Apple iPod Video 5th Generation Black (30 GB) MP3 Player
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- Number of Songs: 7500
- Usage: Music
- Main Storage Type: Hard Drive
- Storage Capacity: 30 GB
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Be Like Everybody Else: Get an iPod Video
Pros
Sleek, sexy, fantastic sound, nice quality screen/display, good menus
Cons
Rather pricey; stock headphones; ruins your whole 'non-conformist' thing
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
It's small enough to fit in a shirt pocket, but at 30 gigs, can carry a ton of music, photos, and videos. Nice.
I've used an iPod (from one make or "generation" to another) for more than five years. When my previous iPod fatally broke after a little tumble (major con to these devices: they are built to break, as stockings are built to get runs), I upgraded to a 30 gig iPod Video (opting for black because it's the new white). Compared with the first generation device that was thick and rather weighty, this one is slender and pretty light: the ballerina* of mp3 players.
The screen is pretty small: 2 x 1.5 inches (or 2.5 inches diagonally), but if you've ever tried to look at anything on an iPod Nano, it appears luxuriously large. If you can figure out how to load photos onto your iPod (not the easiest thing in the world), they look bright and vivid, and now you have a traveling slide show (with cool and varied dissolves and sweeps between photos). For actual video, it's best to watch TV shows here, since anything with real cinematic or photographic flare will get lost in the reduction.
For music/sound, there is no discernible difference (to my ears) between this iPod and earlier ones: they all sound fantastic. If you upgrade to a better headphone than the ones provided (e.g. professional Sony MDR-7506), music really leaps off the machine to a beautiful, spacious world of high fidelity sound. As with earlier models, music can be quickly accessed by playlist, artist, composer, genre, album, or individual songs. If you download podcasts or audio books (come on, Ricky Gervais!), these are conveniently loaded directly into their own categories (as are videos and photos). With 30 gigabytes, you have lots of room for music and photos, though if you are liable to watch (and save) copious amounts of video, you may want to invest in the 80 gig iPod.
Also as with earlier models, you get a clock and a variety of settings (EQ, shuffle, repeat, language, backlight timer, etc). If you've never used an iPod, it may take a little getting used to the way you fast-forward or rewind, raise and lower volume, pause and play and search, all with same touch sensitive wheel and four buttons. But soon enough, this ergonomic design is very inviting and easy.
I paid $250 (plus tax) for this baby over a year ago, and its functioning hasn't diminished. I invested in a protective iPod prophylactic (they used a different term) to shield my poor, fragile toy from irreparable damage.
Thank you very much.
* (Note: not all ballerinas are slender, though traditionally they once were. I mean no disparagement to chunkier or heftier ballet dancers.)
Update: I would have thought my review immune to anything below a VH, but apparently not. Let me add:
⁍ The back of the iPod is chrome shiny enough to use as a mirror.
⁍ iPod Video should not be used under water (e.g. in the shower or while snorkeling).
⁍ iPods are manufactured in China. Happy Chinese New Year!
The screen is pretty small: 2 x 1.5 inches (or 2.5 inches diagonally), but if you've ever tried to look at anything on an iPod Nano, it appears luxuriously large. If you can figure out how to load photos onto your iPod (not the easiest thing in the world), they look bright and vivid, and now you have a traveling slide show (with cool and varied dissolves and sweeps between photos). For actual video, it's best to watch TV shows here, since anything with real cinematic or photographic flare will get lost in the reduction.
For music/sound, there is no discernible difference (to my ears) between this iPod and earlier ones: they all sound fantastic. If you upgrade to a better headphone than the ones provided (e.g. professional Sony MDR-7506), music really leaps off the machine to a beautiful, spacious world of high fidelity sound. As with earlier models, music can be quickly accessed by playlist, artist, composer, genre, album, or individual songs. If you download podcasts or audio books (come on, Ricky Gervais!), these are conveniently loaded directly into their own categories (as are videos and photos). With 30 gigabytes, you have lots of room for music and photos, though if you are liable to watch (and save) copious amounts of video, you may want to invest in the 80 gig iPod.
Also as with earlier models, you get a clock and a variety of settings (EQ, shuffle, repeat, language, backlight timer, etc). If you've never used an iPod, it may take a little getting used to the way you fast-forward or rewind, raise and lower volume, pause and play and search, all with same touch sensitive wheel and four buttons. But soon enough, this ergonomic design is very inviting and easy.
I paid $250 (plus tax) for this baby over a year ago, and its functioning hasn't diminished. I invested in a protective iPod prophylactic (they used a different term) to shield my poor, fragile toy from irreparable damage.
Thank you very much.
* (Note: not all ballerinas are slender, though traditionally they once were. I mean no disparagement to chunkier or heftier ballet dancers.)
Update: I would have thought my review immune to anything below a VH, but apparently not. Let me add:
⁍ The back of the iPod is chrome shiny enough to use as a mirror.
⁍ iPod Video should not be used under water (e.g. in the shower or while snorkeling).
⁍ iPods are manufactured in China. Happy Chinese New Year!
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