CZroe
Lifer
- Jun 24, 2001
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DON'T BUY LAME HARDWARE THAT DOESN'T SUPPORT VBR!
That's the simple solution. Jesus, when the absolute first MP3 CD Players came out they were all shoddy Hong Kong pieces of crap. VBR compatability reared it's ugly head and SO DID CBR! Basically, you're an idiot if you purchase such second-rate MP3 players and then complain that you want your MP3s second rate too :roll:
There's a reason the Phillips RUSH sits unused in my box of crap. It only supports 92k MP3s encoded on the fly to some proprietary crap through some ancient customized version of Real Player G2 and only works with Win98 (Not only because of the old software, but because it uses the parallel port and requires direct I/O). Do your research. I knew that the MVC Soulplayer/Riovolt was the first decent MP3CD player because I reasearched and anticipated it. Then iRiver was born of that and we all know you will never have a VBR, UDF or multi-session compatability problem with any of those. Now, I own and use a Sony MPD-AP20U from Sony's Digital Relay series of external CD-Burners. It's the only one in the series that rivals the Discman in size and style yet it plays GIGABYTES of MP3s from DVD discs. You can't just swap in a new DVD+R when you run out of space on an iPod. Even if you have a 40GB+ iPod, you still don't have solid state media support like the MPD-AP20U's Memory Stick slot. Plus, the MPD-AP20U is so fast that I can detect no buffering or pausing once playback starts making it superior to all the iRiver and Rio optical-disc products (As if DVD support wasn't enough to do that). Of course, if functions so well as a $99 MP3 player (After $50 rebate) that I always forget that it can burn CDs and play DVDs when connected to a PC... I've only done so out of curiosity when the 30hr battery dies and I put it in the charge cradle. Of course, it could support WMA and OGG but stupidly doesn't :|
That's the simple solution. Jesus, when the absolute first MP3 CD Players came out they were all shoddy Hong Kong pieces of crap. VBR compatability reared it's ugly head and SO DID CBR! Basically, you're an idiot if you purchase such second-rate MP3 players and then complain that you want your MP3s second rate too :roll:
There's a reason the Phillips RUSH sits unused in my box of crap. It only supports 92k MP3s encoded on the fly to some proprietary crap through some ancient customized version of Real Player G2 and only works with Win98 (Not only because of the old software, but because it uses the parallel port and requires direct I/O). Do your research. I knew that the MVC Soulplayer/Riovolt was the first decent MP3CD player because I reasearched and anticipated it. Then iRiver was born of that and we all know you will never have a VBR, UDF or multi-session compatability problem with any of those. Now, I own and use a Sony MPD-AP20U from Sony's Digital Relay series of external CD-Burners. It's the only one in the series that rivals the Discman in size and style yet it plays GIGABYTES of MP3s from DVD discs. You can't just swap in a new DVD+R when you run out of space on an iPod. Even if you have a 40GB+ iPod, you still don't have solid state media support like the MPD-AP20U's Memory Stick slot. Plus, the MPD-AP20U is so fast that I can detect no buffering or pausing once playback starts making it superior to all the iRiver and Rio optical-disc products (As if DVD support wasn't enough to do that). Of course, if functions so well as a $99 MP3 player (After $50 rebate) that I always forget that it can burn CDs and play DVDs when connected to a PC... I've only done so out of curiosity when the 30hr battery dies and I put it in the charge cradle. Of course, it could support WMA and OGG but stupidly doesn't :|
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