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Offline Neuromancer

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What Player would you Buy?
« on: December 29, 2006, 07:25:09 PM »
What is the best player to buy, which one works the best with rockbox?
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Offline Llorean

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Re: What Player would you Buy?
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2006, 08:46:28 PM »
If all my existing players broke, I'd hunt down an iHP-140 / H140 from iRiver.
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Offline Soader03

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Re: What Player would you Buy?
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2006, 10:00:08 PM »
The Toshiba Gigabeat F series... It has a big screen, big HDD size (perfect to view videos)
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Offline Llorean

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Re: What Player would you Buy?
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2006, 10:05:51 PM »
He asked which one works best with Rockbox. I'd say that the Gigabeat series of ports is at a fairly early stage, overall.
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Offline Mad Cow

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Re: What Player would you Buy?
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2007, 09:48:51 PM »
I don't have any experience with H300's, but I'm fairly sure that would be the best choice for rockbox. It has a nice-sized HDD and colour screen, feature-filled and supported very well.
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iRiver H10 5GB, Gigabeat F40, Gigabeat S60, all rockboxed. :P

Offline jewman

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Re: What Player would you Buy?
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2007, 12:17:02 AM »
Quote from: Mad Cow on January 04, 2007, 09:48:51 PM
I don't have any experience with H300's, but I'm fairly sure that would be the best choice for rockbox. It has a nice-sized HDD and colour screen, feature-filled and supported very well.

I use Rockbox on my h320, and it's awesome. The games are great i color, and the sound quality is great, comparable to the h1xx with Rockbox. Rockbox development on the h3xx is on practically the same level as that of the h1xx.
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Offline AlexP

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Re: What Player would you Buy?
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2007, 03:42:27 AM »
The choice between H3x0 and H1x0 IMHO depends on whether you want the colour screen on the H3x0, or the extra audio capability of the H1x0 (optical in/out etc).  Personally, that would be H1x0 for me, as a DAP sits in my pocket, I don't spend lots of time looking at it. However, as has been said both H1x0 and H3x0 are both excellently supported by rockbox
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Offline Multiplex

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Re: What Player would you Buy?
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2007, 07:55:09 AM »
On the H100 you can see the display without the backlight, on the H300 you can't.

Is playing Jewels in colour worth not being able to see the WPS all the time ...
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Offline markun

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Re: What Player would you Buy?
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2007, 09:39:08 AM »
I have a iriver H1x0 and a Gigabeat F40, both work very well with rockbox, but I can't comment on any other players.

If you want optical out/in and recording but don't care for visuals go with the iriver, otherwise the Gigabeat is a good choice I would say.
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