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Help Required... mp3 players

Postby David Martin » Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:35 am

I give in... I need to put all my music into digital files and use an mp3 player...

What would you recommend? I'd prefer one which will play .wma files along with mp3s...
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Re: Help Required... mp3 players

Postby JimN » Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:57 am

Absoloute no-brainer, David... an Apple iPod.

No-one ever got fired for buying IBM and you will not find a better portable player/mass-storage device than the Roll-Royce of the genre.

That is all.

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Re: Help Required... mp3 players

Postby George Geddes » Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:04 am

Ditto.

Though I have several cheap mp3 players by Bush, Alba and Technika which work perfectly well for most purposes. The iPod, though, is in a different league.

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Re: Help Required... mp3 players

Postby dave robinson » Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:15 am

iPod . . . . . . . simples
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Re: Help Required... mp3 players

Postby Hank2k » Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:25 am

i disagree, ipods are too expensive for what they are when a similiar item from sony or phillips will be just as good if not better. I ordered a 20gb philips one that plays videos aswell for just £100
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Re: Help Required... mp3 players

Postby dave robinson » Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:36 am

I know folks who have had several Phillps/Sony etc mp3 players in the time I've had on iPod and then they've moved on to the iPod after :|
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Re: Help Required... mp3 players

Postby Sleepwalker63 » Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:03 pm

I have to say that I steer clear of Apple products due to their propretariness (such a word?) - iTunes insistence, etc. My current mp3 player is a Creative ZEN. Plays mp3, wma, and videos. Very happy with that.

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Re: Help Required... mp3 players

Postby David Martin » Sun Sep 27, 2009 5:29 pm

Will an iPod play .wma files?
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Re: Help Required... mp3 players

Postby Bob Dore » Sun Sep 27, 2009 5:56 pm

For the usual consideration of a suitcase full of used fivers I can convert wma to mp3 :shifty:

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Re: Help Required... mp3 players

Postby JimN » Sun Sep 27, 2009 6:16 pm

David Martin wrote:Will an iPod play .wma files?


Just checking...

OK... here's the answer...

You load any file onto your iPod through iTunes (installed on your computer).

When you drag and drop a *.wma file into iTunes, it automatically converts it into the AAC format (one of the formats playable on the iPod).

Hope this helps,

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