OT: Anyone owned a Microsoft Zune?

I've not read the whole thread, but I've got an MP3 cd player in the car and it does the job just dandy. I can't be arsed with ipods.

I'd never even seen an iPod for real until last week when my mate came up. I'd never really considered one for the same reason. After having a play with it, I've got to stay it's a fantastic piece of kit. His is an old 40GB one. He's also an extreme Goth and about as anti-cool as you can get ;-) He keeps it in a lovely battered black leather case, with black earphones. You can't tell it's an iPod until it's out the case.

Mike

As opposed to the vieux pauvres types?

Well I tend to have the radio on. Things are such a mess around here, I haven't got around to doing the whole iPod thing, or even burning off a few mp3 CDs. Partly because the hard drive most of my CD collection is ripped to is a bit deaded and needs a data recovery person on the case.

I am, however looking over at a random box of old tat/random gadgets and can see a Sony Discman with 10-second shock protection. I think that'd be suitably anti-cool/retro-cool for Carl - he can have it for free if he wants, and I'll even chuck in a Golf coolant cap.

I like having just about my entire music collection with me in the car - I can't be arsed choosing what I'd like to listen to the following day and burning it to CD.

I've got an old Goodman's one somewhere, but it was pretty crap even when new. Would need to find a car adaptor for it.

You listen to Chris Moyles through PREFERENCE? Jesus Christ.

Words fail me. I stopped listening to R1 in the morning when Simon Mayo took over doing the Breakfast show..

Mike P

TMC is useless.

I thought it was a great idea, until I used it in anger.

TMC isn't all that great either especially when you divert off the motorway just to find world+dog has done the same and the diversion route is just as bad.

Can't beat first hand reports from Sally Traffics' bulletin on Radio 2.

I keep about 10 cds in the car, all full of MP3s. Might change one of the cds a week, which is no hassle. Having 60 or so albums and 20 albums worth of random favourites is enough for my average week in a car.

I can't abide Moyles either.

If I'm listening to the radio all day it'll be R2 most of the time. If I'm local to here it'll be a mixture of R2 or the local talk station. If I'm driving something with a DAB radio it'll be mainly R2 with a splattering of TalkSport.

I have 2 MP3 CDs, I keep meaning to change them. I listen to Radio1 usually, I don't bother with traffic reports, if there is traffic there's traffic - I can't change that heh.

I listen to BBC local radio. The traffic reports are generally the most relevant compared to stuff like Radio 2. Their playlist is quite limited, but a reasonable mixed bag and the general local-based chit chat and banter generally stays on most of the day. Mind you, there's bugger all traffic on my way to work in the morning, and once I'm in my delivery area (which if I've had a bit of a lie-in can be a bit of a pain), there's very little in the way of traffic hassle that can't be easily got around.

See with an 8gb player, or a 4gb plus expansion, I could get that many on, and not have all the clutter of discs and remembering to change them.

And easily do a few mix folders as well as albus, setup playlists then random play the lot.

And it is small enough to pop in my pocket when I get out.

Also hugely annoying when you need to re-load it with stuff a few days / a week or so later.... having to decide what you might want to listen to whilst stuck in traffic in 4 days time is a s**te way of doing things when hard drive players are so cheap.

Ah, if I'm listening to an album I tend to listen to most of it without needing to skip more than one or two tunes at most. If I want to listen to a mix of stuff I can press "Random", or select a folder full of random tunes.

There is that, but on the other hand, I can't be bothered putting tunes onto an MP3 player, not when it's so easy to just burn a disc every now and then.

I just don't get the whole iPod thing. Nearest I ever get to using one is when I'm waiting at an airport or on a train when I plug the headphones into my phone and listen to tunes on that.

Yes, but I could press random with all 10 albums in the mix.

I tend to leave stuff I like on for 3-6 months. I rarely buy new stuff, most of my record/cd/mp3 collection is 3-5 year old albums minimum.