[blindipod] Re: Finally decided on music player

["Lysander" <wildblinker007@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh hush. Hard drives take years  to go bad, it's a 6 gig model so there's 
not much to lose, and who leaves their only copy of something on an MP3 
player? Anyways how long does Flash take to go bad? EVERYTHING fails if oyu 
wait long enough.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tunecollector" <tunecollector@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 1:04 PM
Subject: [blindipod] Re: Finally decided on music player


> You know, of course, that a hard drive has a limited life and you could 
> lose
> all of your data.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindipod-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:blindipod-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Michael G.
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 1:15 PM
> To: blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [blindipod] Finally decided on music player
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Thanks to everybody who provided  me with info on the different music
> players that are out there.  I finally decided which player to go with. 
> You
> might be surprised to know that I decided to go with a hard drived based
> player instead of a flash based one.  That certainly wasn't my original
> intention.  But after researching everything and doing comparisons, the 
> hard
> drive based player just seemed like the better buy for me.  I decided to 
> go
> with an iRiver HP10.  I found and bought a refurbished model on ebay for
> $124 and that included shipping and insurance.  The model I got includes 
> 6GB
> of storage space, FM tuner, voice recorder, and is compatible with 
> Rockbox.
> I also like that it isn't a humongous brick.  That was the problem I had
> with some of the other players I looked at from Archos and one other 
> brand.
> They were just too big.  While I still would have preferred something a
> little smaller, after considering price, features, and the pros & cons, 
> this
> iRiver model came out on top for me.  I probably won't be receving  it 
> until
> next week though.  I'll let you know how the Rockbox installation goes 
> once
> I get it.
>
> Michael
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