amazing. As a WiFi client it is grand.
I travel a lot so 4² movies/TV are a norm for me <grin>
Wade
On 3/2/08 5:49 AM, "Jules" <jules50uk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> You may be right Wade. But my wife and I tend to watch videos on big
> screens. Either in the cinema or at home. I can't quite see any time
> when we would need to see a film (or tv programme) on a 3" screen.
> Films are designed for the big screenI guess some people do but I
> don't need it. As for TV, most of it is rubbish here in the UK so no
> need to record programmes. My cable provider has 'watch again' and the
> BBC has iPlayer. You wont catch me watching much on an Archos or iTouch.
> Jules
>
> --- In AppleiPod@yahoogroups.com <mailto:AppleiPod%40yahoogroups.com> , Wade
> Norton <wadenorton@...> wrote:
>> >
>> > Jules,
>> >
>> > Like you I¹m was looking into the Touch and was expecting it to
> replace my
>> > 80GB Archos. My son is visiting us right now and he brought with
> him his
>> > 16gb iPod Touch. For me this was perfect because I could spend
>> > considerable time exploring it.
>> >
>> > After a day of playing with it, I have determined it if far superior
> to my
>> > 30gb iPod (very old version). I¹m not convinced the video player is
> better.
>> > In fact, I think the video player (and photo viewer) is considerably
> worse
>> > than the Archos. I have decided to keep my Archos until I find
> something
>> > better, but the touch is not it.
>> >
>> > On the good side, one of my concerns was that the Touch required you to
>> > convert all the video files to the iPod format. That IS NOT TRUE.
> My son
>> > added a 3rd party player (from memory it is Visual Hub) and it plays AVI
>> > files just fine, without conversion.
>> >
>> > Good luck in your search..
>> >
>> > Wade
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 2/29/08 2:35 AM, "Jules" <jules50uk@...> wrote:
>> >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > I have and 80 GB iPod and love it, Only had it for six months and am
>>> > > completely sold on it. My wife wanted something to look at her photos
>>> > > on so I got her a 160GB Archos but we hated it and returned it. The
>>> > > color was rubbish and browsing not much good either as well as being
>>> > > quite large. So not the iPod Touch is out this looks like wheat we
> want.
>>> > > I scoured this forum and there are NO posts from anyone being in the
>>> > > slightest bit excited about what looks like a great, fun product. Just
>>> > > a question or two about the calender or whatever.
>>> > > Can anyone who has got one inject a bit of enthusiasm into this
>>> > > product? And inspire me to buy one. Are there any drawbacks or is it
>>> > > just good? Dp let me know. I'm looking at the 32GB model as you can
>>> > > never have enough storage.
>>> > > Jules
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> >
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