| If you've been looking around for an mp3 player, | | | | a re-charger and you don't need to search for hard to |
| chances are you're very confused with all the different | | | | find battery types. You'll find that most hard drive |
| specifications and the vast array of models out there. | | | | versions use lithium-ion rechargeable batteries and if |
| You've read that you can get your entire music | | | | you use your mp3 player a lot, your re-charger will be |
| collection on to one mp3 player and that's true - but | | | | in regular use. Many people simply leave the power |
| not every mp3 player. You have also been told that | | | | lead plugged in when they are at home.An important |
| you can throw them around, go jogging with them, | | | | factor in your decision should be the size of the unit. If |
| climb a mountain with one and all this is true - but again, | | | | you want to use your player at the gym or while |
| not every mp3 player will withstand this | | | | you're out jogging then you'll want the smallest player |
| treatment.Basically, if you want to get physical with | | | | possible. There are some really tiny models on the |
| your mp3 player then you need one with no moving | | | | market these days. You will usually have to sacrifice |
| parts. In this case, the iPod is not what you want. You | | | | some storage with a very small mp3 players but you |
| would be looking for a machine which saves it's music | | | | can usually get enough music on there to have a good |
| to memory. Some of the most popular mp3 players | | | | long workout.If you want to use your mp3 player more |
| which fall into this category are in the Creative MuVo | | | | at home then size will not be such a great |
| range.There are basically three types of mp3 player. | | | | consideration. The iPod is still a very compact unit and |
| Hard drive based, memory based and mp3 CD player | | | | most people will be held to fit their entire collection on |
| based. The hard drive mp3 players allow you to store | | | | there. Of course the iPod is not your only option and |
| thousands of tunes whilst the memory based version | | | | there are many excellent manufacturers out there. |
| sacrifices music volume for freedom of movement. | | | | Just be careful of some of the cheap imports you see |
| You can even get waterproof mp3 players! The mp3 | | | | on ebay, often there is no support for these players.As |
| CD players read the mp3 music from a CD which you | | | | a replacement for the home hi fi system, the mp3 |
| have pre-burned.So now you have enough information | | | | player is becoming more and more popular. High fidelity |
| to know what type of mp3 player you should be | | | | purists obviously will never be swayed but to most of |
| looking for. Now what about capacity? How much | | | | us the quality of the mp3 is perfectly adequate for our |
| music can you get on the various players out there? | | | | everyday listening purposes.In fact many modern |
| Let's take a look ....If you want your music to sound | | | | players coming on to the market have been designed |
| good you want to be using at least CD quality mp3s. | | | | with both portability and versatility in mind. What better |
| One minute of CD quality mp3 takes up around 1Mb. | | | | way to entertain your dinner party guests than to have |
| The memory based mp3 players have a top limit of | | | | your mp3 player randomly selecting music from over |
| around 500Mb meaning you can get roughly 120 | | | | ten thousand of your favourite tracks? No more |
| average length tunes on there. But the top end hard | | | | fumbling around in your CD rack trying to find the disk |
| drive versions go up to as much as 60Gb which is a | | | | that lost its cover ;)Now you know what to look for, go |
| whole lot of music - an anorak's dream :)Another | | | | get yourself a player and join the digital music |
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| players plough through the batteries at a rate of knots | | | | experienced researcher. He has written articles |
| since the disk has to physically turn. The memory | | | | covering a wide range of human experience and |
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