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Want to buy a "new" HDD DAP to replace my iRiver H340...

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saab_rider:
Hey guys... Been using rockbox for the past 3 years on my H340, and boy is my iRiver starting to look old! The hardware is great, and made even better with rockbox, but I think it's time for an upgrade...

Here's what I want in my "new" player...

First off, the player MUST run Rockbox, needs to be thinner than my H340 (which might be thicker than two iPods stacked!), has a larger LCD screen/resolution (which makes the gigabeat F out of the question).


I actually have a few players that I have in mind... The Gigabeat X/S,

ALERT! ZUNE MENTIONED BELOW! SKIP IF NOT INTERESTED!

--- Quote ---or the Microsoft Zune...

Yeah I know... Rockbox doesn't work on the Zune. I know, it is very difficult to find an exploit on it... Most of all, I know that there is very very little interest in the Zune among the developers. I just wanted to mention that I like the design of the Zune, and that I like the touch-pad/d-pad combo on the new Zunes. Since I think all iPods suck, the zune (in my opinion) is one of the very very few currently available HDD DAPs which would be cool to have Rockbox on... There, I said it :-) Please don't close my thread!
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No more mention of zune after this point!

Since there is no port for that player ;-), I'm left with the Gigabeat X and S. Both  of these players are difficult to find brand-new these days... The X was only available in Japan and Australia as far as I know. But even though, I like the idea of getting an S more, because of its better CPU.

I'd like to either get the thinner S30, and swap the hard drive with a single platter 120GB drive, or get the S60 and put a double platter 240GB in it....

I want a brand new one... But these players are already over 4 years old, and they were never very popular to begin with. Found a few sites that had them in stock, but found out that they actually didn't have any!

So I have a few options now:

1) Go ahead and buy a used Gigabeat (may need to replace the battery as well)
2) Try and find a new one straight from Japan (some sites offer this service for a fee, getting hard to find stuff from japan)
3) Just stick to my H340

What do you guys think?

FYI, the used Gigabeat S players I found (also very few) are quite expensive USD 150-250!

Also, if you know of places where I can still get it brand-new, please let me know...

Notes:
1) I know the Gigabeat S isn't officially supported yet.
2) Again, I don't like iPods
3) Sorry for mentioning the zune! :-)

GodEater:
Sorry, I don't understand - why is the Gigabeat F out of the question? It has the same screen resolution as the X and S.

soap:

--- Quote from: GodEater on February 13, 2009, 03:53:09 AM ---Sorry, I don't understand - why is the Gigabeat F out of the question? It has the same screen resolution as the X and S.

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I assume because it does not take a ZIF drive.

LambdaCalculus:

--- Quote from: soap on February 13, 2009, 06:36:10 AM ---I assume because it does not take a ZIF drive.

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It sounds like a valid reason. The largest 50-pin drive I've seen is 80GB (IIRC the Toshiba MK8007GAH), and it's quite expensive.

With that said, to saab_rider: I got my Gigabeat S60 from eBay for $100 USD. You just have to browse around until you find a good deal.

GodEater:
Ah, the OP doesn't seem to make that clear, he says :


--- Quote ---First off, the player MUST run Rockbox, needs to be thinner than my H340 (which might be thicker than two iPods stacked!), has a larger LCD screen/resolution (which makes the gigabeat F out of the question).

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Which implies it was something about the screen resolution that was unacceptable :-\

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