public transport entertainment

[Big Chris]

I have started doing lots of trips to London but am getting rather sick of the traffic jams, hence have opted to use public transport

Now, in anticiption of the huge train delays im thinking of buying a CD walkman. Is there anypoint? or do the batteries last about 5 mins then die? Anyone recommend a cheap'ish but good one?

[Podie]

Why not go for MP3 or MD?

[rpguk]

I have one which is a couple of years old, panisonic I think, and it lasts 10 hours on a set of battrys, know of others that do 30-40 hours.

Their good, just bulky compared to mp3/minidisk.

[Big Chris]

Podie said: Why not go for MP3 or MD?

Thought of that but downloading mp3's is a royal pain in the bum due to screen pop ups and i dont have a Mini disk. Plus all music i have is on CD.

[alunr]

I bought an IPOD which comes with MusicMatch.

MusicMatch creates MP3's from your CD's super quick and then syncronises with the IPOD.

Sound is FANTASTIC!

Doesn't skip etc

[Podie]

Big Chris said:

Podie said: Why not go for MP3 or MD?

Thought of that but downloading mp3's is a royal pain in the bum due to screen pop ups and i dont have a Mini disk. Plus all music i have is on CD.

If you get an MD recorder, then you just copy it straight from the CD...

[Big Chris]

Podie said:

Big Chris said:

Podie said: Why not go for MP3 or MD?

Thought of that but downloading mp3's is a royal pain in the bum due to screen pop ups and i dont have a Mini disk. Plus all music i have is on CD.

If you get an MD recorder, then you just copy it straight from the CD...

hmmmmmmm how much would all that cost?

[agent006]

should cost about 50p from our friends at amazon.co.uk.

edited: www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000068NPW/ref=br_lf_ce_h__10/026-2218300-6915606

>> Edited by agent006 on Wednesday 19th March 14:49

[Rotaree]

I've got a Mini- disc player/recorder, it just plugs into the stereo to record CDs. Its great, MDs are a lot easier to cart about and it means you can leave all your CDs at home/in the car or wherever. I think most MD players available these days are also recorders.

[Big Chris]

Size is a good point and have to admit not one i thought about.

[CarZee]

For the ultimate public transport entertainment, you need a GSM jammer to cut off twats' phonecalls..

www.globalgadgetuk.com/Personal.htm

Money well spent on having complete control of your environment.. love mine to bits..

Edited to say apparently you can't buy these in the UK any more as their use is illegal.. like I give a fcuk.. given that I can be forbidden from smoking in a public place, but it's not forbidden for anyone to invade my space and pollute my environs with noise and microwave radiation from their fcuking phonecalls, the DTi can kiss my ass.

>> Edited by CarZee (moderator) on Wednesday 19th March 15:17

[alan_driver]

If your not bothered about size, and not too fussy about quality of sound, get a £30 panasonic one, maybe some better ear phones, a couple of rechargable batteries and ya sorted. for less than £40. It will 'do the job'

[Big Chris]

CarZee said: For the ultimate public transport entertainment, you need a GSM jammer to cut off twats' phonecalls..

www.globalgadgetuk.com/Personal.htm

Money well spent on having complete control of your environment.. love mine to bits..

so cruel to others yet so satisfying i bet

[pdv6]

globalgadgetuk said:
Sorry, but we cannot sell this cell phone jammer to UK customers - see our FAQ's for more information

Ar$e!

[CarZee]

Big Chris said: so cruel to others yet so satisfying i bet

It's the most satisfying thing you can do on a train, I assure you.. *

yes, I've seen Risky Business, but look at the trains in this country - would you shag on one???

[CarZee]

pdv6 said: Ar$e!

as above, like I give a fcuk.. if people can't be considerate in their use of mobile phones (feckin ringtones & shouting.. ) then I reserve the right to obliterate their signal until they move outside of my 10M radius.

If people weren't such ignorant inconsiderate twats, I wouldn't need to resort to such measures.

>> Edited by CarZee (moderator) on Wednesday 19th March 15:22

[alunr]

CarZee said:

Big Chris said: so cruel to others yet so satisfying i bet

It's the most satisfying thing you can do on a train, I assure you.. *

yes, I've seen Risky Business, but look at the trains in this country - would you shag on one???

The Chiltern Line is quite clean and tidy in my opinion...

[Big Chris]

alan_driver said: If your not bothered about size, and not too fussy about quality of sound, get a £30 panasonic one, maybe some better ear phones, a couple of rechargable batteries and ya sorted. for less than £40. It will 'do the job'

Seeing as i will be using it on a train sound isnt hugely important. Suppose the most important criteria is it not skipping at a mouse fart and it having a decent amount of battery time

[Big Chris]

CarZee said:

pdv6 said: Ar$e!

as above, like I give a fcuk.. if people can't be considerate in their use of mobile phones (feckin ringtones & shouting.. ) then I reserve the right to obliterate their signal until they move outside of my 10M radius.

If people weren't such ignorant inconsiderate twats, I wouldn't need to resort to such measures.

>> Edited by CarZee (moderator) on Wednesday 19th March 15:22

I have to agree, the worst one are people with beepy ringtones that are meant to be songs!! Its a phone!!!! phones go ring ring not beep.....beep beep...beep beep beep to the bloody macarana song.

[pdv6]

CarZee said:if people can't be considerate in their use of mobile phones (feckin ringtones & shouting.. ) then I reserve the right to obliterate their signal until they move outside of my 10M radius.

If people weren't such ignorant inconsiderate twats, I wouldn't need to resort to such measures.

Totally agree. Spent a train journey from hell a few months ago when some stupid woman had three (count 'em: three!) phones on the go from London to Chippenham. Wouldn't have been so bad if she was a busy businesswoman, but the whole f-ing journey was "what do I fancy for tea?... where shall we go out tonight?... oh hang on I'll switch phones 'cos the signal's cr4p on this one..." Aaaargh!