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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Should I buy the JBFMR20? Some questions and worries.Re: Should I buy the JBFMR20? Some questions and worries.
From: Shawn Watson <shawnw_at_internode.on.net>
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 01:44:54 +0930 George Michaelson wrote: >For a non-jukebox form thing, I think I like the philips mini-cd MP3 player very >much. A colleague has one, and finds the density of MP3 recording he can fit on >a mini-cd, and its anti-skip buffer size really hits the sweetspot. Its a much >longer battery life (20-30 hours from memory) and very very stylish/small. Of >course it does mean stopping every now and then to change a mini-CD, but thats >not such a great price to pay. > >the density of these mini-CD's with MP3 is close to that of AATRAC devices, and >you shouldnt ignore minidisc players. they are phenominally well made devices, >small and light. However I think MP3 is good enough, and a minicd holds about >4-5 LPs worth at a low bitrate encoding. > >There was a compaq device in the same niche as the philips mp3 mini-cd player. >It may be off the market by now. cruder construction, but otherwise the same, in >a less stylish enclosure. > Mini-disks just don't do it for me. Once you understand what a harddrive based MP3 player is you just can't get enthusiastic about cassette set-ups. At least a CD/MP3 player uses CD's with 700MB capacity - minidiscs only hold about 200MB, and they're a lot more expensive than MP3/CD players also (on par with harddrive based MP3 players - go figure?!). Mini-disc players will go the way of the dinosaur soon enough, I'm guessing, unless some stunningly useful new feature appears on one. .. > >I wish Archos had made the form factor just a bit smaller. I love my JBR, but >compared to an Ipod its like a VW beetle to a porche :-) > Agreed > >cheers, happy cycling (and watch out for those speeding cars you won't hear...) > Probably get hit by a car with full sound insulation and stereo blasting ;) Received on 2003-08-06 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |