All your MP4 are belong to us! (Finding a good model/seller)

Want to just shoot the breeze? Forum 42 is the place!

Moderator: Moderators

Post Reply
Sir Games-A-Lot
Posts: 710
Joined: Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:25 am
Location: Sitting around a table wishing the king would get IBM Consultants

All your MP4 are belong to us! (Finding a good model/seller)

Post by Sir Games-A-Lot »

I hope this dosn't belong in technical Q&A



Well I want to get one of those Chinese "MP4 Players" (the kind that do not actually play MP4's :P)


I know someone bought one while traveling in that part of the world and several others said they had purchased them also.

I read a very informative guide to buying them on EBay, and so far some of the most important stuff appears to be:


For the most part avoid anything marketed as having above 2 GB of space, they usually don't.

Don't buy directly from overseas sellers, it's best to find some actually in stock in a store in your country, mainly because of shipping and taxes but also because there seems to have been a rash of memory failures in those units bought directly from Asian resellers.

and don't buy ones that use P-Shopped images of Nano's for advertising.


NOW step two: among the sea of nano look alike units and miscellaneous other's, which is the "Best" model, how does one find it, and do you know of a reputable seller in the US or Canada?

Also is it true that some of them use all-aluminum cases?
<a href="http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_cg.php?im">
<img src="http://www.nerdtests.com/images/ft/cg.php?val=5780" alt="My computer geek score is greater than 83% of all people in the world! How do you compare? Click here to find out!"> </a>
NES_fanatic
Posts: 1321
Joined: Tue Oct 11, 2005 2:46 pm
Location: Funkytown, USA

Post by NES_fanatic »

:wtf:

MP4 player? Is that just another crappy Japanese gimmick?
Extreme_Jesus
Posts: 1293
Joined: Sat Oct 01, 2005 12:04 pm
Location: Old Hampshire, none of that New hampshire stuff....

Post by Extreme_Jesus »

MP4 is just what some companies call the portable entertainment things.

Those handhelds that play video, MP3's, Pictures etc

i think MP4 is supposed to be short for M-peg4 but dont quote me on that because im not sure
sam fisher
Posts: 1093
Joined: Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:52 am

Post by sam fisher »

GP2x :D
Image
Sir Games-A-Lot
Posts: 710
Joined: Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:25 am
Location: Sitting around a table wishing the king would get IBM Consultants

Post by Sir Games-A-Lot »

Cool, I will check it out when they're finished working on it. :)
<a href="http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_cg.php?im">
<img src="http://www.nerdtests.com/images/ft/cg.php?val=5780" alt="My computer geek score is greater than 83% of all people in the world! How do you compare? Click here to find out!"> </a>
Harshboy
Portablizer
Posts: 3610
Joined: Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:44 pm

Post by Harshboy »

iPod Nano with Floydzilla :D I love showing people im playing Mario on my iPod while listening to ACDC....not to forget the wonderful clips i watch on it (Such as Family Guy)
vb_master
Moderator
Posts: 4793
Joined: Tue Jun 08, 2004 9:52 pm

Post by vb_master »

Look what came up on Engadget.com today.

The "Ainol" MP3 player!
Kurt_
Portablizer
Posts: 5748
Joined: Thu Nov 24, 2005 10:32 am
Steam ID: kurbert
Location: Ontario, Canada
Contact:

Post by Kurt_ »

Is that pronounced how I think it is? :lol:
Kurt_
Portablizer
Posts: 5748
Joined: Thu Nov 24, 2005 10:32 am
Steam ID: kurbert
Location: Ontario, Canada
Contact:

Post by Kurt_ »

Stupid Errors...
Harshboy
Portablizer
Posts: 3610
Joined: Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:44 pm

Post by Harshboy »

haha :lol:
Reaperman@home
Posts: 1056
Joined: Tue Jun 14, 2005 11:19 am
Location: New Orleans, LA
Contact:

Post by Reaperman@home »

does anybody know of an MP4 player with a built in noac? They're pretty common on portable vcd/dvd units, but I'd really like one that used SD.
elementxmaster
Posts: 214
Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2005 12:14 pm

Post by elementxmaster »

Post Reply