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MP3 Players - Must Read Before Buying
By Jakob Culver
Often when looking for an player people get confused and are unsure on what they should be looking for in the product. There are so many different types of players out there, they come in flash memory, they come with a built in hard drive and you also have the option of using CD to make playable disc. On top of this you will also have to choose what sort of brands you want, the capacity of the player and how much it will store and are there any extra features that you want. This is no easy task so lets answer some of these questions now.
When we talk about types of players there are currently 3 categories on the market. Flash based players, hard-drive based players and CDs. Lets talk about these.
Flash Based Players
Flash
based players are the tiniest players. They contain a built in flash memory chip and contain no moving parts. Because of there portability, size and the fact that they house no moving parts means that they are the perfect solution if you are going to be listening to your music sport activities. There is one major problem however with these types of players, they come at a high cost per megabyte of storage. There storage capabilities range from 32MB to 2GB and the most popular models seem to be those from the iRiver iFP series, Creative Muvo line series and the iPod Shuffle series.
Hard-Drive Based Players
Hard-Drive based players use a 1.8 inch hard disk drive to store music. The hard disk drives can hold huge amounts of data, most come with well over a 20 GB capacity, some will allow you to store up to 60 GB. If you want to be able to store large amounts of music on a portable device (i.e. 1000s and 1000s of songs), than a hard-drive based player is the way to go. There is however one thing you should be aware of, hard-drives contain moving parts - because of this hard-drive based player are not suitable if you want to listen to your music while involving yourself in sport. These types of players also come as micro hard-drive players which are smaller but larger than flash based players, there storage capabilities are around the 2 GB to 8 GB range. One of the most popular hard-drive based players is the Apple iPod, the best selling hard-drive based player.
MP3 CD Discs/Players
Another option if you are looking to have a large amount of music in one unit is to burn your mp3s from your computer onto a disc. An disc is a regular CD with mp3s burnt onto it as data. You can normally fit about 150 - 200 mp3s on an disc and than place it in a CD player that plays encoded disc. The down side of discs is that they are of the larger scale and if knocked or bumped will tend to skip a lot.
Well there we go, you have just had a brief overview of the 3 types of players that exist and the pro and cons that they carry. Hopefully this has helped you a bit to understand the concepts of players a lot better.
Jakob Culver is the founder of the website Electronics Express Online. The website provides articles and resources regarding electronics. To find out more information on this topic and electronics visit the site - http://www.electronicsexpressonline.com/
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