Damn digital radio... - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Brucelee · 01-02-2006, 06:04 PM

No debate needed.

IPOD crushes every other player.

WHAT are the names of the competitors?

Jeph · 01-02-2006, 06:13 PM

Here's a list of some alternative players.
http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/

QporscheQ · 01-03-2006, 05:26 AM

FYI:

You can copy songs from the iPod, you just need to know how to do it since they don’t explicitly tell you how. It is possible to have your iPod update the music library on your PC the same way the PC updates the iPod . Also, you can basically turn off all the digital protection in iTunes so long as you are ripping your own CDs since iTunes will use MP3 if you change the defaults, and since I almost never buy music online, this is not an issue. And if you are really hard up, you can burn a CD of what you downloaded (always a good idea anyway) then rip it back in MP3. I personally think digital copy right stuff is a total waste of time and the music industry so just give up on it.

I've also grown to like iTunes. For a while I used Media Player to do everything, then something else, but iTunes seems to work the best of all the ones I've tried.

I totally agree 99 cents is way too much per song.

Its funny, Jeph, because you sound exactly like I did about a year ago before I bought mine.

eslai · 01-03-2006, 11:14 AM

There's a ton of programs out there that allow you to put songs onto and yank them off off your iPod. For PCs at least, not sure about Macs.

I use a Nano but I'm a very casual user--I don't load all my albums onto it, I don't shop ITMS, etc. In fact, my 4GB nano is only 75% full. Fits my needs just fine.

Back on topic though--the stereo in my 987 is a pile of crap. The people responsible for putting this worthless husk of metal on the market AND TIEING ME TO IT WITH NO EASY OPTION FOR AFTERMARKET RELIEF should be flayed and left hanging like so much beef jerky.

TriGem2k · 01-03-2006, 11:15 AM

Its funny, Jeph, because you sound exactly like I did about a year ago before I bought mine.[/QUOTE]

Yepp same goes for me....I just got the 60 GB Video Ipod for Christmas. Once i got that two days later i was at the apple store buyin a 12inch Powerbook. If you mentioned apple to me a year ago i would have started bashing it before anyone finished a sentence.

****CHANGE IS GOOD*****

Jeph · 01-03-2006, 02:52 PM

Here's the other line of (high end) portable players that impress me.
http://www.archos.com/
http://www.cowonamerica.com/

threpwood · 01-04-2006, 03:53 AM

I think IPOD is preferred because of the coolness factor (should win good design award). I mean you can have it in smooth shining black or white, touchlike panel, thin, engraved, and have that 'high quality' porcelain look (although I'm sure 90% of the parts are made somewhere deep in China, Mexico etc etc where manufacturing method is questionable). Other brands do work but I found most of them are plain ugly (big knobs, strange button location etc etc).

As far as IPOD functionality, it is definitely not reliable and whoever program the software should be shot. I have the 60GB one and it has been rebooted 10 times (once on the first day of ownership!).

The company almost went bankrupt (in 1995?) but lives the day thanks to its innovative design (transparent) and OS X. I think the lesson that Apple learnt is that appearance is number 1 when it comes to gadgets. Other stuff can wait.