Biggest mp3 player available?

xinoxide · 8th Jul 2006, 08:30 AM

i did a couple hours of research, and im looking for the largest standalone mp3 player i can find. lets say, if i were to buy my tracks on itunes for $1 a piece, id be in the hole about $27,000. and im tired of having to switch songs on and off of my 40 gig creative nomad xen.

i even though of getting a laptop with really big hard drives and an mp3 player mode. but jogging with a laptop really doesnt make sense.

so i come to you, all mighty know howers of the interweb, to help find me something i can put a HUGE chunk of my music on. i was thinking of a 60 gig ipod, but still not nearly as big as i need (and i dislike ipods) so, some help please? <3

fyire · 8th Jul 2006, 10:22 AM

Well, simplest solution is:
- Get a Mac Mini
- Do the battery mod on it (http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/b...ered-mac-mini/) so the Mac Mini can run off batteries
- Hack up somekinda custom interfacing so iTunes on the Mac Mini can be controlled via a bluetooth interface from your phone or something.

And there you go, a portable MP3 player with an upgradable disk

Falcone · 8th Jul 2006, 11:32 AM

There are plenty of those el-cheapo media player out there with changable HD that cost at a fraction of an IPOD.

I can give u one example here

It one hell of a all rounder, I like it since I take tons of photograh in RAW. The only down side is the built quality....which is the reason why I didn't grap it.

peaz · 8th Jul 2006, 01:26 PM

Well, there's always the Epson P4500. http://www.dpreview.com/news/0603/06...epsonp4500.asp

uses a 2.5" hard drive too

xinoxide · 8th Jul 2006, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peaz

Well, there's always the Epson P4500. http://www.dpreview.com/news/0603/06...epsonp4500.asp

uses a 2.5" hard drive too

that epson p4500 looks damn nice, i suppose i could get a bigger hard drive for it or something, but it is bigger, but hell, that means better screen, and a more diverse sense of use. it better have damn good battery life

peaz · 13th Jul 2006, 09:43 PM

haha i suppose you could

THe epson p4500 is actually meant as a digital camera/video camera companion... so the screen is definately a good one

luqman · 18th Jul 2006, 07:01 AM

ya u should get it

8th Jul 2006, 08:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
xinoxide Just Started Join Date: 25 Jun 2006 Location: Naples Florida Posts: 40 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Biggest mp3 player available? i did a couple hours of research, and im looking for the largest standalone mp3 player i can find. lets say, if i were to buy my tracks on itunes for $1 a piece, id be in the hole about $27,000. and im tired of having to switch songs on and off of my 40 gig creative nomad xen. i even though of getting a laptop with really big hard drives and an mp3 player mode. but jogging with a laptop really doesnt make sense. so i come to you, all mighty know howers of the interweb, to help find me something i can put a HUGE chunk of my music on. i was thinking of a 60 gig ipod, but still not nearly as big as i need (and i dislike ipods) so, some help please? <3 __________________ Dynamix Studio rig: Amd athlon x2 4800 \| MSI K8N neo4 \| 4x 1Gb OCz Gold GX \| Radeon x850xt \| Radeon 9000 pci \| 2x 15" LCD's \|1x 19" LCD 1x projector \| 4x raid0 barracuda 250's \| Digidesign protools HD\|3 [$soundcard>$house] \| ultrasone proline750 headphones -peak recording:32 simultaneous 32bit 96 khz wav tracks

8th Jul 2006, 11:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
Falcone Official Mascot Creator Join Date: 18 Dec 2002 Location: Shanghai, See En Posts: 3,348 Reputation: 1878 Rep Power: 28	There are plenty of those el-cheapo media player out there with changable HD that cost at a fraction of an IPOD. I can give u one example here It one hell of a all rounder, I like it since I take tons of photograh in RAW. The only down side is the built quality....which is the reason why I didn't grap it. __________________ I'm a noob, my photos sucks, but if you can live with that... http://www.pumpkinproject.com/ Flickr

8th Jul 2006, 01:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
peaz ARP Webmaster Join Date: 13 Oct 2002 Location: http://atpeaz.placidthoughts.com/ Posts: 8,584 Reputation: 1673 Rep Power: 32	Well, there's always the Epson P4500. http://www.dpreview.com/news/0603/06...epsonp4500.asp uses a 2.5" hard drive too __________________ Ken Ng Tech ARP Follow me at Twitter Shoot and Earn Money from Stock Photography

13th Jul 2006, 09:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
peaz ARP Webmaster Join Date: 13 Oct 2002 Location: http://atpeaz.placidthoughts.com/ Posts: 8,584 Reputation: 1673 Rep Power: 32	haha i suppose you could THe epson p4500 is actually meant as a digital camera/video camera companion... so the screen is definately a good one __________________ Ken Ng Tech ARP Follow me at Twitter Shoot and Earn Money from Stock Photography

18th Jul 2006, 07:01 AM	#7 (permalink)
luqman Getting there Join Date: 19 Dec 2005 Location: in here front of my media center '05 Posts: 172 Reputation: -76 Rep Power: 0	ya u should get it __________________ [IMG]http://www.180networks.com/images/imagehere1.jpg *sig removed by Admin. Please conform to our sig guidlines here Mr Pro Network Engineer.. http://forums.rojakpot.com/showthread.php?t=2059

8th Jul 2006, 10:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
fyire I'm a regular Join Date: 15 Jan 2004 Location: Somewhere out there Posts: 352 Reputation: 15 Rep Power: 6	Well, simplest solution is: - Get a Mac Mini - Do the battery mod on it (http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/b...ered-mac-mini/) so the Mac Mini can run off batteries - Hack up somekinda custom interfacing so iTunes on the Mac Mini can be controlled via a bluetooth interface from your phone or something. And there you go, a portable MP3 player with an upgradable disk

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