So true. When I download my music and my TV shows, movies, videos etc. I don't want to have to transcode them to a format that the player can read. I just want to stick them straight from my Azureus downloads folder, directly onto the player. I don't care about wireless internet, podcasts, or whatever.. All I care about is vorbis, xvid, divx, flac, h.264, and those weird .mkv files that some HDTV rips of Battlestar Galactica come as.
So far, the only player than meats most of my needs is the Cowon A2, and perhaps a few Archos players, but they don't have enough storage, and cost too much!
How about this Micro$oft: GIVE UP! You got your butt kicked by the iPod, just like Dell did with their pathetic Jukebox. The war is over...you lost. Deal with it.
Zen! I have a Zen Vision M, and LOVE it (the hardware). the syncing/organizational software it comes with and the way it interfaces with windows is CRAP, straight up.
The Zune was meant to be sold around $299. Apple suprised everyone at the last minute and lowered the price to 249. Microsoft had very little time to react and started selling the Zune at a loss at 249
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paloooz @ Mar 20th 2007 5:07PM
So true. When I download my music and my TV shows, movies, videos etc. I don't want to have to transcode them to a format that the player can read. I just want to stick them straight from my Azureus downloads folder, directly onto the player. I don't care about wireless internet, podcasts, or whatever.. All I care about is vorbis, xvid, divx, flac, h.264, and those weird .mkv files that some HDTV rips of Battlestar Galactica come as.
So far, the only player than meats most of my needs is the Cowon A2, and perhaps a few Archos players, but they don't have enough storage, and cost too much!
paloooz @ Mar 20th 2007 5:09PM
Sorry to reply to myself, but I couldn't find an edit feature here.
If this widescreen multi-touch iPod ever comes out, I'll sacrafice some dough and I'll start transcoding now.
Either load the player with codecs, or give us one hell of an awesome gadget.
steve Johnson @ Mar 23rd 2007 12:32PM
How about this Micro$oft: GIVE UP! You got your butt kicked by the iPod, just like Dell did with their pathetic Jukebox. The war is over...you lost. Deal with it.
DS @ Mar 21st 2007 3:33AM
Zen! I have a Zen Vision M, and LOVE it (the hardware). the syncing/organizational software it comes with and the way it interfaces with windows is CRAP, straight up.
Joseph @ Mar 22nd 2007 11:54AM
The Zune was meant to be sold around $299. Apple suprised everyone at the last minute and lowered the price to 249. Microsoft had very little time to react and started selling the Zune at a loss at 249