hmm... how bout the ipod mini?
http://www.firebox.com/?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=749
but 8hours battery life on all ipods is a shame
even my old sony lasted 10hours
(ok... nuff bout sony already i know! )
4gig is acceptable tho i haven't seen any of them around yet
and aren;t they just gorgeous?
happy hunting
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50Cent
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nah, but for that amount of money for just 4 gigs sucks.... dont u think? the xclef looks much better and pretty much the same price.
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Fritz24
Joined: Jul 25, 2003
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I know the I-River is a bit more pricey (got mine for £250.00) but it's superb. Got mine on Tuesday and been playing with it ever since. Just plug straight into the PC, no need to install software. Drag and drop files across. Fantastic sound quality. Inline remote control that controls ALL functions of the player.
Get one
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Posted: 2004-03-12 12:48
ink p800:: 
urple t630:: 
