Zunes

Jordan Sprague · Posted: Nov 23, 2006 12:25 pm Post subject:

what is it now Smash

SamHill · Frontside 180 Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 420 City: Lacey

-=AlexXx=-, he may have more songs if he has a lower bitrate per MP3.
The average is 128, but if you drop your bitrate down to 64 then the file size is smaller, but you lose a litte quality as well.

deltarider · Guest

senorbueno, Wink

. I personally don't have yahoo music, my sister does. I have the NW-HD5, it's not the best but the battery is awesome and the music storage is great. -=AlexXx=-, yes, my Mp3 player is a 20GB and holds 13,000 songs.

Here it is, I have it in RED.

deltarider · Guest

hammer49 · Backside 180 Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 646 City: longwood

Just to set things strait, itunes has over 3 million songs. So anyone who says other wise is talking out of their ass. Personally, I have never purchased a song on itunes but I do know that their songs do have a 128 bit rate. This isn't exactly bad quality, but unless you're ripping cds with an exact audio copying program and a LAME encoder, you're not going to get the bitrate any higher. Itunes, the program, rips at 128 or less as do other standard cd copying software. The reason why delta rider says he can get so many songs on his mp3 player is because that's what the box told him. In reality, that 13,000 song capacity can only be acomplished if the songs were around 64 kbps, which is pretty much the flattest sounding shizzle you could listen to. Like SamHill said, the lower the bitrate, the smaller the file size.
Back to the ipod versus the goon. Apple has the best costomer service you could ask for. My first ipod, 2nd gen i think, stoped working because I droped it. I sent it to apple and they sent me a brand new one. No warrenty, no questions asked. I guess it's really prefrence when deciding which one to get. Take into consideration that apple is light years ahead of microsoft. not only in mp3 players,but technology in general.

deltarider · Guest

hammer49, yeah okay Rolling Eyes

. I'm done. It's all preference, and I prefer NOT to use most products from apple. I think they suck. Laughing

dirtyohioriver22 · Backside 180 Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 1705 City: cincy

deltarider500, if u dont like apple go to www.smashsomestuff.com

littleblightie · Pop Shuvit Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 133

XdrummerX · Pop Shuvit Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Posts: 193

slightly larger eh?

nah.

deltarider · Guest

pwned.

littleblightie · Pop Shuvit Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 133

Yeah actually, the Zune is 3" on the diagonal, and the iPod is 2.5"... Same apect ratio and everything. I think the lack in other features far out-weigh the minimal difference when you're holding an iPod in your hand in your lap versus a Zune... Think real life buddy.

hammer49 · Backside 180 Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 646 City: longwood

XdrummerX · Pop Shuvit Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Posts: 193

bert. · Faceplant Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 44

"the ipod has the best music store"?

haha, you guys pay for music. you're silly.

xXxcaliwakeskaterxXx · Backside 180 Joined: 18 Oct 2006 Posts: 533

littleblightie, ohh 0.5"? big deal its half an inch.

bert., LIMEWIRE!!!

senorbueno · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 1593

bert., some people support the bands that they listen to... I would buy CDs normally, but I always get Itunes gift cards for Christmas or my birthday...

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Nov 25, 2006 6:16 pm Post subject:

this new ipod touch looks so sick.

littleblightie · Pop Shuvit Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 133

XdrummerX, real life examples, the .5" isn't going to make a whole lot of difference with the same resolution, infact it could make things look worse.

http://innerdaemon.wordpress.com/2006/11/15/zune-vs-ipod-the-real-comparison/ - Read. And also look at reviews by money.cnn.com, they rate the iPod higher as well.

I know the Zune has a lot of potential, but the V.1 just isn't up to scratch yet, I mean seriously, why have WiFi but not allow for wireless connectivity to your computer? It's just stupid.

xXxcaliwakeskaterxXx, Wow thanks, so insightful, if you had read what I said, that was my point.

XdrummerX · Pop Shuvit Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Posts: 193

littleblightie, actually .5" makes more of a difference than you think since it is measured on the diagonal, look at that pick i posted. It is easy to see the screen is much larger. and I have also seen video on both the ipod and zune in real life, and the zune screen is definitely better. The quality doesnt change because the eye doesnt see any diffence in the resolution even though the pixles are jst farther apart on the zune.

You prolly havent seen a zune in real life so I can see where you are coming from.

littleblightie · Pop Shuvit Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 133

I know how much difference the .5" makes, I know on the diagonal it actually measures more total surface area because the longer diagonal equals longer side lengths. But that is the only advantage of the Zune over the iPod that I can see. If the Zune had a screen like the mock-up of the touch screen iPod, then the larger screen size would be a major factor, and probably lead me to get a Zune.

I didn't know the WiFi could be used with a computer, is it with third party software? If it is, I stand by my comment that the V.1 still has too many faults, fixing things with third party doesn't make the initial product any better.