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Apple iPod Video 30GB Black MP3 Player
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    Coolest iPod on The Market

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Nov 6, 2005 | 415 out of 563 found this Apple iPod Video 30GB Black review helpful

    Pros: Plays 75 hours of videos ; Sleek colors ; Big Screen ; Original Click Wheel ; Lots of Bright Colors on Screen ; Picture Quality is Increidible! ; Loud headphones ; Able to hold 25,000 Photos

    Cons: Doesn't have a camera ; Batteries waste really fast when listening to music and looking at pictures ;

    I bought this 2 weeks ago and I still have it in its sexy, sleek, black color! The price isn't bad at all knowing that you can play 75 hours of video and hold 25,000 photos, and hold 7,500 songs all on the 30GB iPod. Also, this 30GB iPod is 30% t...hinner than the old 20GB model! Best iPod yet!!! Read more Less

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    Good luck w your purchase

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Dec 10, 2005 | 92 out of 120 found this Apple iPod Video 30GB Black review helpful

    Pros: Great design, bigger and better screen, black option

    Cons: Freezes, battery lasts only 3-4 h, scratches easily especially on back and controller

    I bought my 30g video 4 weeks ago, and here are some pros and cons: Pros; nice design, good sound quality (you can manually set an equalizer before you import songs using itunes if you like, since an equalizer on ipod doesn’t do much justice), bigge...r and better screen. Cons; the first one I got had problems, it froze all the time, and was unresponsive, so I had to wait like a day before it started to work again (as a result, I exchanged it, if your ipod does this, take it back within 14 days, otherwise they will most likely repair it but not exchange it, who wants to spend $300~400 on a defect item!). Also, THAT first one had very minor scratches, so I am thinking it may have been a refurbished one. If apple has guts to sell a refurbished item as a NEW item, somebody better sue them. With my second one I have so far no problem. Also, the battery does not last as Apple claims, it lasts only 3~4 hours just listening to music (even when screen light is off). Lastly, it should come with an AC adapter like everyone else claims, it is too greedy for Apple to try to make money when they are already making tons. Take home message, when you purchase it make sure it is without any defects, and if unfortunately that is the case, EXCHANGE IT FAST! Apple’s 14 days return policy should be changed. I bought it at a local Apple store, but after 14 days if you have problems YOU have to send it back to Apple, and Apple stores won’t do anything for you. I believe that if an item has issues, unless these issues are caused by costumers, Apple should let local Apple stores or any authorized dealers to exchange items even after 14 days. That is, if YOU APPLE thinks you can make a quality product, this shouldn’t be any hustle. Read more Less

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    Bang For The Buck!

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Dec 6, 2005 | 35 out of 41 found this Apple iPod Video 30GB Black review helpful

    Pros: Compact Design, Storage Capacity, Easy-To-Use.

    Cons: Back Cover Smudge's Easily, Hard To Put Video's On

    This product was great. At first I was worried when I heard that the front scratches easily- (on the black ipod), but that issue is fine if you leave the plastic cover that apple provides you with on the ipod. The storage capacity is excellent. I jus...t got mine today, and i put about 200 songs on it, and it only used up 1gb. The compact design makes it easy to fit in your pocket, and this product is so easy-to-use- me being a first time ipod user. IMPRTANT INFORMATION(WILL SAVE YOU TIME AND MONEY)- It's hard to put video's on this ipod, but i found a free way to convert your video's file type- just use the: VIDEORA IPOD CONVERTER. It will save you $30 from buying Quicktime Pro 7. FINAL VERDICT- Overall, I think this is the best ipod created. I like the fact that it can play video's. THE THING IS THAT THIS IPOD IS STILL MADE TO BE AN MP3 PLAYER PRIMARILY NOT A VIDEO PLAYER PRIMARILY. ALTHOUGH IT CAN PLAY VIDEO'S IT'S PRIMARILY AN MP3 PLAYER! It has a great compact design, a wonderful storage capacity, and is easy-to-use. Read more Less

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    Not Good To Be Stuck With Apple 60GB IPod

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jan 16, 2006 | 32 out of 37 found this Apple iPod Video 30GB Black review helpful

    Pros: Loud Headphone Volume, Bright Vivid Display, Great Sound Quality

    Cons: Video Lockups, Locks Up Computer, Short Battery Life, Limited Video Controls, Easily Scratched

    I got an Apple IPod to watch movies on the train between work and home to find that Videos locked it up every time I tried to view a movie or clip. It locked up my computer often. Music sounds great with lots of headroom. The battery Life is not so g...ood. After 1 hour of listening to music, the battery life had used 50% of it's power. And that's not even using video. How could you expect to watch a 2.5 hour movie on it. After 3 days of disapointment at $399 plus tax, when I took it back, I saw that other people were having the same problem, so instead of getting it replaced with another IPod, I got a full refund. Read more Less

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    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Nov 25, 2005 | 35 out of 51 found this Apple iPod Video 30GB Black review helpful

    Pros: Looks, Quality of sound, Display, Hard Disk Usage

    Cons: Costly, Needs to improved features wise, Difficult to manage,

    Video: No support for common video file formats-Go and buy a convertor sofware license for 30$ which is pathetic Photo Storage: Has only synchronisation option, which means maintain a folder structure with all the images on your PC always else the n...ext time you upload photos using iTunes, you will end up loosing your photos collection in iPod. Atleast I could figure out this. iTunes: A sofware not easy to use. A simple software would mean connect your iPod and three buttons to upload songs, photos and videos without touching my existing collection in iPod. Had to research on lots of things.. the xml file, the references in xml file ... uh!!! Battery Life: Just use the iPod in test conditions as mentioned in the apple site which gives arnd 12 hrs of playback. DARE!!! you touch the wheel and there goes your battery. ufff!!!! Pathetic Charger: Good way of making money by keeping it as an accessory. Please go ahead and make iTunes, the USB cable and earphones as accessories.. that will be even more fun. We will have a handicapped iPod. Please tk the pains to give a printed manual descriptive enuf ... enuf of money making... Read more Less

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    I like it.. No regrets.

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Nov 21, 2005 | 22 out of 27 found this Apple iPod Video 30GB Black review helpful

    Pros: Design, Sound, Photos, Video

    Cons: Features, Price, Battery, Scratch Easily

    There are plenty of portable mp3 players out there that are better than the iPod. But there's this magic that draws you to the iPod. I would assume it's because of the simple design and the touch sensitive menu system.. Whatever it is, this ...little thing attracts suckers like me to get one... Read more Less

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    The best out there

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Dec 4, 2005 | 19 out of 23 found this Apple iPod Video 30GB Black review helpful

    Pros: The colored screen is beautiful, sound quality, easy to navigate

    Cons: scratches waaay to easily, battery life

    I just bought this last night and I haven't taken my hands off of it. Haha it's enticing me away from busy day today, but I just can't help it. This product is worth buying because it is so simple to use. The video quality is phenominal. ...One downside of this is that the screen and the rest of the surface of the ipod scratches easily. What ever you do, set it down on something padded/soft so you can keep it scratch-free. Also, the battery life can be a little disgruntling. Make sure you turn off the backlight when it is unneeded because that is the main thing that drains your battery life. Other than those two negative aspects, it is a great mp3 player and i highly recommend it to anyone. Read more Less

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    best mp3 player yet

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jan 16, 2006 | 9 out of 10 found this Apple iPod Video 30GB Black review helpful

    Pros: holds 75 hours of video or 7,500 songs or 25,000 photos. Plays for 20 hours instead of 15. May play longer without the light on.

    Cons: only plays 2 hours of videos, maybe less. Can't put dvd's on the ipod unless you buy a converter for about 30 dollors. Dose not come with a wall charger, it comes with a charger for your computer. So you can only charge it at your house. A wall charger cost 30 dollers.

    Great ipod,best yet. I have this ipod and one video about 5 minutes long and it takes one fourth of the battery to watch it. A video I downloaded from itunes is 22 minutes long and dose not take it dow that much. It only last 2 hours with videos from... itunes, not one off the internet. It is 45 percent thinner than the origional 20 gig. It comes with a white case that covers the whole thing. You can still turn up the volume through it though. It keeps it from getting scratches and messed up. Read more Less

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    Amazing!!!

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Nov 25, 2005 | 9 out of 10 found this Apple iPod Video 30GB Black review helpful

    Pros: Video, pictures, easy to carry

    Cons: battery dies fast

    I love my new ipod. I have only had it for about two weeks now and I'm in love. The picture as well as the video quality is amazing. It helps me to get through my science course, when I just play an episode of desperate housewives, that I purchas...ed from Itunes, for only 1.99. It's definitely worth purchasing. Read more Less

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    30 GB black IPOD

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jan 16, 2006 | 22 out of 39 found this Apple iPod Video 30GB Black review helpful

    Pros: didn't get to know

    Cons: waste of my money

    I got a 30 GB black ipod for christmas. It was bought off of apple.com with a very nice free engraving on the back of it. I thought I was just going to love it, until I opened the box up. I tried to download the software with itunes. It kept encounte...ring problems. Tried all the apple website troubleshooting and nothing. SO I brought it over to my inlaws, thinking I had a problem with my computer, and downloaded the software on his computer, and it didn't even recognize the USB port with the ipod plugged in. Then the damm thing totally froze up on me. I spoke with 6 apple customer service reps, one told me I couldn't return it, one told me I could through a fed ex shipment, and he would e-mail me the fed ex shipping info within 24 hours, waited 48 hours and nothing. No e-mail. Spoke to another rep who told me that apple didn't use FED ex to ship, and didn't know who told me that. (NONE of the APPLE reps have ID numbers or phone extensions). Finally got to someone who told me that I could send it back with a refund. Got the e-mail, sent it back, now waiting for my credit. WE'll see !!!! FOr $300.00 this thing is a piece of *#%$ and there customer service is worthless !!!!!! Read more Less

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