OOG portable player
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:52 am
I keep hearing on the show that one of the guys just wants a micro-light/small portable player with OGG support to listen to podcasts etc
I have a Sansa Clip and it rocks (THE Ipod killer) - This thing is tiny, weighs nothing, clips onto any part of your clothing, cheap to buy, has a great five line screen with an intuitive gui, a long batttery life and Sansa supports a great community forum for the player.
The big thing is that it has sound quality that blows ipod away. Sansa has broken through with sound quality on this player - Sansa is no longer a flash storage outfit putting out crap players.
PLUS - the thing plays every OGG file I have thrown at it. FLAC support is scheduled for the next firmware release because members of the Sansa community have been demanding it big time.
FLAC is relevant to the discussion on the TLLTS podcast about the spec you should encode your OOG podcasts with. People have different tolerances for different things. I cannot watch average quality digital TV because I cannot cope with pixelation. Most people could'nt care a stuff about minor pixelation but it irritates me. My wife cannot cope with music playback at anything less than CD quality. There is no way a person like her could listen to low quality OOG podcasts.
btw - the Clip has sound quality that makes FLAC useful for hi-fi listeners.
So....don't laugh at FLAC - some people need it!
I have a Sansa Clip and it rocks (THE Ipod killer) - This thing is tiny, weighs nothing, clips onto any part of your clothing, cheap to buy, has a great five line screen with an intuitive gui, a long batttery life and Sansa supports a great community forum for the player.
The big thing is that it has sound quality that blows ipod away. Sansa has broken through with sound quality on this player - Sansa is no longer a flash storage outfit putting out crap players.
PLUS - the thing plays every OGG file I have thrown at it. FLAC support is scheduled for the next firmware release because members of the Sansa community have been demanding it big time.
FLAC is relevant to the discussion on the TLLTS podcast about the spec you should encode your OOG podcasts with. People have different tolerances for different things. I cannot watch average quality digital TV because I cannot cope with pixelation. Most people could'nt care a stuff about minor pixelation but it irritates me. My wife cannot cope with music playback at anything less than CD quality. There is no way a person like her could listen to low quality OOG podcasts.
btw - the Clip has sound quality that makes FLAC useful for hi-fi listeners.
So....don't laugh at FLAC - some people need it!
