MP3 player and storage

CdeC

Hi,
Ciaran here, I like my music and have about 200GB of music, now I have it all on a hard drive but it is a bit of a pain hooking it up to a laptop and playing it through that. Is there anything available that is basically a harddrive with loads of storage and also able to play MP3s through a set of speakers???? just with a small screen to search???
I know there are hard drives available that can hook up to a tv and play movies and programs you have downloaded???
ANy help appreciated
Ciaran

mordeith

Apart from getting a multimedia player like you mention above you may have to opt for something like this which supports USB connectivity. Probably not worth it unless you have an iPod as well though.

CdeC

yeah, it seems I've found a gap in the market. I basically just want a hardrive that has a basic screen to scroll through MP3s and can play them through a stereo line in. You'd think they'd have something like that.

RolandIRL

emm, could you not just get an iPod or some similar mp3 player? it has a small screen, you can get loads of storage with it. buy a dock for it as well and you can play music via speakers.

mordeith

whiteman19 wrote: »

emm, could you not just get an iPod or some similar mp3 player? it has a small screen, you can get loads of storage with it. buy a dock for it as well and you can play music via speakers.

Don't think they've released a 200gb iPod yet

OP: How about this. It's a snip at £4,500 stg!

RolandIRL

mordeith wrote: »

Don't think they've released a 200gb iPod yet

OP: How about this. It's a snip at £4,500 stg!

160GB - close enough :P

where do i buy that jukebox? at that price, it's a bargain :P

mordeith

whiteman19 wrote: »

160GB - close enough :P

Touché

CdeC

woah, 4,500......we're in a recession. Yeah I hate ipods though and my sony walkman is about 16GB and goddamit that just will not do.

Whats the biggest storage on an mp3 you can get that's software independent.

ED E

CdeC wrote: »

yeah, it seems I've found a gap in the market. I basically just want a hardrive that has a basic screen to scroll through MP3s and can play them through a stereo line in. You'd think they'd have something like that.

You could always get a DDS http://www.numark.com/dds

Not cheap though

mordeith

CdeC wrote: »

Whats the biggest storage on an mp3 you can get that's software independent.

Not sure what you mean there. All players will need some software to run. Anyway I'd say something like this Archos is your best bet (500GB)

RolandIRL

i think he means no iTunes etc. you can just drag and drop songs onto the player.

feck me, that's an expensive thing, that Archos :eek: i'd sooner loop it through my laptop than buy one of those.