Creative Zen Vision:M or 5G Video Ipod ?

[charltonfan1]

Had a look at these two today in the flesh and apart from the extra thickness of the creative i liked the look and feel of it. Ipod is sexy, but battery history and the possibility of killing my sony earphones puts me off them.

Anyone got pro's and cons of both?

 

[charltonfan1]

anyone? im leaning towards the creative atm

 

[charltonfan1]

Cheers for the input. I wont be using it for video, just music and a few photos really.

I've never really tried itunes, and the creative software ive tried in the past has been pretty poor. I'm really put off the ipod cos of the headphone breaking issue

 

[charltonfan1]

you wont use the video on it???

defeats the object of the vision m...

Not entirely. The next model down is the zen sleek photo which costs almost as much, and does not seem as good.

I cant think of any non video alternatives that save me any money?

 

[charltonfan1]

Cheers crasp. i'll have a look at the M5

 

[charltonfan1]

Just don't use the iPod headphones, they suck tbh, get some nice Sennheiser ones ;D

the issue with the 5G ipod videos is the unit breaking the headphones, whether they are apple or a 3rd party make. So if it broke my sonys i wouldnt be able to get them replaced as they are more than a year old.

 

[charltonfan1]

I'm in the same boat, not sure what to get. But whats that about 5G breaking headphones?? Wouldn't like to see my Shures go up the spout

Thanks for asking the question Charltonfan1

read here and have a look at the links in that thread http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17527136

 

[charltonfan1]

I think im gona get an ipod for my bday in a couple of weeks, as wel as this case cos it looks amazing and protects it much better than iskins

 

[charltonfan1]

Yep you are correct i think i prefer the all clear look. Other alternatives are:

Agent 18
Contour iSee
XtremeMac MicroShield
Speck See-Thru
AXShop Hard Plastic Case
Power Support

they are all pretty similar from the looks of things