Originally posted by stj0691Hey everyone. I've got loads to do. Still debating whether I should rent or buy R&H. I've got a project where I have to compare two different means of entertainment. I chose Still Havent Found (fav song btw) and Tell Tale Heart (book). Ive got lots of albums to hear now. I carelessly bought albums figuring I would like a lot of certain songs. Well, I was wrong:
Originally posted by haytrainI just want a new ipod. Remember, my screen looks like this:
Originally posted by drewhiggins
Here's some good advice: don't buy a new classic or new nano. Go for the older ones. How bad has it gotten now?
Originally posted by haytrain[..]
Hasn't spread up or down much, but it's all the way to the far right side of the screen, pretty solid line now. I was looking at getting a new classic. Why should I avoid them?
Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]
- You can't reduce the volume to 0 (weird, but true)
- It scratches really easily on the front (due to the matte gloss)
- Songs bigger than 20MB don't want to start for about two minutes
- Regularly getting syncing errors in iTunes
- No third-party components work with it unless they're Apple (AV cables!)
- Constantly loses files which iTunes shows are there
- A totally, terribly slow and useless interface
- Terrible sound even with an EQ setting and songs re-encoded to lossless
- Three updates to do nothing and make it 340 times as bad
- Slideshows no longer work as they should
- Album art disappears regularly
- Skips and distorts heavily
- Wants to format each time in Windows as a Mas Storage Device
- Hard drive keeps spinning well after iPod is turned off and locked
- Slow and unresponsive on everything
- A screen saver which is completely useless (shows 12 hour time as 24 hours)
- Very fragile screen (sort of a glassy material)
- Takes ages to connect and disconnect from USB power
- If you scroll to the end of a video it jumps to the beginning
- Poor signal-to-noise ratio (when it's silent, you can hear it spnning)
That's just a quick rundown of the current problems.
Originally posted by haytrain[..]
That's quite the list! The same go for the ipod touch? i thought it's gotten pretty good reviews here...
Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]
The touch is fine...the classic just seems like the poor cousin.
Originally posted by haytrain[..]
I'll keep it in mind. Not buying one anytime soon...gotta get a job first!
Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]
You got any interviews coming up?
Originally posted by haytrain[..]
Tomorrow, actually! (there's no smiley for "crossing your fingers")
Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]
There is a letter though...X
Good luck!