mp3 players suck...go for MD?EDIT: Mp3 Wins..getting Nomad IIc 128MB

[habib89]

good choice.. i have the nomad II (not the c) and for the most part it's great.. i believe the cradle can be had for about $10.. that's how much i got mine for.. and the cradle comes with a battery, a usb cable, and of course the cradle.. it charges your battery while connecting to your computer for uploading songs to your player..

however i think the MG looks way cool.. if you don't mind spending the money, i'd definately get that.. although i'm not sure if it has fm radio.. but it should if the other nomad's do

 

[BigJohnKC]

Originally posted by: uncJIGGA
NetMD sucks ass for MP3s period.

First of all...it won't hold MP3s. It only holds ATRAC-compressed audio (the software converts your MP3 to proprietary format when storing on the minidisc player.)

Second...ATRAC format sucks. Inferior to MP3, and on top of that Sony won't let you use the hifi setting unless you buy an MP3 through their software!!!

Third...Sony has put so much copy protection crap on their device that unless you wanna mess around with burning images and Nero ImageDrive...you will be limited to storing any particular song on minidisc a maximum of 3 times!!! Ridiculous!!!

FOURTH...Minidisc won't allow you to transfer files from Minidisc to PC so the record function becomes useless if you wanna do highspeed transfer of something back to your hard drive.

EDIT: forgot to mention that I'm the disgusted owner of a NZ-707 :|

OH YEA, FIFTH...OpenMG Jukebox software is SUCK!!! Crashes often and messes up other crap under Windows XP. Many reports of slowdowns on some systems (up to 2.0ghz owners complaining!)

Thanks for the info here - I was thinking of buying one of these for recording pruposes, plus the ability to store and play mp3s, but because of your post I'm forgetting that notion altogether. You just saved me quite a bit of money...

 

[Goosemaster]

No mp3 player here lads...budget "inequities" forced me to "cut back"



I saw one of those Hd-based ones...the Archos or whatever it is called...looked nice....Might get one of those if they aren't crash-prone

 

[hamburglar]

get what i have

 

[Renob]

Get one of these badboys, I have one and Love it. I have two extra 256meg CF. I NEVER run out of tunes. Also they put out firmware upgrades that WORK.