Comments on: Beware the Rip Guide http://www.dailyindia.com/blog/221129116.php An Indian technology blog with reviews, opinions and more. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:28:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michael Swanberg http://www.dailyindia.com/blog/221129116.php/comment-page-1#comment-40237 Michael Swanberg Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:40:04 +0000 http://www.dailyindia.com/blog/?p=116#comment-40237 You are so correct. And that was my point. Depending on who you are and what you listen to and where you listen to it, you can get more music onto your MP3 players by going to a lower bitrate, and not feel like you're missing a thing. I disagree about the 80GB iPod, though. Some people, and I am one, like to have ALL their music with them all the time because ya never know what urge will strike at any given moment. But then, my music collection, which I consider to be more than I could ever truly want, is around 21GB. So, I see your point that 80GB is super huge. On the other hand, if you add in video, 80GB isn't as large as it used to be :-) -Mike You are so correct. And that was my point. Depending on who you are and what you listen to and where you listen to it, you can get more music onto your MP3 players by going to a lower bitrate, and not feel like you’re missing a thing.

I disagree about the 80GB iPod, though. Some people, and I am one, like to have ALL their music with them all the time because ya never know what urge will strike at any given moment.

But then, my music collection, which I consider to be more than I could ever truly want, is around 21GB. So, I see your point that 80GB is super huge.

On the other hand, if you add in video, 80GB isn’t as large as it used to be :-)

-Mike

]]> By: graphicartist2k5 http://www.dailyindia.com/blog/221129116.php/comment-page-1#comment-40211 graphicartist2k5 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:50:13 +0000 http://www.dailyindia.com/blog/?p=116#comment-40211 I know for a fact that if you encode your mp3 files to 96kbps, instead of 128kbps, you can fit A LOT more music onto your mp3 player. Case in point: I own a 1gb Ipod shuffle, and because I encode my music to 96kbps, I can fit around 13-15 hours of music onto it. I also own a 4gb Zune, and I have YET to fill it to capacity, and I already have DOUBLE the amount of music that I have on the Ipod shuffle. Seriously, there is NO reason to buy an mp3 player that has 80 or more gb of space for the simple fact that it's POINTLESS. NO person will ever listen to all the music that is on an 80gb mp3 player, unless they lock themselves in their house for half a year and all they do is listen to music on their mp3 player, without skipping around to different songs. For the record: The sound quality of mp3 files encoded at 96kbps is just as good as 128kbps, and higher. Unless you have the hearing of a bat, you're not going to notice a huge decrease in sound quality, unless you were to encode your mp3 files to a lower bitrate than 96kpbs. I know for a fact that if you encode your mp3 files to 96kbps, instead of 128kbps, you can fit A LOT more music onto your mp3 player. Case in point: I own a 1gb Ipod shuffle, and because I encode my music to 96kbps, I can fit around 13-15 hours of music onto it. I also own a 4gb Zune, and I have YET to fill it to capacity, and I already have DOUBLE the amount of music that I have on the Ipod shuffle. Seriously, there is NO reason to buy an mp3 player that has 80 or more gb of space for the simple fact that it’s POINTLESS. NO person will ever listen to all the music that is on an 80gb mp3 player, unless they lock themselves in their house for half a year and all they do is listen to music on their mp3 player, without skipping around to different songs. For the record: The sound quality of mp3 files encoded at 96kbps is just as good as 128kbps, and higher. Unless you have the hearing of a bat, you’re not going to notice a huge decrease in sound quality, unless you were to encode your mp3 files to a lower bitrate than 96kpbs.

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