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Apple iPod classic 120GB - Black |  | Brand: Apple
Category: CE
Buy Used: £109.98
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Rating:  197 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Native Resolution: 2.5 (51x39 mm) colour screen displays
Connectivity: USB 2.0
Display Size: 2.5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MP3 Player
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MPN: MB565ZO/A
Model: MB565ZO/A
UPC: 885909237050
EAN: 5450534321419
Release Date: September 9, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 From an apple hater, I've been wrong all these years. Still hate apple but love the IPOD November 1, 2008
M. Lee (Plymouth, england)
220 out of 229 found this review helpful
Firstly I used to be an apple hater, have always used Archos and creative labs and been very happy with both. Still thought as I've never meet a person who regrets buying an Ipod that there might be something in these players..So I put my money where my doubts were.
Firstly, my biggest hate for the IPOD is Itunes, I rip my music and already had thousand of tracks and really don't want to have to give a credit card to Itunes so that I can start transferring my music but you have to.. Now other than that the actual player is excellent. Once I got my head around the fact that as a non Itune guy that you can not just drag and drop your track onto you Ipod.
The player is light and sturdy and the head phones even more lightweight- firstly ditch the enclosed headphones and invest in a decent set of phones.
The player is excellent in the controls and style. Although I don't think you want this for Video invest in an archos for your films.
The sound of my MP3s is impressive and full, with GOOD VOLUME.
Some reviewers have said that the volume is an issue.. No the Ipod is loud you can set the maximum volume in the setting but this isn't the actual playing volume just the upper limit!! - whenever the Ipod is turned on it will start to broadcast at half volume by default, this is fine as a quick spin on your finger on the control wheel will put the volume to a level that is load enough to share the tunes with the person trying to sit next to you in silence. It will then stay there as you continue to play with the player.
As for the colour comments, gun metal black is the new true black and that is what this one is very macho. The mat black also is very smudge resistant.
PROS.
-Lots of accessories
-Excellent controls,
-Itunes (if you want to buy or download podcasts)
-Screen and sound quality is excellent
-Nice gunmetal black
-Very good battery life
-Good volume once you realise you need to give a quick flick
-I like the way Ipod pauses if you unplug your headphone so you don't miss a drop.
CONS
-Itunes (no option to avoid if you want to just use windows explorer)
-No drag and drop on any PC only on Itunes at home
-Screen not really good enough for watching movies (maybe TV shows or Videocasts)
Conclussion, I love the Ipod classic but am lukewarm over Itunes. However, I'm buying into Ipod not Itunes (try media monkey software for an alternative).
Excellent Ipod October 13, 2008
G. Buchanan (UK)
64 out of 68 found this review helpful
I've been considering buying an MP3 player for a while and the range of functionality of the Ipod attracted my attention every time - as well as the large hard drive. However by the time I'd decided to buy the 160GB model had gone out and the new 120GB model had come into the market. No matter, 120GB is still a lot of memory and even after several years my 250GB computer hard drive is well under a quarter full, so I decided to go ahead.
It's a lovely piece of kit. The screen is very clear though it does take finger marks rather readily - you'll probably need a screen protector though I found that buying a case wasn't necessary.
Now as to volume - I should say that I'm already severely deaf and have to use rather unusual hearing aids with a special headphone plugged into them. I do have perfect pitch and found that I can actually hear the music very well though I have to adjust the volume every time I switch the machine on in order to suit whatever's playing. I'm a Classical music person and anything that's piano or less I have to turn the volume up - but as soon as you get forte, I have to turn it down! I did try plugging the Ipod into my aging Sony hi fi and it worked very well though didn't produce as much volume as the hi fi's speakers do. However the hi fi itself is starting to skip tracks so once the CD has gone I can still play things using the Hi fi system by plugging the Ipod into it! I really like the way you can use the Ipod for different things like that.
The only charger supplied is via the USB cable so if you want to take your Ipod where you don't have computer access for charging you'll need to buy a USB adaptor. These cost about £10 so it's not really a big deal but I'd happily have paid an extra £10 or so to have it included in the box.
So far I've had no problems with Itunes or with syncing the Ipod although the computer decided to "hang" as it booted up the other day - just after installing Itunes. This might be worth keeping an eye on as it's a Windows XP machine. I should add that the Ipod charged up very quickly and that the charge seems to last very well.
I haven't yet tried the games or videos, but I can say that the player produces excellent quality sound and has had everything from Stravinsky's Rite of Spring to Purcell's Nymphs and Shepherds and Schubert's Fantasy in F Minor for 2 pianos thrown at it!! From that point of view I can certainly recommend it.
Near perfect piece of equipment February 19, 2009
Arnold Layne (Somerset, England)
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
For those readers looking through these reviews to help decide whether or not to fork out £162 on this piece of equipment (as I did for weeks prior to taking the plunge) all I can say is go for it. This really is an impressive gadget. As other reviewers have said you really can carry your entire music collection around with you. The machine isn't perfect, the sound output level isn't high enough with most,but not all, discs. This problem can be addressed with a 'boostaroo' available on Amazon. Also if you take your music seriously then do yourself, and your treasured music collection, a favour by recording in a lossless format. There is no need to use the agressive compression of mp3 nowadays. I used mediamonkey (absolutely, totally recommended) to convert 140 cds in WAV form. Fantastic. I can still remember the days when we used to record from vinyl onto C60/90 cassettes.....
iPod Classic 120GB- Black December 3, 2008
James Skidmore (U.K)
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
I bought this iPod to replace a broken 4GB nano which i also had too much music for. I was stuck between this model and a 16Gb new nano.In the end i decided on this for several reasons. Firstly it has a huge hard drive 120Gb will let you put pretty much everything you own there. I have 1800 songs, about 20 dvds and serveral other music videos and youtude downloads. It still has 88GBs left. Also it is better value for money than the nano. This costs abbout £20 more than a 16GB Nano and gives you just under 10x the storage space. If you want a iPod more as a functional item rather than a fashion accessory then buy one of these. Otherwise buy a nano they are also very good and well put together bits of kit as are all iPods. This is my 4th and i have played the hell out of every one and they still last for a long time.
The Apple of my Eye.....Pod January 10, 2009
Rob (UK)
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
The iPod Classic (120gb) was my first ever experience of mp3, prior to this I had countless cds around, in fact the passenger seat of my car was home to more than 200. So, much of my reluctance around getting an mp3 player was the fact I wanted to avoid starting my music collection again, particularly as my musical taste wasn't mainstream. Still showing the scars from replacing all of my video collection with dvd, I researced before buying.
I scowered reviews to see just how easy it was to copy my existing cds to my iPod, but most reviews were from people who were on their second or third mp3 player and saw no need to staight the obvious. For all in the same boat as me, a complete novice, I can say the experience could not have been easier. Simply downloading iTunes from the website meant any cd I entered into my laptop (I'm using Windows Vista) would automatically lead to a prompt with the option to copy the cd to my iTunes programme, this would take only a minute or two to copy, you then simply syncronise the iPod to your laptop and it's there.
In fact nothing about this little machine is complex, downloading music is fast, easy and relatively inexpensive, navigation is intuative and the more advanced features such as downloading track info or album artwork for your collection is done in seconds. All your music is organised for you and can be accessed by album, or by artist, etc.
Despite some reviewer's finding fault with the device I haven't found any. The sound quality compares to anything I have ever listen on, the screen is crystal clear and my early experience of watching downloaded movies are good. For such a compact mp3 (smaller, lighter and thinner than my Blackberry)the memory is immense, I have transferred across over 100 full cd albums and other bits and pieces and I am not even at 10% of the available memory. If you are simply wanting to play music I would recommend this above other iPods such as the 'Touch' or 'Nano' for precisely this reason. The battery life is also unbeatable, it chargers in an hour and last for 22 hours + when in use and can be onstandby for weeks at a time, I charge mine around once a week.
I was anxious, especially when we are talking about spending in excess of £150. But all things considered I would say it is among the best purchases I have made in years and I can't rate the Classic highly enough.
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