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Post by Mark on Dec 24, 2007 1:09:45 GMT -5
Im going to buy a Zune...No I've been thinking about it since it has Radio captinility and then I heard of such devices that has XM Radio...
What Im getting at is help on what applicance could I get that has the XM Radio, that has the mp3 player and where I can play videos?
Or if such doesnt exist, where can I find one with all that except videos
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Dec 24, 2007 5:24:17 GMT -5
I don't know of anything that has MP3, XM radio, video and is portable as well. I know of some that do all of that, but they're big units that hook into your TV, VCR, Tivo, etc.... I have a Samsung Helix and absolutely love it. It's a clone of the Audiovox XM2Go and the Pioneer Inno. You can ge the Inno for about $100 or so. The Audiovox is probably in the same category. They have live XM in portable mode, 512 mb of mp3 storage (which isn't much I realize, but it's primarily a radio) and 512 mb of space to record live radio and play it back later. It features a VCR like function that you can program to record a channel at a specific time and it'll do it for you. Also has a feature that notifies you when your favorite songs or favorite artists come on on any of the 170 or so channels.
The Skifi3 features a lot of those same things and has a slot for an SD card as storage. I don't think it has a built in antenna like the Inno so you've got to have some bulky antenna headphones that no one seems to care for. It's a little larger than the Inno as well, but it's still a solid radio.
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Post by ravensgathering on Dec 24, 2007 9:08:30 GMT -5
Don't buy a Zune, they are beyond suckage. My brothers got them 3 weeks ago, neither has them now. One broke on it's own then Microsoft says they wont replace the parts for it. If you break the screen you are beyond  ed and my brothers screen cracked on it's own he didn't even do anything. They tell you their warranty doesn't cover Screens which is bullcrapto begin with. The other one just flat out stopped working on my computer so it was brought back and exchanged for a new one which he sold on Ebay. There is a known problem with the Zune screens breaking because the battery is right behind the screen and it expands when being charged from the heat. |
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Dec 24, 2007 9:45:04 GMT -5
Don't buy a Zune, they are beyond suckage. My brothers got them 3 weeks ago, neither has them now. One broke on it's own then Microsoft says they wont replace the parts for it. If you break the screen you are beyond ed and my brothers screen cracked on it's own he didn't even do anything. They tell you their warranty doesn't cover Screens which is bull **** to begin with. The other one just flat out stopped working on my computer so it was brought back and exchanged for a new one which he sold on Ebay. There is a known problem with the Zune screens breaking because the battery is right behind the screen and it expands when being charged from the heat. It's not unusual for warranties to not cover the screen on something like that. If it's breaking because of a design issue that's an entirely different thing though. |
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Post by doink317 on Dec 24, 2007 11:16:39 GMT -5
I've not had one problem with my Zune since I've gotten it, which I've had it for just about a year now. It's worked great. I've not heard of any Zune having XM radio built into it however, I believe there's a new Sirius radio out that's about the size of an iPod, but that will be a lot more costly then a Zune, as I think they run about 300 plus dollars for the radio, and plus 10$ a month for Sirius subscription. The Zune is great though, it has radio, but I believe it's only local stations you can get, plus the video's on it look pretty nice, and you can store a nice amount of music, and pictures on it.
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Post by noname on Dec 24, 2007 12:11:26 GMT -5
I think you're confusing XM with Sirius.
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Post by Bubba Ray DJ on Dec 24, 2007 12:15:38 GMT -5
Just watch the domino music player commercial. I think at the end of all the ipods falling it's a commercial for some XM player.
Either that or go to one of the satellite radio websites.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Dec 24, 2007 12:16:26 GMT -5
I think you're confusing XM with Sirius. They may end up being one company anyway. |
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Post by TooShort4 on Dec 24, 2007 12:56:40 GMT -5
grow a set.
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Post by chumped on Dec 24, 2007 13:05:10 GMT -5
I think its safe to assume that if Microsoft built it, its gonna brick.
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Post by Mark on Dec 24, 2007 14:52:48 GMT -5
I don't know of anything that has MP3, XM radio, video and is portable as well. I know of some that do all of that, but they're big units that hook into your TV, VCR, Tivo, etc.... I have a Samsung Helix and absolutely love it. It's a clone of the Audiovox XM2Go and the Pioneer Inno. You can ge the Inno for about $100 or so. The Audiovox is probably in the same category. They have live XM in portable mode, 512 mb of mp3 storage (which isn't much I realize, but it's primarily a radio) and 512 mb of space to record live radio and play it back later. It features a VCR like function that you can program to record a channel at a specific time and it'll do it for you. Also has a feature that notifies you when your favorite songs or favorite artists come on on any of the 170 or so channels. The Skifi3 features a lot of those same things and has a slot for an SD card as storage. I don't think it has a built in antenna like the Inno so you've got to have some bulky antenna headphones that no one seems to care for. It's a little larger than the Inno as well, but it's still a solid radio. How is the reception on it? I dont want the satellite to be going out when Im not close to a window No noname...Im not confusing it them. I know XM radio has a portable mp3 player but i really wanted something where I could watch my videos on  |
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