Player reccomendation

[prophet6]

I've been happily using Rockbox on my iPod 5.0g for about six months now, but my hard drive finally seems to be getting up the ghost.  Should I buy another one, or get another Rockbox compatible player?  I honestly have no special love for my shiny but generally flaky iPod.  Is there a general consensus on the best device available for Rockbox?  My only real needs are that it must be high density (hard drive based), and should preferably have an RTC so I can continue using the Audioscrobbler feature well.

[Llorean]

At the moment the Gigabeats seem a fairly solid Rockbox targets for those requirements, and are somewhat easier to come by than a lot of the other targets. As well the iAudio X5 ought to do you good. Those are pretty much what you can expect to find available non-iPod.

[prophet6]

Those both look like they do what I need - the Gigabeat generally looks like a pretty good player.  The port status pages seem to show the iPod being generally more stable and better tested, though.  Would I be better off buying another iPod 5G?

[Llorean]

In my personal experience (I've only had the Gigabeat for 2 days now), the overall feeling is that the Gigabeat port is a solider port for the moment. Because it has a USB mode, you never have to leave Rockbox, and I *believe* the battery life is on average better, though I've not made a personal test yet.

As well, once Rockbox has solid video support, it will likely (but not definitely) be better on the Gigabeat, at least for quite some time.

[prophet6]

That's reassuring to hear - I was also reading pretty generous battery estimates for the Gigabeat.  Video's not really an issue for me - I really only intend on using my player for music, but the bells and whistles certainly don't hurt

[Sambolina3]

I would suggest to stay with the iPod but those other players are good too.