New ipod 20GB vs. New I-river HP-10 20GB

cdlegate · 4th June 2005, 17:49

my current ipod broke so i am getting a gift card from best buy since i bought the 2 year replacement plan and cant decide which player to get...i have been sorta happy with the ipod but i would like to try somthing new...then again the iriver doesnt work with winamp (as far as i know) but it does have alot more features. has anyone tried both of these players and have some feedback for me

BigGuyWhoKills · 4th June 2005, 21:59

Does the iRiver have a wheel like the iPod does? I haven't seen one with a wheel yet, so I'd say that in itself would keep me from buying an iRiver. Go to the store and play with an iRiver to see if you can live without the wheel. The bios may also be better or worse, but that's a personal preference.

The iRiver also does not support any of the higher quality audio codecs such as .aac (.m4a) or .ogg. As great as .mp3's are, they really suffer when it comes to high frequencies. Windows Media (.wma) isn't much better.

kaatinthehaat · 6th June 2005, 03:23

Stick with the ipod. It's the best mp3 player out there. (It also has the most available accessories.)

4th June 2005, 17:49	#1
cdlegate Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 14	New ipod 20GB vs. New I-river HP-10 20GB my current ipod broke so i am getting a gift card from best buy since i bought the 2 year replacement plan and cant decide which player to get...i have been sorta happy with the ipod but i would like to try somthing new...then again the iriver doesnt work with winamp (as far as i know) but it does have alot more features. has anyone tried both of these players and have some feedback for me

6th June 2005, 03:23	#3
kaatinthehaat Major Dude Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 504	Stick with the ipod. It's the best mp3 player out there. (It also has the most available accessories.) 80GB 5.5 generation Video iPod 4GB and 8GB gen 2 Nano's with ****+ Winamp 5.52 Pro ; ml_iPod 3.05

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4th June 2005, 21:59	#2
BigGuyWhoKills Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Posts: 32	Does the iRiver have a wheel like the iPod does? I haven't seen one with a wheel yet, so I'd say that in itself would keep me from buying an iRiver. Go to the store and play with an iRiver to see if you can live without the wheel. The bios may also be better or worse, but that's a personal preference. The iRiver also does not support any of the higher quality audio codecs such as .aac (.m4a) or .ogg. As great as .mp3's are, they really suffer when it comes to high frequencies. Windows Media (.wma) isn't much better.