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20 out of 24 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
"The Best Player you can Choose"
Pros: It's small and it has so many more features than the iPod. Worth the $300!
Cons: Have to convert xvids.
Summary: I have always been a huge iPod fan (as my SN has iPod in it even), but now I am thrilled to leave mine behind. Apple keeps wanting to charge customers for things like radio abilities, but Toshiba got it right! Give the people what they want, and this is defeninetly what we want! Everyone I know is so envious of it, and several people in my office are going to buy one too. The screen is also bigger than an iPod, so you can enjoy your videos in pristine-clear quality without having to squint.
And don't forget, you can you use any music service with it (excluding iTunes), so you aren't forced to do what Apple wants. The iPod and iTunes seem almost dated, and not nearly as useful and exciting as rivals.
I am a very skeptical person, but I am confident in saying go out and get one now, you will never regret it!
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If anyone actually believes ipod5500 is a real review and not some microsoft sockpuppet, puhleeeeeeze. 'Toshiba got it right " who writes like that when they're not writing an ad. And by the way, it was Toshiba who sold our submarine silent running technology to the Soviets during the cold war. I still haven't forgiven that nifty bit of treason.
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I am really thinking about buying this thing over the Video IPOD. I have an XBOX 360 and Windows XP and my music library on Windows Media Player. But is there anyway to transfer my DVD's to this thing? I am new to the whole video thing. How does this one differ from the ITunes?
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Where does all this hype for this player come from? The player is NOT feature packed, just the opposite actually. It only supports mp3 and wma (what the hell). You can only play wmv video files on it which means you have convert every damn file you have because nobody uses Windows Media Video. The sound is sup-par, equalizer is complete crap. Volume is to low (forget about jamming out). Controls on the player are annoying and badly concieved. Options are kept to comeplete minimum because Microsoft woudln't want you to customize to many things. Color scheme of the PMC software on the player is horrible and more than boring.
This is not the player everybody should be excited about. I am not a Ipod fan fan boy either since I don't own one right now but I would choose an Ipod over this player anyday. I do own a Cowon X5L with 35 hours of Battery life and the best audio quality ever on a mp3 player (yes I know the video is not that great on the Cowon either but the sound is amazing).
Save you money and don't be fooled by the hype. -
the screen is actually smaller than the ipod's. iPod screen = 2.5 inches
Toshiba Gigabeat = 2.4 inches
however, it's easier to watch in widescreen , i think.
glad you're happy with you're player, i hope to get mine this week.
Where to buy
Toshiba Gigabeat MES30VW (30GB, white):
$245.99
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