Music, video and more I recently purchased a 30G I-Pod Video and thought I would share some thoughts/discoveries. This little thing is turning out to be more than I thought it was
I've been lusting for an I-pod ever since they came out. But somethings always stopped me. The combination of the price/features/size/battery life/etc just put it out of reach. Apple not too long ago release a re-vamped I-pod Video, 30G. My entire music collection is under 6G so I wanted something that would hold it all and then ...
[Apple 30 GB iPod with Video Playback Black (MA146LL/A) Black review by Thomas E. Tweedel can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | Thomas E. Tweedel | | Review Date: | 11/17/2006 | | User Location: | Austin, TX United States | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (11 of 11) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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I'm a bit disappointed I wanted an iPod for the longest time and I was really excited to finally get one. I owned a Shuffle, which I liked, and decided to upgrade to the iPod Video. I like having ALL of my music to carry around with me but things just keep popping up that make me second-guess my purchase.
Here are the things I like:
- The design is great. It's nice and slim and doesn't take up a lot of space.
- The screen is huge compared to older generations of the iPod. The qualit...
[Apple 30 GB iPod with Video Playback Black (MA146LL/A) Black review by Ken Y. can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 6.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Ken Y. | | Review Date: | 12/29/2005 | | User Location: | San Francisco | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (10 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Excellent. Easily the coolest gadget I own. First off, let me tell you that the iPod is amazing. The music sounds excellent and watching video on the Liquid Crystal Display is like watching my HDTV.
~The compactness makes it easy to store all your music, and pictures, and videos and listen to/watch them in the car or while your in a place you really don't wanna be, but are forced to by greater powers (Mothers, wives, etc.)
~The click wheel, although it takes a couple minutes to get used to, is fascinating. It m...
[Apple 30 GB iPod with Video Playback Black (MA146LL/A) Black review by Daniel Golder can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Daniel Golder | | Review Date: | 12/29/2005 | | User Location: | New York, USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (10 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Please read this before you buy!! don't do what I did and fall into the iPod is the best until you educate yourself! Ok, so if you are the average consumer, such as myself, you probably have an mp3 player of some sort. If you own an Apple iPod, then you and I along with 58 million other unsuspecting consumers have been had. BIG TIME. I too fell into the trance of the white earbuds, but no longer will I remain an Apple lemur. I bought a 4th generation iPod and was so excited that I too was going to be sporting the ultimate in mp3 players!! Boy, was I STUPID!!! I commute to Boston on the commuter rail, which is ...
[Apple 30 GB iPod with Video Playback Black (MA146LL/A) Black review by J. Oliveira "hermione469" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | J. Oliveira "hermione469" | | Review Date: | 11/06/2006 | | User Location: | Boston, ma | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
95% (19 of 20) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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iPod - the truth There are pro's and con's to every iPod, I will try to give an unbiased opinion, even though I like mine.
Con's first:
-Does scratch very easy
-Video's need to be converted/compressed/transferred in a 'pain in the [...]' method, but once you have it down its okay.
-Hard drive based(and this can arguably be a pro because it has much more space)
-BECAUSE it is hard drive based, DO NOT GET THIS IPOD IF YOU PLAN TO JOG, OR BE MOVING AROUND MUCH WITH YOUR...
[Apple 30 GB iPod with Video Playback Black (MA146LL/A) Black review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 07/26/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
92% (23 of 25) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great player --- Terrible batteries Having an iPod is wonderful. You get to have a substantial chunk of your music collection in a small portable device. Being able to play video is wonderful as well.
The problem is the battery and memory on these things fail all the time! The battery life is always diminishing. After a few months you'll start to notice the battery life losing a few hours and then maybe after a year it will be to the point where it crashes all the time. My current iPod has to be plugged into the dock...
[Apple 30 GB iPod with Video Playback Black (MA146LL/A) Black review by Rabbit Krishna "hippie_smell" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 6.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Rabbit Krishna "hippie_smell" | | Review Date: | 07/21/2006 | | User Location: | Brooklyn | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
91% (11 of 12) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Truth from an actual owner. I have been iPod user for the past 3 years. Since I recieved my first 20gb 3G iPod for Christmas one year.
I have never used such a well built device. Load music and go. After searching and searching for an application that can store my music well, easy to manage, and be usable with actual devices I couldn't be happier.
I have used Winamp for years and years.. so bulky, unreliable and way too basic. iTunes has definitely helped a lot. A lot of stubborn reviewers on here com...
[Apple 30 GB iPod with Video Playback Black (MA146LL/A) Black review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 09/16/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
90% (10 of 11) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Amazon should stop misleading consumers Amazon sells their iPod 30GB without making it clear which generation they are selling. There are two iPod generations the 5th & 6th Generation iPod. The new generation iPod offers 60% brighter screen & almost double the video battery life from 2 hours to 3.5 hours.
I'm not sure, but what I can tell is Amazon is offering a small discount for the older generation 30GB model..but they aren't even making it clear which generation is which and that is misleading to consumers.
[Apple 30 GB iPod with Video Playback Black (MA146LL/A) Black review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 10/11/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
89% (26 of 29) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great music player, with video too! The iPod first appeared four years ago, and the features continue to grow, with each update.
The iPod with video playback was introduced on October 13, 2005. However, one should not necessarily consider this player a video player, but a great iPod music player, with video capabilities as a fantastic bonus. Nevertheless, the iPod with video playback is the most capable and feature-rich iPod ever produced by Apple.
Video Playback - The iPod plays back H264 and MPEG4 enc...
[Apple 30 GB iPod with Video Playback Black (MA146LL/A) Black review by Stephen Hall "books911" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Stephen Hall "books911" | | Review Date: | 10/15/2005 | | User Location: | USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
87% (556 of 639) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Battery, lag issues with 5G video iPod I own a 3G iPod and was getting old of the 3 hour battery life, so I decided to get the new video iPod. I purchased it (30gb black one) and enjoy the wider screen as well as the color display. I especially enjoy the album artwork being showed on the display. However I do have some issues with it in.
First of all, as I have been reading these posts I can see that I am not the only one that has complaints about the battery life. I listen to music on the train to work (45min to 1 ho...
[Apple 30 GB iPod with Video Playback Black (MA146LL/A) Black review by B. McDonough can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | B. McDonough | | Review Date: | 12/08/2005 | | User Location: | Chicago, IL | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
84% (11 of 13) Users Found This Review Helpful |