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May 25, 2006

Touch vs. Vision

I've mostly settled on a Creative Zen of some sort - either the 40G Touch, or the 30G Vision:M.

The Touch needs a firmware update to support "PlaysForSure" (i.e. subscription licensing ala Rhapsody), but the extra 10G means I can probably fit my collection and have a bit of space left for a rotating set of other stuff.

I'm currently at 25G on my jukebox, encoded at 144kbps OGG - to get similar quality from MP3 I'd use lame's "medium" preset, which seems to result in files about 20% larger. So 30G would be really tight, 40 leaves some breathing room.

The Touch is an end-of-life product, which I'm never thrilled about buying into, and is missing the FM tuner (well, it's available on the wired remote, but really, who cares). The Vision is slightly smaller than the Touch, though both are smaller (and lighter) than my Neuros.

Since neither one has the built-in FM transmitter that the Neuros has, I suspect the Neuros will remain the first choice for car trips.

Posted by dberger at May 25, 2006 9:01 AM

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Posted by: Hendel at May 27, 2006 5:01 PM