iPod 30 gig

[ofblong]

when talking codec's I am referring more to video not audio. No ipod to date has as good quality of music as any creative in existance. Itunes does not use industry standard codec's in fact they use non industry standard so that people that dont quite understand how things work have no choice but to use apple to get their music.

I use my creative on walks around town, rides to whereever I may be going (usually work), train rides to other places like a friends house in mississippi, airplane rides etc etc etc. I have run that creative everyday of the week 4-5hrs/day and only had to charge it at the end of the week. One thing ipod has over creative, however, is the range of speakers. creative doesnt have much to choose from where as ipod has a ton of speakers to chose from.

You are so clueless I hardly know where to start.

I got warned about arguing with you once. I'm going to take that advice now.

lol I obviously know more than you based on what littel you truly know.

[DieMonkeys]

He hasn't retaliated against me yet.

I guess he has nothing to counter my response.

Because it's all true!

[matthew5656]

[Sev]

He hasn't retaliated against me yet.

I guess he has nothing to counter my response.

Because it's all true!

Very well, the hardware on the iPod still remains inferior for video and audio output. Putting a super high quality video codec (many of which creative has native) will still result in a lesser quality picture (or sound) due to the native distortion in said unit.

Not to mention the fact you need to illegally modify an iPod to get something comparable to a creative. Makes me wonder....

[DieMonkeys]

Not to mention the fact you need to illegally modify an iPod to get something comparable to a creative. Makes me wonder....

Illegal?

Can Microsoft or Apple sue you for putting Linux on the computer you purchased with their OS already on there?

I have heard of no such cases and Linux is becoming much more popular.

Infact I find the Linux/Novell/Microsoft tryst thingy funny.

[Sev]

Not to mention the fact you need to illegally modify an iPod to get something comparable to a creative. Makes me wonder....

Illegal?

Can Microsoft or Apple sue you for putting Linux on the computer you purchased with their OS already on there?

I have heard of no such cases and Linux is becoming much more popular.

Infact I find the Linux/Novell/Microsoft tryst thingy funny.

Perhaps a poor choice of words? Modify in such a way as to void the warranty.

[DieMonkeys]

Perhaps a poor choice of words? Modify in such a way as to void the warranty.

And as I already mentioned, RockBox can be removed with no trace left behind. Therefore, unless you're dumb enough to tell them that you put it on there then they have no way of knowing.

I always keep a backup of the original firmware on solid state storage.

[Sev]

And when the HD craps out and you cannot access it to remove the firmware changes?

[DieMonkeys]

And when the HD craps out and you cannot access it to remove the firmware changes?

By that time the warranty will have worn out.

iRivers are very good machines, I don't expect mine to crapout anytime soon. Also, if the drive does crap out I can easily replace it.

What I'm worried about going first is the battery, but that's also easily replaceable.

But that shouldn't be anytime in the near future.