Mp3 Player

[Elcs]

Originally posted by: BoomAM

Originally posted by: Elcs
I disagree here. Without an FM Tuner, you may be without access to breaking news that is on the radio. My Nokia 3300 plays MP3's (enough for me) and Ive used the tuner a lot even though the quality is poor. Kept me up to date during Euro 2004. Plus, one of my favourite radio programs is a chatshow and contains very little music. Most times, Id rather listen to that than music if I had the choice.

But the chances are that you`ll have you phone with you as well as your MP3 player. So why carry two radios?

Afaik, AAC is one of the best loss formats around. I dont know how it compares to to ogg, but i`d imagine that a mpeg4 based codec would be better than mpeg3.

My phone is a phone (obviously), mp3 player and radio in 1. I was just stating that a Radio is not always a useless feature. I use my radio function quite often.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: Elcs

Originally posted by: BoomAM

Originally posted by: Elcs
I disagree here. Without an FM Tuner, you may be without access to breaking news that is on the radio. My Nokia 3300 plays MP3's (enough for me) and Ive used the tuner a lot even though the quality is poor. Kept me up to date during Euro 2004. Plus, one of my favourite radio programs is a chatshow and contains very little music. Most times, Id rather listen to that than music if I had the choice.

But the chances are that you`ll have you phone with you as well as your MP3 player. So why carry two radios?

Afaik, AAC is one of the best loss formats around. I dont know how it compares to to ogg, but i`d imagine that a mpeg4 based codec would be better than mpeg3.

My phone is a phone (obviously), mp3 player and radio in 1. I was just stating that a Radio is not always a useless feature. I use my radio function quite often.

ogg is nothing like mp3, AFAIK, it's a from the ground up, new codec.
As for your "no one in the UK listens to AM", not true IMO. I know plenty of people who listen to AM, mainly for Radio 5 (our main sports radio AFAIK).
Personally, I think that the iPods lack of support for common codecs (and since I don't use ITunes, Apple format is a null point), is its weakest point. I "need" wma support, because I already have a fair few CD's ripped in wma format, and because I'm getting a new player, I haven't ripped CD's recently, because they will either be encoded in wma or ogg (depending on which I get), as the two seem superior (to me) to mp3.

 

[EGGO]

Listening for 15 hours at a time isn't the only reason to want good battery life - who wants to be bothered charging something daily? It's maintenence, and the time spent doing it adds up.

Dude, you just plug it in. It takes less than 5 seconds to plug it in and take it out. As you're putting music on it it charges. I put more "maintenence" time on my cell phone than I do with my iPod.

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: EGGO

Listening for 15 hours at a time isn't the only reason to want good battery life - who wants to be bothered charging something daily? It's maintenence, and the time spent doing it adds up.

Dude, you just plug it in. It takes less than 5 seconds to plug it in and take it out. As you're putting music on it it charges. I put more "maintenence" time on my cell phone than I do with my iPod.

What if you decide to go somewhere on the spur of the moment? What if you don't get around to it? There are many benefits to higher battery life other than simply listening to it for umpteen hours at a time.

 

[Elcs]

Originally posted by: Lonyo

Originally posted by: Elcs

Originally posted by: BoomAM

Originally posted by: Elcs
I disagree here. Without an FM Tuner, you may be without access to breaking news that is on the radio. My Nokia 3300 plays MP3's (enough for me) and Ive used the tuner a lot even though the quality is poor. Kept me up to date during Euro 2004. Plus, one of my favourite radio programs is a chatshow and contains very little music. Most times, Id rather listen to that than music if I had the choice.

But the chances are that you`ll have you phone with you as well as your MP3 player. So why carry two radios?

Afaik, AAC is one of the best loss formats around. I dont know how it compares to to ogg, but i`d imagine that a mpeg4 based codec would be better than mpeg3.

My phone is a phone (obviously), mp3 player and radio in 1. I was just stating that a Radio is not always a useless feature. I use my radio function quite often.

ogg is nothing like mp3, AFAIK, it's a from the ground up, new codec.
As for your "no one in the UK listens to AM", not true IMO. I know plenty of people who listen to AM, mainly for Radio 5 (our main sports radio AFAIK).
Personally, I think that the iPods lack of support for common codecs (and since I don't use ITunes, Apple format is a null point), is its weakest point. I "need" wma support, because I already have a fair few CD's ripped in wma format, and because I'm getting a new player, I haven't ripped CD's recently, because they will either be encoded in wma or ogg (depending on which I get), as the two seem superior (to me) to mp3.

I listen to Magic 115.2 AM when the Sunderland matches are played on Metro Radio 97.1 FM. Cant miss listening to Newcastle play.

 

[BoomAM]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
ogg is nothing like mp3, AFAIK, it's a from the ground up, new codec.
As for your "no one in the UK listens to AM", not true IMO. I know plenty of people who listen to AM, mainly for Radio 5 (our main sports radio AFAIK).
Personally, I think that the iPods lack of support for common codecs (and since I don't use ITunes, Apple format is a null point), is its weakest point. I "need" wma support, because I already have a fair few CD's ripped in wma format, and because I'm getting a new player, I haven't ripped CD's recently, because they will either be encoded in wma or ogg (depending on which I get), as the two seem superior (to me) to mp3.

Did you even read my post properly?
I didnt say no-one in the UK uses AM. I said, not as many as people who listen to FM.
And i never said that ogg was the same as MP3. I said that ogg might not be the superior format to AAC. Ogg is Mpeg Layer3 based afaik, which AAC, is the only Mpeg Layer 4 based codec afaik. Superior tech.

 

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[BoomAM]

Originally posted by: Elcs
I listen to Magic 115.2 AM when the Sunderland matches are played on Metro Radio 97.1 FM. Cant miss listening to Newcastle play.

You dont support Sunderland do you? You dont admit that on an open forum on the net. Otherwise you`ll get people like me ridiculing you and calling your ground the "Stadium of S####!" instead of the "Stadium of Light".