 "Still the Best Sound" | 2009-11-02 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2LXJNDC9V136T |
The 5.5 Generation iPod sounds better than the iPod Classics. Apple changed the sound components to an inferior brand and clearly degraded the sound quality. In addition, the scroll wheel on the 5.5 Gen. is much easier to navigate.
If you are looking for an iPod and need 80GB or less, this is the best choice for your money. |
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 "Expand the capabilities of this player" | 2009-10-19 |
| - Reviewed By ravital |
One has to wonder why it is still priced at $[...] (as of Oct. 2009).
Bought a refurbished one, after years of enjoying my Creative Zen Xtra and looking down on all iPods. So I looked at this only after it was pretty clear nobody in the world was doing any future development for my player, which I still love. The refurbished iPod 5.5 gen. 80Gb I bought has a new, brighter screen (a DYI fix if you're reasonably good with your hands and can follow instructions), new battery with higher capacity (nearly 18 hours and even easier to replace than the screen), and new hard drive. I still resent the fact that the user can't replace a batter - seems to be a religion with Apple, even on their mobile phones, when the rest of the civilized world can buy a new battery for any other mobile phone. Go figure.
But what made the decision easy for me - and I will warmly recommend this to anyone - was the availability of the open-source Rockbox firmware for this model (and many other iPod models while we're at it).
Available from [...], the firmware allows you to play (in addition to all of Apple's formats) "royalty free" formats like .ogg, FLAC (FREE Lossless Audio Codec), MPEG for video, plus features like gapless playback, ReplayGain support - the list goes on and on.
Like different themes? You can roll your own, or choose from a pretty wide gallery of themes, install them on your player, and customize them to your heart's content.
And then there's games. Doom? Packman - with the original look and feel? You got it. And applications to view photos, text files, contacts, calendars, and many more. Get a complete list at the rockbox site.
Oh, and the beauty of it? The original Apple firmware stays on your player, and you can dual-boot and switch between them.
Interestingly, any track you load via the iTunes software on your computer, with your player booted into the Apple firmware, will be visible to Rockbox - after you refresh the Rockbox database on the player. But the opposite is not true - Tracks you've loaded when the player was booted into Rockbox won't be visible to the Apple firmware.
You only need to download and install a small utility (Windows, Mac OS-X, Linux 32-bit, Linux 64-bit - and since this is open source, the source code is available too). This will in turn install a boot-loader on your player, and the operating-system software. It will go and fetch games, fonts, and themes for you, as well as updates to the OS, and install them on your player.
It will cost you nothing, so first, BACK UP YOUR iPod, and give it a try. |
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| "Why Did I buy This ?" | 2009-10-05 |
| - Reviewed By User: AF9LZKYLA0435 |
| I'll keep this short and simple. I purchased a 120 Gig model and already owned the 80 Gig. I had both plugged into my Harmon-Kardon IPOD Dock qued to the same song. The 80 Gig model with Whitney Houston Singing sounded like she was singing in my ear. The 120 Gig sounded like she was singing with a towel over her mouth. So, I purchased this Second 80 gig model and gave away the 120 Giger... Teh 120 Gig model had a snappier interface but Shame on Apple for killing the sound by getting rid of the Wolfson DAC chip and substituting the Cirrus. Come on Mr. Jobs. You snuck in a product change. |
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| "Alright!!" | 2009-09-01 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1F90HSQB10CKF |
| Item was in very good condition & delivery was very timely. I'd gladly recommend others and would do business with seller again. |
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| "Good Deal" | 2009-08-19 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3AUPPSFNW9MWT |
| The 80 gig iPod was just as described. We all know what it is. And this was it at a a good price with quick service. |
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| "Good design, look, easy to use" | 2009-07-25 |
| - Reviewed By User: A37NF8VEG4JJE |
A nice upgrade for me. I like the larger, full color screen. Very easy to access videos, album cover art work, videos, and podcasts. With a much longer battery life and increased memory, this was an easy upgrade decision. The previous generation iPod lagged in battery life and couldn't handle video. This new click wheel makes this super easy to operate.
The iTunes software to rip music takes only seconds and the compression algorithm Apple uses in its software means you can load up several days worth of music and barely make a dent in this iPods storage capacity.
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