Apple 30 GB iPod 5G (5th Generation) with Video Playback  - Black
Apple 30 GB iPod 5G 5th Generation

Apple 30 GB iPod 5G (5th Generation) with Video Playback - Black

Manufacturer:
Apple

UPC:
885909052233

Retail Price:
$299.99

Avg. Rating:

Also available in: White (30 GB) or White (60 GB) and Black (60 GB)

Features:
  • 2.5-inch (diagonal) color LCD with LED backlight
  • Up to 14 hours of music playback; up to 3 hours of slideshows with music; up to 2 hours of video playback
  • Comes with earbud headphones and USB cable
  • Compatible with Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later, Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later, or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
Product Description
Includes: iTunes for Mac and Windows, earbud headphones, & USB cable. iPod - The iPod is known around the world as a premier digital audio player. Then they added a color screen and photo support. Now they complete the trilogy of multimedia features with a new 4x3 2.5" color widescreen display, and support for video playback. You can create your own movies or purchase music videos, Pixar short films, or select TV episodes via iTunes 6. Connectivity - USB through dock connector, composite video (with A/V cable - sold separately), and audio through headphone jack or line out on the iPod Universal Dock (sold separately) Charge Time - about 4 hrs. (2 hrs. fast charge to 80capacity) Audio Support - AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Music Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, WAV, & AIFF Photo Support - syncs iPod-viewable photos in JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PSD (Mac only), and PNG formats Video Support - H.264 video - up to 768 Kbps, 320 x 240, 30 fps, Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in. m4v,. mp4 and. mov file formats / MPEG-4 video - up to 2.5 mbps, 480 x 480, 30 fps, Simple Profile with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in. m4v,. mp4 and. mov file formats Backlight Timer Sleep Timer 20 Equalizer Settings Shuffle Songs or Albums Date and Time Unit Dimensions - 4.1 x 2.4 x 0.43 Unit Weight - 4.8 oz. Color - Black
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Reviews
3 Star Rating  "cons outweight the pro"2006-02-04
- Reviewed By john
this thing freezes too much, the screen is very easily scratched, and the battery life while watching video is short(1-1.5 hr)(about 7-8hr playing mp3) for the 30g. And apple needs to make an ipod with an easily replaceable battery. I would recomend covering the screen as soon as you purchase this. The freezing is annoying, resetting will make you lose your settings. The quality of the videos is good (a bit small) but overall decent for its size. The sound is great with the build-in EQ. (dont blow your drums out lol) If your lookiong for software to convert your videos into mp4, check cucusoft or videora(sp). Or pay apple 39.99 for theirs.(you think they give it to you for 300 bucks) a charger and case be nice too.
 
2 Star Rating  "stopped working"2008-10-02
- Reviewed By User: A10SJIH3I3602
I purchased my 30gb 5th generation ipod in December 2006. Now, less than 2 years later, it stopped working. The problem is one known by apple where an electrical short develops that prevents the ipod from playing sound except when the device or the surrounding air is very cold. Sure, I can refrigerate my ipod and get about 1 hour of playtime, or exercise in a freezer, but otherwise it is non-functional. Many people have reported online that Apple has charged them for a replacement since they are now out of the warranty period. I would hope apple could build a product that can withstand normal use for 2 years (only used for listening in car and at home sitting in speaker dock). And if they can't they should stand behind their product instead of trying to sell you a new one!
 
1 Star Rating  "Don't buy from here"2008-09-06
- Reviewed By User: A1SBR3A54FQXI9
We ordered a refurbuished Ipod and when it came it froze up as soon as we loaded it. I emailed the seller a couple of times before I ever heard back from him during a one week period. I have sent the Ipod back for a refund and have still not received the refund after 3 weeks. I have emailed the seller again(since there is no phone number to contact him by) and he will not respond. I would never recommend buying anything from this seller. I would appreciate some help from someone in getting my refund.
 
4 Star Rating  "Easy to steal and great for 300"2008-07-10
- Reviewed By User: A1KZE8NAYYANR
Last week bought for $300 and stolen the next day. But also, really a nice thing that played lots of music easy. They broke out three of my car windows before setting it on fire. I'm here to buy a new IPOD anyway!
 
3 Star Rating  "pretty good"2008-07-02
- Reviewed By User: A2EUNWGXP6TL25
this item is worth the price although the volume isn't a loud as the original I already have.
 
1 Star Rating  "I hate I-pod"2008-06-19
- Reviewed By cemreozkurt
I bought this crap about 3 years ago, in this 3 years I waited for a moment to tag all my mp3's but I never find that time, then I find a folder browsing mp3 player and throw this junk out and I am glad that I did that.

So here is why I hate I-Pod

No folder browsing: You have to add tag on your every single old mp3's. there is some other mp3 player that they have this function for less, so you can see all the folders and mp3's like your your pc or mac. "No folder browsing" is very disturbing if you have mixed mp3's.

I-tunes is horrible: you have to use I-tunes to upload music, no drag and drop from drive to drive. I tunes is slow and useless. it is also making you pc slower even if you are not even using it.

File protection: if you upload your mp3's you can have them back to you pc or mac. With any folder browsing mp3 players you can do so.

No volume button: Yes Ipod looks cool but if you need to volume down quickly you have to wait 2 seconds, because volume button is also same as navigation. if you need instant mute you have to unplug your headphone.
and you look lame when you do that because you don't know where you are going to put the unplugged headphone jack.

Navigation button is too sensitive: if you are in the car, car is shaking so %50 of the time you are going to pick the wrong artist or song.
I had some moments that I was almost going to throw this junk out from the window.

Video is a joke: screen is too slow, forget about watching movies, you can watch just for 5 minutes then your eyes get crossed.

Where is the radio, sound recording? my new folder browing mp3 player has this function and works very good.
I don't want advertise what I have just search for folder browsing mp3 players, there is tons of them in the market.
 
3 Star Rating  "Precocious child of the Mp3 player business---but still a child"2008-04-10
- Reviewed By andarielhalo
I've had my iPod for quite a long time now, and it works good. I like it well enough, bla bla bla, you're not reading this review for the good things. You already know what makes it good.

So what makes it bad?

I admit I'm biased against Apple, but I ended up with an iPod anyway... first and foremost, it dislikes Windows in a subtle way---no WMA support. Thankfully, it converts WMAs to MP3s of the same bit rate automatically.

So then why is the iPod (or at least, this generation) a "precocious child"? Or rather, a retarded adult?

For one, I had a brand X MP3 player before this one. It had no video screen, was still the sort of black and white Gameboy-style screen, but it was flawless.

iPod is flawed.

1) It is sluggish. Often times it takes a long time to load a playlist, or randomize songs. When I am rapidly skipping through songs, it will freeze up while playing up to three seconds of the song I want to skip before skipping it. This really sucks.

2) It freezes easily. My Brand X mp3 player frozen on me only once, and that was because I dropped it---iPod freezes whenever it wants, though loves to do so when I'm skipping through songs at a leisurely pace.

3) The buttons' advanced functions are barely responsive. If the iPod freezes, rather than press a tiny reset button, it makes me go through this process of flicking the Hold switch on and off, then pressing and holding the center button and the menu button for a few seconds. This almost never works the first three times. The buttons are so close together to every other button, I end up accidentally pressing the "Next" or "Previous" button along with it, and cause nothing to happen.

4) The Off button is barely responsive. Sometimes it's a crapshoot to even have the off button work at all. The Off button is the Play button... yeah. You have to press it and hold it down for a few seconds. I have once literally pressed and held it for 30 whole seconds with no response. In quick situations or emergencies when it must be turned off, this becomes a big problem.

5) Volume control. In order to increase or decrease volume, the iPod MUST be on, and you must swirl the round part around. As opposed to my Brand X MP3 player which had the volume control on the side and could be adjusted independently from the tracking buttons. THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT when you need to turn the volume UP, and you're in the middle of scouring your albums---you have to wait 30 seconds for the albums to drift off back to the Now Playing in order to do this, or rushed ALL THE WAY BACK to the main menu and Now Playing to do this.

6) It does not come with an adaptor to plug it in to recharge. For an entire year, I believed I could only recharge this from my computer, before my mother bought a wall-jack adaptor for her iPhone. It's compatible with the iPod as well.

7) Playlists cannot be named except in iTunes---and even then I didn't figure it out until 6 months in, because the Right Click menu had no "rename" option---I had to figure it out by double clicking on New Playlist. Playlists also cannot have songs added or removed from them once created, except in iTunes.

8) Randomizations only randomize the songs ONCE---after that, the track listing is pretty much set.

9) The clicky swirly thing is a hassle to deal with when trying to select individual options, and the center button is so close to the swirly round part that when pressing it during a song (to skip ahead, or to see the album cover up close, or to give it a star rating) I often end up accidentally making the swirly thing move---so when I'm trying to rate the song, it skips ahead, and then goes right back to the Now Playing so I have to click the center button AGAIN.



Those are pretty much most, or all of the problems I've experienced with iPod. It's not enough to make me stop using it, but it's enough to make me not want to buy it again if I break or lose this one.

Oh yeah, I remember now, the "Brand X" mp3 player in question was a Creative Zen Touch 20 GB MP3 Player
 
4 Star Rating  "It's an i-pod."2008-04-02
- Reviewed By User: A6CA327IMUQP0
There's not much more to say, LOL. It's an i-pod, it works, holds a lot of music.
 
1 Star Rating  "Apple Ipod"2008-03-25
- Reviewed By User: A2QJRK01TOYOF2
Didn't care for it - bought a Zune instead - it did more had a radio, bigger screen ... and more storage - easier to download and find music. Able to grab music and not worry about Apple's proprietary m4p format... no converting needed.
Buy Zune!
 
5 Star Rating  "Excellent"2008-02-05
- Reviewed By greg_john
We bought the 30 GB version and we love it.
- The screen is small but clear and sharp. Go to an Apple store and see it first to make sure you're cool with it.
- The audio is excellent.
- It is very stylish. The 30 GB version is thin and convenient and holds a lot.
- It is very easy to use. iTunes is a breeze to use (we have a PC).
- Chinese characters show up just fine in the iPod text.
- We bought QuickTime Pro ($30) because it was the most convenient software I found for converting video to the iPod format. Videora Converter is free and useful for getting video into the H264 format, but I found I needed QuickTime Pro to get it to the final correct iPod format. The final conversion is very, very slow.
- It comes with a reasonable case, but I'm hoping for an after-market case to hold it and the headphones. Ideally there would be one that would protect the screen and let you view it clearly. In general, we're just very careful.
- It comes with a cable to hook to USB 2.0. Early USB version apparently may not supply enough power to recharge the iPod.
- The Lithium Ion battery charges up to 80% really quickly (less than 3 hours from dead zero), and then trickle charges to 100%. The battery may be recharged at any time w/o risk of "memory" like a Nickel Cadmium battery.
- Playing music, a full battery is supposed to last about 14 hours. Playing video it lasts a lot less. I would estimate about 3 to 4 hours on a full charge.
- Replacing the battery currently means sending the entire iPod back to Apple and getting a new/refurbished one. See the Apple web site for details.
- I saw a review about it hanging on the language selection screen right out of the box. Ours did, too, but I just followed the instructions on resetting it. No problems since.
 
5 Star Rating  "Ipod"2008-01-08
- Reviewed By User: A2C1L44Z1GHK47
The ipod was cafefully packaged as promised. I recieved this before Christmas, which was a great time saver for me.
 
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