Buying an mp3 player, big battery life - which one?

bobert50 · 5 Apr 2007 at 20:52

I'm after a new mp3 player but unsure of which to get.

4-30 gig hdd
5-6hrs + battery life
Videos if poss
good price!

am i being optiimstic or has anyone got any ideas?

bobert50 · 5 Apr 2007 at 20:53

5-6hrs video playback i meant btw!!

I don't ask for much!!....

funkeh · 5 Apr 2007 at 20:54

I just bought a refurb ipod video 30gb from (soz had a few bevvies and forgot the rules on competitors) for £129 not a mark on it and nearly £100 cheaper than list price.

funkeh · 5 Apr 2007 at 20:56

eek you posted as I typed!
Ipod vid only does about 2 hrs I'm afraid

bobert50 · 5 Apr 2007 at 20:57

lol

Thats a good price though!

but ideally i want a huge battery life for the occasional long/depressing train journey especially (when i'm fed up of driving!)

malccy · 5 Apr 2007 at 21:00

Get a Creative Vision; 30 or 60gb version. Nine hour mp3 playing time on battery or 3-4 hour on video.

Much better picture quality than an Ipod and plays more video formats out the box without converting than the Ipod.

bobert50 · 5 Apr 2007 at 21:03

read a few reviews about creative vision M's..seen them for about £140 ..30 gig new.

Anyone else have any ideas?

jbloggs · 5 Apr 2007 at 21:03

iAudio X5 does a 30GB model called an "L" version that has a battery life of 35 hours, costs around £200, also is compatable with the Rockbox firmware.

bobert50 · 5 Apr 2007 at 21:03

ah very interesting!! i'll check that out now thanks

bobert50 · 5 Apr 2007 at 21:07

I'm checking out some of the archos ones too, especially the 404. Its a shame some of them don't have changable batterys and reasonably priced to buy batterys so you can just switch them around when one runs out. Still researching!

valerian · 5 Apr 2007 at 22:45

bobert50 said:
I'm after a new mp3 player but unsure of which to get.

4-30 gig hdd
5-6hrs + battery life
Videos if poss
good price!

am i being optiimstic or has anyone got any ideas?

iriver clix 4gb, good battery
iriverter software, converts a 4.7gb dvd to about 330mb

Flibster · 6 Apr 2007 at 12:55

Cowon iAudio A2

Superb video player, good battery life while playing videos. Handles lossless audio very nicely too.

Simon/~Flibster

james.miller · 6 Apr 2007 at 17:12

lots of options. depends on screen size, storage space ect.

i just got an cowan/iaudio d2, awesome little mp3 player. 4gb internal memory, sd slot thats now compatible with sdhc cards, people are using 8gb cards with them no problems. 2.5" 16million colour touch screen, 50 hour music playback, 10 hours video and 76mw per channel. it is such an incredible little player.

much better than the clix

tiny!

WotDa · 6 Apr 2007 at 17:20

james.miller said:
tiny!

Bet thats a joy to watch several hours of video on.

james.miller · 6 Apr 2007 at 17:25

same size screen as an ipod video

same resolution as well, but 16m colours, not 65k

WotDa · 6 Apr 2007 at 18:58

james.miller said:
same size screen as an ipod video same resolution as well, but 16m colours, not 65k

Meh looked smaller.

Northwind · 26 Apr 2007 at 19:55

bobert50 said:
Its a shame some of them don't have changable batterys and reasonably priced to buy batterys so you can just switch them around when one runs out. Still researching!

This was my answer to battery life for my Creative (last gen, pre-video, so can't say if this works on the new ones). The battery came out without tools so I just took to carrying a spare, which cost me £4 off That Auction Site. Worked a charm.

Margaret · 26 Apr 2007 at 21:24

That screen looks bigger than the iPod video screen there!

Anyway do not buy an iPod for video playback, it's fine except the battery life on it.

The 30gb is only something like 2-3 hours.