MP3 Players : Apple iPod Video 30GB White

The new ipod's are cool but they need to improve somethings. Like the battery gets burnt up fast when you watch movies and photos. I love that you can watch movies on it and the slideshow option is cool when listening to music. I use my ipod a lot at school and does the job. Hide Full Review

I got an iPod for Christmas and I am very satisfied. I have read a lot of reveiws that say that you can't put you own movies on it. NOT SO!! All you have to do is download a piece of free-ware called pspvideo9. Then, you back up the DVD, and transcode it, boom, you have a movie all ready for your iPod. The click wheel is amazing, it makes music navigating soo easy. Another, A lot of people have been saying that iTunes is hard to use. I highly disagree. It is the easiest way to organize music, it is by far easier then Windows Media Player. The only thing that I do not like about this player is that it scratches very easily. So, what my Dad did was measure a piece of laminating paper (we have a laminating machine) to the size of the screen, and tape it to the screen. But since I am clumsy, and I will probably drop this thing, I bought a JLO Jamjacket. It is a very nice case. I have dropped the iPod while it was in the case and it still works perfectly. I hope the reveiw helps you. Hide Full Review

When I first got my iPod, I thought it was pretty expensive at ~$300 [NOTE: if you're a student or work at a University, get the academic discount!]. Now that I've had the player for a couple months, it'd be worth it at twice the price. The video compenent, while not quite perfect, definitely adds a whole lot to the experience. Hide Full Review

Well everyone dosent care about the good points so lets start with the bad.

Low Battery Life:
I bought my iPod with my home made 14-year-old money. 2 or 3 months later I took a trip to New Orleans, Louisiana. This Flight Started in MN, had a detour in IL, then finally made it to new orleans. We we're only to use ipod ON the plane (Misson trips rules) By the time I made it to Louisiana, my battery icon had just a pinch of color left in it. So of course I had probably 10 minuetes of ipod for the ride home. The ipod probably lasted me a little over 4 hours. Watching videos makes bettery power fly.

Hard drive Overheats:
At the weirdest times, pretty much everytime after I finished charging, or upgrading my ipods hard drive would over heat. One time it switched to a bright white screen, yet the light kept running. It dosen't let me press any buttons. What the crap am I suppose to do? Put it in the freeze? No, so I just wait for the battery to run out. So the bettery is out and I can plug it in again (as I couldn't before) and it works fine. This happend 3 times to me and I havent even botherd to call customer evil- I mean customer care.

On the flip side the ipod video is a fun and easy way ofmaking time fly. You may have heard that ipods scratch alot? I bought a 30 gig black ipod (blacks scrath ALOT more I guess) and bought a case right away that covers, body, and screen. after what? 5 months NOT A SCRATCH ON IT! The ipod may have some kinks to be fixed, it is a great mp3. With a little luck and you being careful enough you should be just fine. The people who have problems with suctomer care damaged the ipod themselves. I fyou be careful you wont even have to go through that.

-Luke Grothe Hide Full Review