Apple 30 GB iPod video product review
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I’m 45 and this makes me feel like a kid again! $243 is a small price to pay for the iPod of Youth, don’t you think? Seriously…I have no complaints. The screen is brightly lit, the battery lasts longer than I thought it would, and I can fit a LOT of music and video content on this thing. Plus, iTunes is a pleasure to use. This is the best toy I’ve purchased since Spirograph in 1969!

Apple iPod - Continuing its tradition of hardware and software innovation and design, Apple has released a new iPod that surpasses the last. This update to the 5th generation iPod with video playback features the same 2.5" display, but now it's 60% brighter! Perfect for iTunes 7, which ushers in movie and video game downloads. Another update that will help out with all that new content is the battery. This iPod has up to 14 hours of music playback, and up to 3.5 hours of video playback

I have downloaded 32 documentaries from Guba that are about an hour in length. I also have some pictures, songs, and podcasts and one audio book. So far I have only used up a little over 1/3 of the 30 gig hard drive. The quality of the video is very acceptable. I have no complaints and am amazed of how much a 30 gig hard drive will hold.

I bought this same ipod in black for my son as a Christmas present. For myself I bought the white ipod because people said it didn’t show smudges as much. I wish I had bought the black one. When watching a video I would have preferred the video to have a black case.

I only gave a 4 star rating because I really wish it had the bigger screen like the Zune. I bought the apple because I am hooked on the ease of downloading podcasts.

As far as watching a video on a small screen………well I am in my 60’s, wear glasses to read and I really enjoy it.

The 30G ipod is a a beautiful device with a intuitive interface and slick controls. Music quality is way more than adequate for on-the-go listening. I use it primarily for classical music and have found that the “join” feature in iTunes easily stitches CD tracks of a single composition together so that I can use the shuffle play and still listen to complete works. If one wants to go the the trouble of editing the iTunes fields to use them in a non-standard way (actually a fair bit of work) the ipod will display the 3 pieces of information most classical music listeners would consider essential. Consider copying: “Composition” to the Name Field; “Composer” to the Artist Field; & “Principal Artists/Conductor” to the Album Field.