recommend good mp3 player?

[wfbberzerker]

i tried out my brothers rio 600, and i'm in love with it. ideally, i would want an ipod (id be happy with the 5gb model) but frankly its out of my price range. can you guys recommend a good mp3 player for around 100-200 bucks?

 

[Ciber]

iRiver 256 MB player, $199

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: Ciber
iRiver 256 MB player, $199

i dont know if i like the look of that one... seems a little to small and wimpy for me.
is this a good deal? (its 199 with rebate)

 

[Ciber]

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker

Originally posted by: Ciber
iRiver 256 MB player, $199

i dont know if i like the look of that one... seems a little to small and wimpy for me.
is this a good deal? (its 199 with rebate)

That thing is a brick , get it if you dont mind carrying a backpack for it .

 

[Pastfinder]

get a 5GB iPod. If you buy it from Dell, you can get free shipping in certain cases and look for rebates, that'll bring the price down under $300 to say $250 or lower. The iPods are the best mp3 players out there, period.

 

[DaWhim]

my sony clie T-655c

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Pastfinder
get a 5GB iPod. If you buy it from Dell, you can get free shipping in certain cases and look for rebates, that'll bring the price down under $300 to say $250 or lower. The iPods are the best mp3 players out there, period.

yea GO ipod

 

[Broohaha]

Originally posted by: TheEvil1

Originally posted by: Pastfinder get a 5GB iPod. If you buy it from Dell, you can get free shipping in certain cases and look for rebates, that'll bring the price down under $300 to say $250 or lower. The iPods are the best mp3 players out there, period.

yea GO ipod

i third the motion.

 

[BD231]

Just get an MP3 cd-player. Their cheap, sound better and CDR's hold lots of music.

 

[pennylane]

Originally posted by: TheEvil1

Originally posted by: Pastfinder
get a 5GB iPod. If you buy it from Dell, you can get free shipping in certain cases and look for rebates, that'll bring the price down under $300 to say $250 or lower. The iPods are the best mp3 players out there, period.

yea GO ipod

some people from www.ipodlounge.com claim that price drops are gonna happen soon (in a couple weeks tops). i hope they're right... though i haven't heard anything. might be a good idea to wait. it might drop the 5 gb price to $200...
now about those rebates at dell? how do you find them?

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: BD231
Just get an MP3 cd-player. Their cheap, sound better and CDR's hold lots of music.

i used to have one (my bro still does), and i really didn't like it. i dont like having a bunch of cd's lying around (which i have now anyways, even tho they are just regular audio cd-r's)

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: heyzeus

Originally posted by: TheEvil1

Originally posted by: Pastfinder
get a 5GB iPod. If you buy it from Dell, you can get free shipping in certain cases and look for rebates, that'll bring the price down under $300 to say $250 or lower. The iPods are the best mp3 players out there, period.

yea GO ipod

some people from www.ipodlounge.com claim that price drops are gonna happen soon (in a couple weeks tops). i hope they're right... though i haven't heard anything. might be a good idea to wait. it might drop the 5 gb price to $200...
now about those rebates at dell? how do you find them?

actually, i heard from a friend that they might be introducing something new, so all of the stores are running out of the old ones, therefore there will be a price drop.

 

[AnyMal]

Search for Rio 500. While you can't buy it new anymore, you can find them used in good condition for way below $100.00 IMO it is still the best flash media-based MP3 player.

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker

Originally posted by: heyzeus

Originally posted by: TheEvil1

Originally posted by: Pastfinder
get a 5GB iPod. If you buy it from Dell, you can get free shipping in certain cases and look for rebates, that'll bring the price down under $300 to say $250 or lower. The iPods are the best mp3 players out there, period.

yea GO ipod

some people from www.ipodlounge.com claim that price drops are gonna happen soon (in a couple weeks tops). i hope they're right... though i haven't heard anything. might be a good idea to wait. it might drop the 5 gb price to $200...
now about those rebates at dell? how do you find them?

actually, i heard from a friend that they might be introducing something new, so all of the stores are running out of the old ones, therefore there will be a price drop.

Here is the skinny.. Toshiba announced that they will (or already have) discontinued 5GB 1.8" HDD's and came out with a 40gig drive. What we are likely to see are the same prices, except the current 10gig model will slide down to $299, 20 gig to $399, and 40 gig will sell for $499

If you are willing to spend $200, I would keep my eyes peeled on Ebay, where 5gig Ipod can be had at that price range, you'll just have to really watch it and act quickly. The other day I bought one for $220.00 shipped. Let me tell you, this thing is NICE!