MP3 players

[gekko]

Your math seems a bit off to me; you must be using a much lower bit rate than I to get that. I have about 300 CD's and can't fit them all on a 20G iPod.
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I work at an electronics store, and there's a sony store just down the hall in the mall from me. I recently had a friend who was shopping for mp3 players come in and tell me sony told her she can get 11 hours of good quality music on a 256 mb mp3 player. I did a bit of a double take and told her that they clearly have a very different idea of what constitutes "good quality." I tell people to expect about 1 minute per megabyte.

I actually own 2 iPods, a first gen 5gb and now a 3rd gen 20 gb one (side note: I'm actually trying to sell the first one, so if anyone (preferably in Canada, since it'll probably get too expensive to ship it to the states) is looking for one, give me a PM and I'll give you the details). They're just fantastic. However, I also really like the iRiver mp3 players; both the little ones (from 128 mb all the way up to 1 gig, from what I've seen) and also the 20gb hard drive one that, if you only look at the specs and what's included, is a far better value than the iPod (same drive space, comes with a remote with a little LCD display, FM tuner, voice recorder, on the fly mp3 encoding, etc).

But you should still get an iPod :). See if you can get a 3rd gen one, or, at the very least, TRY THE CLICK WHEEL before you buy. I haven't tried it yet, but I hear it's a love-it-or-hate-it kind of thing. Plus, the 3rd gen ones just look nicer.

gekko