Now that I have everyone's attention (from my previous emails - :) ), I have a dilemma. I'm undecided on which player to buy. My choices are: Cowon iAudio 7 (16GB version) Cowon D2 (8GB + 8GB SHD Card) Archos 605 160GB version Apple iTouch 16GB iubi Blue 60GB Archos AV 700 80GB The things that are important is to ensure that they are seen under Linux. To my knowledge that almost rules our the iubi Blue. I didn't search too long but I would like to have that one as it's fairly cheap. The iAudio players support more codecs than any other players out there but the Archos is considered the better player. While I like the Apple brand very much, I want to stay away from this as the other players on the market are more open (ogg, flac, ape, etc, etc) where as Apple cripple you to specific codecs (although it supports other formats but then you have to hack the player). The one thing that I will say is that I do use my player (iPod) to watch video. The iAudio 7 can play up to 60 hours of music off of one charge and about 18 hours of video (I think that's the stats for video). The D2 has about 18 hours of music and 10 hours of video (again, I think these are correct). I'm unsure about the Archos status. The idea of being Flash based is good but that comes at a cost. Any suggestions as to which would be considered the better player?? I am very undecided on this one. Regards, Ben Hayes Senior IT Support Analyst Ideal Shopping Direct Plc (DDI) 08700 780 870 Registered Office: Ideal Home House, Newark Road, Peterborough, PE1 5WG, UK. Registered in England No. 1534758 P Please consider the environment; don't print this e-mail unless you really need to.
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