Dracoro

Been on the lookout for a mp3 player with 60gb capacity at a reasonable price. Have seen the iPod photo 60GB at £307 from a local shop and the apple store (£309). Why is this so much cheaper than everywhere else that's selling at £425+?

Any pitfalls? Don't really need the photo storage facility but want to use it as a 60GB mp3 player like you would a normal iPod/iRiver etc. I assume this does the job?

Obviously need to buy a replacement set of headphones as the white ones are apparently not too good and they look ghey too

JackClark

Pitfalls are the ghey earphones and people telling you their MP3 player is better. Other than that you can't go wrong. It just works.

messiah

Apple announced a big price cut a few days ago - shops probably haven't caught up yet.

Also - the new iPods allow connection to a Digital Camera (adapter required). I'm quite tempted by the new 30gb iPod Photo - it'll be big enough for me and it's slightly smaller also.

ozzy

It does photo's if you want and has AV out to stick it on a telly if you want to show slideshows. You get a colour LCD too, but that's about it.

Everyone else is selling it at the old retail price. They'll do it for as long as they can get away with it.

Earphones are ****.

You pays your money ...................

Stefan

P.S. I've got the iPod Photo 40GB version.

ozzy

You can get a multi-card reader adapter for transferring pics off a camera card. Was around £90 last time I looked.

Dracoro

Any other mp3 players offering 60GB at £300 or lower?

ozzy

probably; have you tried search?

Dracoro

All I see is the Creative Zen 60GB. Are there any others or others planned. Problem is, I do love the ipod interface.

scoobydooooo

a mate of mine had the zen , he couldn't sell it fast enough !!

messiah

I think they're £20 now.

ozzy

that's a bit more like it.

Dracoro

Which is better for using in the car, the iTrip or a cassette/wire thingy? I'm talking sound quality btw.

angrynorth

Apple are bringing their own cable out in March that will be about £20

Bear in mind that these price cuts included cutting out the free dock, carry bag, firewire lead (now you just get USB 2.0) and AV lead. So the ones you see in the shops do come with a lot more accessories that would cost you about £80 anyway.

Still I LOVE my 60gig iPod Photo, the album art thing is brilliant, as is the ability to have all my photos with me at all times.

Iain Young

Why?

I've had my 60Gb zen for over a year now. Bought it beause it was cheaper than the ipod, and at the time you couldn't get and ipod that had enough storage (yes I have filled my 60gb zen!!). It still works absolutely fine, it's easy to use, and the sound quality is great. Nothing wrong with it IMO.

If I was buying one now, I admit would be tempted by the ipod 60gb photo now that they've come down in price. The Zen is still 50 quid cheaper though....

GaryK

LMAO yep the old why pay extra for an ipod? Hmmm kinda like why pay extra for a subaru buy a hyundai coupe instead....errr I think not!

Iain Young

Erm, not quite. It's more of an EVO / WRX comparison. The zen does everything the normal ipod does, for less money, but is a little bulkier (although I have no problems carrying it around). The question is what makes the ipod worth the extra money?

Must admit the new ipod photos look a bit tasty though

DaveMiddleton

I love the Ipod 60GB. It sounds a whole lot better as well since I bought Bose noise cancelling headphones. Try E bay. That is where I got mine (brand new).

scoobydooooo

he got rid of the zen because the build quality was crap !!

Iain Young

Must of got a duff one them. Build quality is very good on mine.

Dracoro

One more question chaps (last one honest ). Is there an upper noise limit on these things? If so, can it be removed. I heard there was an xxx dB limit that can be removed. Could be for a totally different device though.

hedgehog

The EU iPods are limited but you can remove the limits with some software.

Dracoro

Cool. How though? Easy peasy? Is it a download the software thing from apple jobbie? Or can I get them to do it instore? I'm slightly hard of hearing so I have good reason as some devices are too quiet in standard form.

I'm gonna go into the Apple store in Regents st on the way home, I wonder if I'll be able to resist Up until now the price and lack of radio features have put me off. However my new phone has a radio and the costs has just come down

JackClark

Support. The support of accessory manufacturers and let's not forget iTunes, it knocks the socks off of any other interface... they even give you one free tune a week. Support of your fellow iPod owners and their are many. Support.

angrynorth

They will tell you it can't be done in the Apple store, but its just a piece of software that just changes the firmware. I ran it on my old 20gig but so far haven't done it on the piPod.

http://gopod.free-go.net/index_en.htm

Iain Young

Never needed any support. Just does what it says on the tin

JackClark

I refer Scoobynet to my original post

>Pitfalls are the ghey earphones and people telling you their MP3 player is better.

P_v_G

How come when I post this info I get three (usefull I may add) replies in three days http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=405911://

This gets two pages in a day!

bless..... I cant be one of the chosen ones

paul.

Dracoro

Itz coz I iz speshall like

There's no telling with SN I guess. Could be timing or more likely just co-incidence of many users on. It's is a friday as well, more people skiving

Iain Young

I never said it was better . I just said the Zen wasn't naff (which one of the other posters was inferring). Seems that ipod owners think that because it's a good player, there can't possibly be any other good players out there which work just as well.

Having said that, I do think the ipod photo 60gb is better than the Zen, (simply because of the photo option). But, not better enough to make me want to ditch the Zen. Might get one as well though, (seeing as I've filled up the Zen )

class_A

Good to see that Apple have designed their own Camera Connector and that it will import your pics into the iPod photo library rather than just sticking them in a folder on the disk. For what it was, that Belkin thing was a tad overpriced