iRiver

[dighn]

iRiver is generally great. lots of features & solid products but tends to be more expensive than most others

 

[roguerower]

I have a RIO Forge and the damn thing is awesome. Only has 256 onboard, but has a slot for an SD card and such that you can upgrade the memory with. Its awesome, no problems whatsoever.

 

[Drakkon]

I love my H10, got it on the napster to go $150 promo, I gotta get this new firmware though.

 

[exilera]

The Creative Zen Micro is a great alternative, and costs $200. I just ordered one myself yesterday, actually. Every review I've read praises it.

Give it a look.

 

[Subzero]

Get a dell pocket or a carbon or micro ..

Iriver and ipod are both jokes..and not in a funny way....:thumbsdown:

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: Blazin Trav

Originally posted by: Gurck
I'd go with the h320 or h340. That drive will fill up faster than you think, considering it can be used as a portable hard drive and, with the Korean firmware, can be used to watch movies.

Please say a brand name not just some model number.

They're iRiver models, 20 and 40gb respectively.

Originally posted by: mwmorph
yuck who wants to browse by file name?

As long as it supports directory structure I wouldn't mind. Unlike many people my collection is organized and uniformly tagged, not just a mess thrown into a folder labelled "music" or what-not.

 

[Cobalt]

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: Blazin Trav

Originally posted by: Gurck
I'd go with the h320 or h340. That drive will fill up faster than you think, considering it can be used as a portable hard drive and, with the Korean firmware, can be used to watch movies.

Please say a brand name not just some model number.

They're iRiver models, 20 and 40gb respectively.

Originally posted by: mwmorph
yuck who wants to browse by file name?

As long as it supports directory structure I wouldn't mind. Unlike many people my collection is organized and uniformly tagged, not just a mess thrown into a folder labelled "music" or what-not.

Same, I don't use the database function for my H120, I use the file tree format. My music is organized, etc. no need for anything else.

 

[Lonyo]

I'm slowly eating away at my H140 in terms of space. Already close to only 10GB left and I have loads of songs not even on it.

The bigger the better. You will realise this too late if you go with a small capacity device. Try for a H20 if/when they come out.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: mwmorph

Originally posted by: sniperruff
too expensive.

qft
$299 msrp for 5gb. also has a bunch if firmware bugs. Rio Carbon is a better choice. Almost no firmware bugs, gapless playback

The iRiver official website says $249 for 5GB, $279 for 6GB and $299 for 20GB.

 

[stringcheeseincident]

i recently read the iRiver H10 can only play songs in alphabetical order...i plan on buying it, is this true? i need to listen to my albums in order.

 

[bigrash]

iRiver rocks! best mp3 playa evar

 

[IAteYourMother]

how bout their flash players. lotta battery life and good features with those too

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: stringcheeseincident
i recently read the iRiver H10 can only play songs in alphabetical order...i plan on buying it, is this true? i need to listen to my albums in order.

it will play your titled tracks in alpabetical order. I :heart: my iRiver H10 5gb. Dropped it many times, damn thing keeps going. The shuffle works great on it too. you can also create playlists and have it play in that order if you wish.

 

[Mo0o]

My new H10 5gb is sitting on my doorstep right now. Got it for $210 shipped

 

[GrantMeThePower]

Originally posted by: stringcheeseincident
i recently read the iRiver H10 can only play songs in alphabetical order...i plan on buying it, is this true? i need to listen to my albums in order.

No, its not true. I have an H10 (20 gb) and you CAN play them in alphapetical order, if you choose, or you can play an album by track number. Its a really nice player, especially if you want to use subscription based music store (i use yahoo and it works perfectly). Honestly, though, if you own all your music already I would get an Ipod, just because of the interface. BUT (and this really was a big but for me) get the iriver if you want to "rent" your music. I like paying 5 bucks a month for all i can listen to.

 

[suse920]

I'd have to say ipod :evil:

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: GrantMeThePower

Originally posted by: stringcheeseincident
i recently read the iRiver H10 can only play songs in alphabetical order...i plan on buying it, is this true? i need to listen to my albums in order.

No, its not true. I have an H10 (20 gb) and you CAN play them in alphapetical order, if you choose, or you can play an album by track number. Its a really nice player, especially if you want to use subscription based music store (i use yahoo and it works perfectly). Honestly, though, if you own all your music already I would get an Ipod, just because of the interface. BUT (and this really was a big but for me) get the iriver if you want to "rent" your music. I like paying 5 bucks a month for all i can listen to.

meh, I just rip the music the way I like, then use the wmp interface. it isn't that horrible

 

[zerocool1]

rio karma?
check out riovolution.com

 

[GrantMeThePower]

Originally posted by: scorpmatt

Originally posted by: GrantMeThePower

Originally posted by: stringcheeseincident
i recently read the iRiver H10 can only play songs in alphabetical order...i plan on buying it, is this true? i need to listen to my albums in order.

No, its not true. I have an H10 (20 gb) and you CAN play them in alphapetical order, if you choose, or you can play an album by track number. Its a really nice player, especially if you want to use subscription based music store (i use yahoo and it works perfectly). Honestly, though, if you own all your music already I would get an Ipod, just because of the interface. BUT (and this really was a big but for me) get the iriver if you want to "rent" your music. I like paying 5 bucks a month for all i can listen to.

meh, I just rip the music the way I like, then use the wmp interface. it isn't that horrible

I also use the WMP interface and would go even beyond saying it isn't that horrible and say that its pretty darn good.

I just meant that, rather than buying a bunch of CD's at 10-15 bucks a pop, you can pay 5 dollars a month for all of your music (you still sync and organize via WMP).

It might be a bigger deal to me because I got my CDs jacked a year and a half ago and couldn't even begin to think of re buying a hundred CDs.

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: GrantMeThePower

Originally posted by: scorpmatt

Originally posted by: GrantMeThePower

Originally posted by: stringcheeseincident
i recently read the iRiver H10 can only play songs in alphabetical order...i plan on buying it, is this true? i need to listen to my albums in order.

No, its not true. I have an H10 (20 gb) and you CAN play them in alphapetical order, if you choose, or you can play an album by track number. Its a really nice player, especially if you want to use subscription based music store (i use yahoo and it works perfectly). Honestly, though, if you own all your music already I would get an Ipod, just because of the interface. BUT (and this really was a big but for me) get the iriver if you want to "rent" your music. I like paying 5 bucks a month for all i can listen to.

meh, I just rip the music the way I like, then use the wmp interface. it isn't that horrible

I also use the WMP interface and would go even beyond saying it isn't that horrible and say that its pretty darn good.

I just meant that, rather than buying a bunch of CD's at 10-15 bucks a pop, you can pay 5 dollars a month for all of your music (you still sync and organize via WMP).

It might be a bigger deal to me because I got my CDs jacked a year and a half ago and couldn't even begin to think of re buying a hundred CDs.

ah, i see what you are saying. I get my music from some sources where I dont have to pay. legal? yup. I buy cds only when they dont profit the RIAA, hence at concerts and the like.

 

[imported_Ziggy]

Rockbox (3rd party firmware) was just released for the Ihp 120/140 and the 340 will likely have it after the 1xx is finished.

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/IriverBoot

http://www.misticriver.net/boards/forum...b7fbe6349568f3a262aa9e08db3264ee&f=125

 

[Rock Hydra]

iPod, iPod Mini, Zen Micro or Zen Touch seems like a better choice.

 

[mrrman]

I have the iRiver and love it, Ipod is overhyped and overpriced

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Originally posted by: exilera
The Creative Zen Micro is a great alternative, and costs $200. I just ordered one myself yesterday, actually. Every review I've read praises it.

Give it a look.

I've got a 5GB zen micro and I love it

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: mrrman
I have the iRiver and love it, Ipod is overhyped and overpriced

qft

Although I dont put any other down, I'm just happy with the choice I made. 230 shipped from NewEgg, then another 20 for the car charger. now i'm just gonna wait till I have another 80 for the cradle and extra battery