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iRiver Announces 40G Player & Previews 2004 Line

Posted by Cliff on from the that's-a-lotta-tunes-on-your-hip dept.

slavitos writes: "Just as we've finished our discussions of OGG support in iRiver players, the company has announced it will soon release a 40G HD player. According to this source, the new model will differ slightly from the previous 20G one - for example, the 40G player will be 3 mm thicker and 12 grams heavier. The cost of the device has not yet been determined." While we're on the topic of iRiver, thopo notes: "iRiver presented their new products coming spring 2004, here are pictures from the show, including pictures (and specs) of all new models. Especially noteworthy is the IHP-300 which comes with a 2" color TFT LCD and a very classy design. This thing got 'iPod Killer' written all over it." The page is in Korean, but most of the product descriptions in the pictures are in English.

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  1. Ipod killer by stanmann · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How will this kill the Ipod without Itunes... IIRC Itunes only supports the Ipod.. Or does the Iriver have RTunes?

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    1. Re:Ipod killer by haystor · · Score: 5, Interesting

      My wife was looking through iTunes and on first glance everything seemed pretty cool. But then she started pulling up old albums and I started hearing complaints:

      xxx isn't on here. Ok, I can understand they haven't signed everything in the world.

      Then she found someone she liked that had a bunch of albums on there. Except for the good song from each album. She cited several examples after looking for a mere 30 minutes where the popular song from an album was the only song not available from it.

      Is this a common experience with iTunes?

      $1 a song isn't bad unless it's $1 for each of the crappy songs in which case it's worse than buying the whole cd.

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  2. I'm looking very closely... by xerxesVII · · Score: 5, Funny

    and I don't see "i-pod killer" written anywhere on it, much less all over it.

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  3. Ogg is nice on iRiver, but what about my iPod? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If Apple is so pro-open source, when are they going to add Ogg Vorbis to the iPod?

    1. Re:Ogg is nice on iRiver, but what about my iPod? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Apple is also pro-profit, so they'll do it when more than five people will buy iPods as a result.

  4. Re:If this thing is a portable 40GB... by grub · · Score: 5, Informative


    Decoding video requires a lot more horsepower than audio. My Egoman MP3/VCD player will only play VCD when plugged into the wall. RCA jacks take up a lot of room on the board, it's easier to use a minijack -> RCA adapter cable (they're cheap)

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  5. Different Class of device than iPod by piznut · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Its cheaper, but not quite as good looking or easy to use as the iPod...as an mp3 player

    The killer feature for the new iRiver devices is the recording ability. iPod and a handful of other devices can record voice at a low bitrate.

    The iRiver (IHP-120 and i am assuming the new models) can record from a digital input or microphone into a high quality mp3 or wav file.

    So in addition to being a decent mp3 platform, it could also stand to replace portable MD and DAT recorders. This is a great thing for musicians and bootleggers. While the onboard mic-preamp isn't the best in the world, it appears to be from what Ive read, suitable for most applications.

  6. Alpine/iPod integration by burgburgburg · · Score: 5, Informative

    Alpine has announced that they will demonstrating at CES the first solution that allows users to connect/control their iPod through their in-car system. They'll be able to view playlist, artists, songs, etc. through the Alpine's receiver buttons. And the connector will also charge the iPod. To get more info, write to ipodready@alpine-usa.com.

  7. nice, but where's the firmware for iHP120? by PeterChenoweth · · Score: 5, Informative
    A nice improvement to the existing iHP line, but iRiver should be concentrating on fixing the *numerous* bugs in the current firmware of the iHP-100/120 series. Such as ....

    1. Shuffle still isn't random (just all your tracks in a different order - but always the same order)

    2. Doesn't support any type of secure files.

    3. DB application can't handle OGG or WMA file tags, so you can only search by Artist/Album/Genre if it's an mp3 file.

    4. No on-the-fly playlist ability, and very limited playlist ability at all (only when using the Beta firmware that's been out since November).