Personal Media Player type thing

Jezmad · 7th June 2006, 12:59 PM

Lately I have been doing a fair bit of 1-2 hour flights within WA. The planes used don't have any form of inflight entertainment. Therefore I want a Personal Media Player of some description.

My budget is aound $300-400
Battery life of around 3-4 hours would be good as well.
As much storage as possible would also be good.

I'm leaning towards an HP iPaq rx1950, but some of the review are not flattering of its video abilty.

Other than that, my knowledge of this area is sorely lacking.

Any ideas?

nux · 7th June 2006, 1:11 PM

Well you could get a PDA as you are leaning to, however storage space is more limited on them.
Or you could get a media player device like an iPod Video which has much more storage for video/audio etc.

Gierke · 7th June 2006, 6:51 PM

I recently bought the rx1950 and i am very pleased with it. Using wm9 encoder , i can encode a 20 min xvid sitcom into .wmv @ 225 bitrate and it looks quite good on the ipaq

can highly recomend it

Jezmad · 8th June 2006, 11:02 AM

awesome, how much space did it end up taking?

nux · 8th June 2006, 11:09 AM

I got a watchable 30min cartoon down to 50mb and movies down to around 200mb or so. Encoded at 320x240 or whatever the standard PDA screen is.

Gierke · 8th June 2006, 4:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Jezmad

awesome, how much space did it end up taking?

Quote:

Originally Posted by nuxie1

I got a watchable 30min cartoon down to 50mb and movies down to around 200mb or so. Encoded at 320x240 or whatever the standard PDA screen is.

What he said

Geodude · 10th June 2006, 8:20 PM

1 vote for the ipod video 30gb model.

I have converted heaps of my DVD movies onto it and you can also connect it up to a TV.

k_sheep · 11th June 2006, 4:58 PM

PSP is another option, they tend to have a far better screen.

Jezmad · 11th June 2006, 5:03 PM

Thanks guys,

One of teh latest PC mags had a review of the rx1950 and reckoned it was pretty good, so I think I'll get one of those.

_the_duke_ · 13th June 2006, 9:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gierke

I recently bought the rx1950 and i am very pleased with it. Using wm9 encoder , i can encode a 20 min xvid sitcom into .wmv @ 225 bitrate and it looks quite good on the ipaq

can highly recomend it

What program are you using? I have a rx1950 gathering dust my cupboard.....

Gierke · 13th June 2006, 9:23 PM

Um cant remember the current name but the player was previously called betaplayer

Jezmad · 14th June 2006, 9:55 AM

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Originally Posted by _the_duke_

What program are you using? I have a rx1950 gathering dust my cupboard.....

The latest PC User magazine has a bunch of programs on their cover disk for this sort of thing. I also think they have a better player than WMP

vmc · 14th June 2006, 11:31 AM

get a Creative Zen Vision M Player
its the ipod's rival, and it won best product or something this year for portable media player.

it can run heaps of file formats, as well as having a large capacity hdd like the ipod

rambunctious · 14th June 2006, 11:59 AM

Dell also has this on special on their website:

Dell™ Axim X51 520MHZ Wifi and Bluetooth

I like the iPod idea because of the video output. Although if you are travelling for work, you probably have a laptop to connect to the tv in hotel rooms. The PSP screen is nice but it is still the same res as the HP (I think). If the Creative Zen Vision had video output and was cheaper than the iPod, then

Isn't the ipod a bit out of your price range?

Digitone · 14th June 2006, 2:09 PM

TCPMP Is what I use for video but Im still looking for something for Mp3 and AAC/Mp4 playback.

7th June 2006, 12:59 PM	#1
Jezmad Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: WA Posts: 1,132	Personal Media Player type thing Lately I have been doing a fair bit of 1-2 hour flights within WA. The planes used don't have any form of inflight entertainment. Therefore I want a Personal Media Player of some description. My budget is aound $300-400 Battery life of around 3-4 hours would be good as well. As much storage as possible would also be good. I'm leaning towards an HP iPaq rx1950, but some of the review are not flattering of its video abilty. Other than that, my knowledge of this area is sorely lacking. Any ideas? __________________ BF2 : JumpinJez Originally Posted by Agg: sabretooth, stop dicking around with the space-time continuum

7th June 2006, 6:51 PM	#3
Gierke Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Barossa Valley Posts: 1,562	I recently bought the rx1950 and i am very pleased with it. Using wm9 encoder , i can encode a 20 min xvid sitcom into .wmv @ 225 bitrate and it looks quite good on the ipaq can highly recomend it __________________ \| AMD X4 955 \| 4GB DDR2 \| 8800GTS 512MB \| WD 320GB AAKS \| Lian Li A03B \|

8th June 2006, 11:02 AM	#4
Jezmad Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: WA Posts: 1,132	awesome, how much space did it end up taking? __________________ BF2 : JumpinJez Originally Posted by Agg: sabretooth, stop dicking around with the space-time continuum

11th June 2006, 5:03 PM	#9
Jezmad Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: WA Posts: 1,132	Thanks guys, One of teh latest PC mags had a review of the rx1950 and reckoned it was pretty good, so I think I'll get one of those. __________________ BF2 : JumpinJez Originally Posted by Agg: sabretooth, stop dicking around with the space-time continuum

13th June 2006, 9:23 PM	#11
Gierke Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Barossa Valley Posts: 1,562	Um cant remember the current name but the player was previously called betaplayer __________________ \| AMD X4 955 \| 4GB DDR2 \| 8800GTS 512MB \| WD 320GB AAKS \| Lian Li A03B \|

7th June 2006, 1:11 PM	#2
nux Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 16,801	Well you could get a PDA as you are leaning to, however storage space is more limited on them. Or you could get a media player device like an iPod Video which has much more storage for video/audio etc.

8th June 2006, 11:09 AM	#5
nux Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 16,801	I got a watchable 30min cartoon down to 50mb and movies down to around 200mb or so. Encoded at 320x240 or whatever the standard PDA screen is.

10th June 2006, 8:20 PM	#7
Geodude Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Canberra Posts: 94	1 vote for the ipod video 30gb model. I have converted heaps of my DVD movies onto it and you can also connect it up to a TV.

11th June 2006, 4:58 PM	#8
k_sheep Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 1,193	PSP is another option, they tend to have a far better screen.

14th June 2006, 11:31 AM	#13
vmc Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 20	get a Creative Zen Vision M Player its the ipod's rival, and it won best product or something this year for portable media player. it can run heaps of file formats, as well as having a large capacity hdd like the ipod

14th June 2006, 11:59 AM	#14
rambunctious Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Tokyo Posts: 447	Dell also has this on special on their website: Dell™ Axim X51 520MHZ Wifi and Bluetooth I like the iPod idea because of the video output. Although if you are travelling for work, you probably have a laptop to connect to the tv in hotel rooms. The PSP screen is nice but it is still the same res as the HP (I think). If the Creative Zen Vision had video output and was cheaper than the iPod, then Isn't the ipod a bit out of your price range?

14th June 2006, 2:09 PM	#15
Digitone Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Coffs Harbour Posts: 1,091	TCPMP Is what I use for video but Im still looking for something for Mp3 and AAC/Mp4 playback. __________________ Mobile Phone Industry Employee Club Member #5