UBM Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 Well, great bit of kit. Put my entire CD collection on and its not even half full yet. Thats 50 days of music! Have downloaded a video (Rachel Stevens MY LAX) and the screen resolution is fantastic. You need iTunes v6 for the auto video down load to iPod to work successfully. Now working on a way to download DVD and TV to the iPod. Well worth the money as I can put all my digital photo archive on there too! Bought some leads to connect it up to the TV and stereo, althogh until I get the DVD side of things sorted... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponge Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 I love mine to bits. One of the reasons I bought it was to use as a backup device for photographs whilst 'out in the field'. So I bought one of these. I have a Canon EOS 350D which isn't on the compatability list, but works fine. Only downside is my old 20gb iPod is now collecting dust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mastermofo Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 i have just got 30Gb for Xmas and loving it !!!! try PQdvd to download DVDs onto it !! loading up a few classic films for the train ride home this evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattburrow Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 I got one for Xmas and its great so far. I have put one Film on at the mo. Where can you get the leads to View on a Telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Hi UBM, the ipod "with video" is an excellent bit of kit,had an ipod ilinked the car now for over a rear now,first with the u2 20 g ipod and now since its release the 60g video one,cant fault it in anyway! well maybe in one...try having a film on (e.g star wars 3) when your driving! DANGEROUS AND NOT RECOMENDED! Anyway as to getting video onto your ipod...well there are numerous routes you can take... itunes,can start to cost after a while and choice is pretty limited to music vds and pixar shorts and the odd trailer. bit torrent sites...excellent and alot of stuff is ready to d/l and put straight to ipod, and finally a prog to format to ipod setup. try videora (free unlike the one apple offers)- http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/ and for lots of usual full guides and helps try the ilounge forums - http://forums.ipodlounge.com/showthread.php?s=6f6f86112fa85d7a43c19dcc821c0d5b&threadid=123067 I ve converted plenty of stuff and have found certain recodes to work with different settings on videora,if ya get stuck pm me..) Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dq1 Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Why not get a psp instead, you can play games, watch movies, and listen to mp3s too!! Has a bigger screen (which is made for widescreen, whereas the ipod video isn't), okay there's no dock available for the car yet but you can't have everyhting!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponge Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 I bought a PSP a couple of days ago and I hate to admit it, but I really like it! I haven't tried it yet, but I think it'll be more suited to watching films than the iPod is. As for music - even though I got the Giga pack, there just isn't enough storage to use it as a portable music device. Having said that, I have ripped a few CDs to it for those times when I don't want to play a game. But I've had to use 128Kbps mp3s instead of my usual 320Kbps AAC, due to the space constraints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 [ QUOTE ] I haven't tried it yet, but I think it'll be more suited to watching films than the iPod is. [/ QUOTE ] I have the free copy of Spiderman 2 and with the right software you can put DVD's re-compressed onto Memory Sticks [ QUOTE ] As for music - even though I got the Giga pack, there just isn't enough storage to use it as a portable music device. [/ QUOTE ] I just have a 512MB Memory Stick in my W800i and use that for listening to music if I'm walking somewhere, hell I used to use my K700 and that only had about 40MB of internal memory PSP is too big to be a portable music player though for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 My ipod video 60gb (Black) comes next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBM Posted December 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 [ QUOTE ] My ipod video 60gb (Black) comes next week [/ QUOTE ] Enjoy! If you get videos on it (DVD) don't forget to get some connector leads to connect to your tele! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] My ipod video 60gb (Black) comes next week [/ QUOTE ] Enjoy! If you get videos on it (DVD) don't forget to get some connector leads to connect to your tele! [/ QUOTE ] Wouldn't that be a bit bulky to use on the move? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBM Posted December 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Indeed - but it somes in useful for showing your blind as a bat in laws and oldies all your photos on the tele! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 @ thorburn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponge Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 I'm somewhat spoilt for choice when it comes to portable media devices. I have an iPod for music in the car, which can also be used while on foot. But I don't tend to listen to music while out on foot and definitely not whilst cycling - too dangerous. I also have the leads to plug it into a hi-fi/TV if required. I also have the leads required to use the iPod as a backup device for digital photos and the screen is surprisingly good for viewing pictures. I can now use the PSP to view photos too, but as far as I'm aware the only way to get photos onto it is by using a PC, in advance. (I don't need a PC for the iPod as I have the USB adapter.) I have the software to enable me to convert DVDs to PSP format, but I haven't used it yet and beyond experimenting/playing, I'm not sure I'll ever use it that way due to the cost of their memory sticks. (It annoys me that these companies can't get together and agree on one memory format. More money for them I guess. ) Having music capability on the PSP will be convenient if I'm out and about and don't want to play a game. Assuming I have the headphones with me. But I also have an SPV C550 mobile phone with a 1gb memory card, which has some music on it too. I always have my phone with me, so I'm more likely to use this as a portable music device. (But again, I don't routinely carry the headphones with me. ) As you can see, I enjoy buying gadgets. They all have their uses and limitations - but can you imagine carrying all of them at the same time? All this got me thinking about memory cards. Canon: Compact Flash Pentax: Secure Digital PSP: Memory Stick C550: mSD iPod: Hard Drive Makes buying and carrying spares a nightmare in itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winton Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Go to the Apple website and hit the Quicktime link and download future movie trailers of Joy directly onto your ipod Video. Heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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