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theone:
I was laying down listening to my iRiver H320 when all of a sudden it sounded like a motor was trapped inside of it...of course it was the disk drive. Reset it and now tells me 'check hdd connection'. This sucks....first an iPod, then a rio karma, then an iAudio x5, now this iRiver h320....all broken (in some form or another). (hard-disk-based) MP3 players are just not where they need to be...I'm waiting for high-capacity solid-state. That will be the next one I buy.

Sorry, just need to rant for a bit. I'm not rough on them but I don't 'baby' them either. Like I said, I was just laying down, it was on my bed (a flat surface) and all of a sudden just starts making noises...hasn't even fallen or suffered any sudden shock since I had it!

bk:
Yeah, MP3 players are basically disposable devices. With regular use I don't expect them to last more than 18-24 months, especially HDD-based ones. Between the battery, hard drive and very tiny and fragile control mechanisms they are not built to be durable, they're built to be flashy expensive toys to be upgraded or discarded regularly (like cellphones).

Llorean:
My H120 is past the 3 year mark (nearing the 4, I think) and has seen a lot of use and hasn't even developed any minor failings in reliability (other than the 3 LCD remotes I've broken by catching their cables on things, or having them fall at the wrong time and be crushed by something). So I wouldn't call them "disposable".

And many Rockbox devs still regularly use truly ancient (in the scheme of MP3 players) Archos devices. I think a lot of it depends on the conditions you use them in.

bk:
...and MY H120 died (more precisely, the HD died) almost exactly two years after I got it. Chance has something to do with it too.

Llorean:
Chance is surely a major factor.

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