MP3 Players

[SoCalGirl]

Alright, the last thing I posted before the GC boards went down was about MP3 players. I want to buy one but I don't know what "size" to get. What size do ya'll have? 125mb, 256mb, 516mb, 1G, 2G, 4G, 5G, 30G, 60G????


Also, I'm leaning towards a Sony or Samsung but am willing to consider iPod. Any pros/cons to not getting an iPod?

[flirt5721]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

I want to buy one but I don't know what "size" to get. What size do ya'll have? 125mb, 256mb, 516mb, 1G, 2G, 4G, 5G, 30G, 60G????

The megabites(MB) or gigabites(GB) is mostly saying how much you can store in the MP3 player. The more MB or GB the more you can store in it. I have an Ipod Shuffle and it only stores about 130 songs (thats good enough for me....then again I only got it for $70 at wal-mart) and my sister has and Ipod (not sure which one) and stores about 200 songs. If you want to have a lot of songs I would suggest you go with one on the higher GB MP3s you can afford.

[SoCalGirl]

I'm confused about how much they really store though. I've heard that 1G will max out between 250 and 600 songs. That's a pretty big difference. I think I could deal with 600 songs but 250 sounds like too little.

[KLPDaisy]

the best way to figure out how many you need is to check the size of your music folder, it should say how many MBs you have

[ruaalien2]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

I'm confused about how much they really store though. I've heard that 1G will max out between 250 and 600 songs. That's a pretty big difference. I think I could deal with 600 songs but 250 sounds like too little.

It depends on the lenght and the quality of the song. My 6 GM that is suppsoed ot hold about 1,500 songs holds slighty over 11,400 (about 1,404 or so)

[Stef the Pef]

My pink 6GB iPod mini has worked pretty well. I have a weird problem with the screen hanging for a second when I punch something or try to change the volume, but it's no big deal and probably a result of me stuffing it with as much music as possible. I have to go back and delete stuff from time to time, but by the time I get around to get new music on there, there's usually something that I've gotten tired of on there that I can part with. It has slightly over 1,500 songs on it right now and that works pretty well for me.

I did have to get different headphones, though. For some reason, my stupid ears are big, but the ear-hole isn't! Grr.

[ruaalien2]

Originally Posted by Stef the Pef

I did have to get different headphones, though. For some reason, my stupid ears are big, but the ear-hole isn't! Grr.

I hate the Apple headphones cus I don't like headphones that go into the ear & brought myself some really god ones from Sony.

[flirt5721]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

I'm confused about how much they really store though. I've heard that 1G will max out between 250 and 600 songs. That's a pretty big difference. I think I could deal with 600 songs but 250 sounds like too little.

It depends on the format of your files. They can be compressed to make them smaller and more would fit. Gerernally if you keep the regular format it will be about 250-300 songs for a 1G

[SmartBlondeGPB]

I got an iPod a couple of months ago, the 60GB one and I love it. It is WAY more than I need but was only about $100 more than the 30GB so I upgraded. I'm hoping to put audiobooks on it for travelling.

[pinkiebell1001]

I have a Creative Muvo 256 mb player, and I absolutely love it! It fits tons of music (mine came with a software that allows you to change the size of the mp3s, and I can get like 4+ hours on my player, and still have plenty of space left). Plus, it's really easy to use, and I drop it all the time and the screen doesn't even have a scratch!