Help with ipod/mp3 player advice

[DeanVRS]

I've currently got quite a large CD collection and want to buy either an ipod/mp3 player to take my tunes with me on holidays etc.

What is the best device and easiest to use for someone not to pc literate.

I've got windows 7 and want an easy way to just insert the music cd into the computers drive and transfer it to any device ,i take it this is legal anyway as i've bought the cd etc.

what's the best device to use that is idiot proof. cheers guys

[Sim89]

Ipod all day long, very easy to use.

[anonymous-user]

An iPod is fairly foolproof:

• Download iTunes
• Insert CD
• Select the songs you want and click 'Rip'
• When ready, plug in iPod and the songs on your pc will syncronise to it automatically

There's plenty of other complex things you can do (rating music, adding album artwork, etc), but you don't need to. Plus the latest iPod Nano looks very pretty.

[Project C]

I have an Ipod but I would recommend the SanDisk Sansa Clip as that is drag and drop so easy and is a lot cheaper than an Ipod if you are on a budget.

[Engineer1]

iPod, but think how much of your music you want to take with you, the classic will take a fair proportion of you music, a 16gb Nano will take something like 2k or so songs.

[Mojooo]

Have you considered a mobile phone?

if you are going to spend a couple of hundred on an ipod you could prob get a decent smartphone

most of them can be upgraded by SD card and will have much the same feeatures an an mp3 player - and more

[davepoth]

Incidentally, ripping your music to an iPod is still technically copyright theft in the UK. Nobody's ever been sued for it though.

[greengreenwood7]

Zune gets my vote, plays wider range of music formats ( unles new ipods have added wma?), easy to reverse synch from the device to the pc if the pc goes wrong, easy to synch with any pc infact......that + the software is dead easytio use and less fiddly than itunes. and a built in radiuo and cheaper too..

[Engineer1]

As good as the zune looks on paper did Microsoft ever actually release them, ive never seen one on sale anywhere.

[TedMaul]

Ipod Classic, 160Gb version. I have about 500cds ripped to it and thats about 50gb iirc, so that should help you work out what capacity you need. And its so simple to setup and with 160gb you don't have to decide and faff about choosing which songs and albums you want on the device, just copy the lot.

[Finlandia]

Technically it's illegal to rip or make a copy of a CD to load it onto a mp3 player

Having said that, who cares

As for a nice and easy to use, but most of all a really great sounding player, have a look at Cowon S9 or J3, Samsung YP-P2 or YP-P3 and Sansa Fuze or Clip.

Then invest in some good earphones