Oh goodie..picture time ! I love my IHP-120 It's pretty much everthing I thought it would be (quirks and all), and does ALMOST everthing I want it to. I bought it because I have a pretty extensive CD collection, and I'm obsessed with music. I suppose being a musician contributes to that eh ?
I was originally looking at the iPod, but then, who DIDN'T look at that one first ? The advertising dept for them is amazing, and they certainly deserve major props for pimping that thing like no other company could (bar MS if they had such a product).
But things about the iPod botherd me. At the time, it was the 5 gig model that I was looking at, and I thought, "wow, these people are either nuts, have a lot of money, or just don't know the value of a dollar..or all three". There was no way I was about to spend close to over $400 for a 5 gig music player. So I waited, and as I did, I discovered the dreaded battery issues they were having..Yet another minus. So I waited more, and eventually as the second gen iPod rolled out, so did a few other players. Long story short, after having returned a Creative NJB3 after 2 weeks because of a serious malfunction, I waited even longer and eventually the IHP came out.
What I LOVE about it is that it needs no software to be seen by my XP boxes, no software to transfer ANY kind of file, including music files which it can then play on the fly after the import. I love that they incorporated Ogg support as was requested and:
Line IN/OUT
Radio (comes in handy for news on the way home)
Record features ..which mind you could be better, but they're good enough for basic recording.
And now, I hope to love my IHP even more with continued support from the JRiver team. A lot of people on the
mistic river forums are anxious to see full support as well. Seems that the Red Chair devs have stepped into the arena with some software for the IHP line, but at this point, I'm really not liking it at all. They've presented us with what they call beta versions, which IMO are more like alpha versions. Sloppy, nasty stuff that seems useless to me atm.
So come on JRiver devs...make us happy ! The answer most people want is " here's your itunes for the IHP". Yep, that's basically what we're looking for. It would provide what Iriver could not. I would still love the file tree method, but if given the chance, I'd love to explore the options that would become available by using the iTunes method. (in short).
For the pics:
Is it possible to upload pics from our HD's ?
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