As the years go by I am consistently surprised by the worsening quality of electronic gadgets.It's a sad reality how amazed we can be of the new lows we see from these companies as the years go by.Each decrease in quality is unthinkable beforehand but we grow to accept it as consumers.Some of the later off branded walkmans actually look good compared to the cheaply built MP3 players of today.At least you got a lot of pieces like gears,belts,and dedicated switches with even the most horribly built players.So I ask the question,"Will MP3 Players ever be considered collectible or of quality?"
simple answer for me, yes
I don't know about that Jovie.I guess people were thinking that exact same way of boomboxes 20 years ago when they trew them in the bin.
And 20 years from now , what will we be listening to?
A better way to compress music than MP 3?
I think the 'early' mp3 players will be somewhat
collectible, like the HDD mp3 players like the
ZEN jukebox and the ZEN micro
I only have one and will never get another one as my
ZEN micro
We may scoff at them for their crap sound and lack of quality, but it stands to reason that MP3 players will eventually have a cult following just like Boomboxes do now.
Since they come in such a huge variety of shapes and sizes, and in some cases ridiculously cheap... it might be a good idea to pick up some now, throw them in a drawer and just leave them in their packages for a decade or two.
The way things are going now I wouldn't be surprised if some company comes up with microscopic memory implants with a wireless data interface for loading music that is under your skin... And with mini headphones built into your ears so you won't even need to have a separate device anymore!
Give me a boombox anytime!!!
As time passes I personally believe their will be even more convergence of different technologies into a single personal use device.Cell phones are a good example.Another good example of this is that their used to be a market for dedicated voice recorders.These days this is merely a feature of other multifunction devices.Bundling of features into one package will only continue in the future.As this happens their will be less product categories.Some years from now the idea of a dedicated portable audio player will seem quaint.This will make our MP3 players collectors items.
To some degree we're pretty much there already... What my wife's iPhone can do besides simply making phone calls is quite amazing. She can take pictures & video, watch shows online, surf the web, send/receive email, check the weather, GPS mapping, play music, manage her calendar, etc...
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Originally posted by JT:
To some degree we're pretty much there already... What my wife's iPhone can do besides simply making phone calls is quite amazing. She can take pictures & video, watch shows online, surf the web, send/receive email, check the weather, GPS mapping, play music, manage her calendar, etc...
Yep , i own a Nokia N 95 8GB and this thing has it all too. The thing i like most is the internet radio tool.
And with the follow up model ( the N96 ) you can even watch TV (DVB T H)
For me, neither mp3 or some similar device newer be achieve the magic of bbx and old good days.
Pozdrav (salute)
I also do think there will be problems with the later mp3 players and mp3 phones, because they
use special batteries, and after a few years they
will not be available anymore, so peoples cannot
use them anymore, and the classic walkmans/boomboxes
still work because they use regular batteries!
masterblaster84 - 2008-08-23 10:07
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Originally posted by devol-toni:
For me, neither mp3 or some similar device newer be achieve the magic of bbx and old good days.
Pozdrav (salute)
For me this is true but for kids of today these MP3 players may be their collectables in 20 years.
Please MasterBlaster84, tel me: what kind of VU meters, led meters, FM, AM1, AM2,..., antennas, shining look (WEIGHT)or "new belts" possessed MP3? .
E.g. what kind of parts will be changed in "MP3" device.
MP3 is device produced for some short time trend (maximal software, minimal hardware).
The question of "MP3" is something totally different of our bbx-es.
Don't worry MasterBlaster84, our antennas, belts and cassettes and .... (true value) will be interesting for ours kids after 20 years.
Pozdrav (salute).
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Originally posted by devol-toni:
Don't worry MasterBlaster84, our antennas, belts and cassettes and .... (true value) will be interesting for ours kids after 20 years.
Pozdrav (salute).
I'm curious how much a 777 or M90 will fetch 20 years from now
I do not own an MP3 player. I use a flash drive instead - which cost me only $20. There's a USB port in my PS3, and also there's one in my car, so I can plug-in my flash drive via USB pretty much anywhere. No reason to spend several hundred dollars on Ipod or anything like that
I'm curious how much a 777 or M90 will fetch 20 years from now[/QUOTE]
Our mission Eddy is find them all boxes in the planet earth and save for the next generations.
Maybe after 20 years they will cost much more than today, (maybe 5000 or 10 000 dollars
).
"MP3" newer achieve this
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I also do think there will be problems with the later mp3 players and mp3 phones, because they
use special batteries, and after a few years they
will not be available anymore, so peoples cannot
use them anymore, and the classic walkmans/boomboxes
still work because they use regular batteries!
Walkgirl, this is a very good point!!!
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Originally posted by walkgirl:
I also do think there will be problems with the later mp3 players and mp3 phones, because they
use special batteries, and after a few years they
will not be available anymore, so peoples cannot
use them anymore, and the classic walkmans/boomboxes
still work because they use regular batteries!
quote:
Originally posted by walkgirl:
I also do think there will be problems with the later mp3 players and mp3 phones, because they
use special batteries, and after a few years they
will not be available anymore, so peoples cannot
use them anymore, and the classic walkmans/boomboxes
still work because they use regular batteries!
I don't know about other MP3 players, but you do have many options with the iPod as far as sound is concerned. Who says you have to compress those music files anyway? For awhile, most of the music I had in my iPods were uncompressed .aiff files.
On another note, I think the very 1st iPod model, in mint condition, will be worth a whole lotta money 20 years from now.
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Originally posted by vladi123456:
I do not own an MP3 player. I use a flash drive instead - which cost me only $20. There's a USB port in my PS3, and also there's one in my car, so I can plug-in my flash drive via USB pretty much anywhere. No reason to spend several hundred dollars on Ipod or anything like that
I understand your point, but then again
...
You'll spend between $500 - $1000 on a boombox, but won't spend $150 on a decent iPod?
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Originally posted by devol-toni:
For me, neither mp3 or some similar device newer be achieve the magic of bbx and old good days.
Pozdrav (salute)
with you on that point.
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Originally posted by MONOLITHIC:
I understand your point, but then again
...
You'll spend between $500 - $1000 on a boombox, but won't spend $150 on a decent iPod?
I just don't have any use for a portable MP3 player. In my opinion, it's just a scam. They take a $20 flash drive, put it in a fancy plastic wrapper, add some software - and sell it for $400. The $400 MP3 player doesn't sound any better than my $20 flash drive. Which is not the case with boomboxes - a $20 boombox compared with $400 boombox - there's a HUGE difference.
I'm thinking about getting an Iphone though - but ONLY because it has a free GPS. I would not be using its built-in music player at all quote:
Originally posted by devol-toni:
I'm curious how much a 777 or M90 will fetch 20 years from now
Our mission Eddy is find them all boxes in the planet earth and save for the next generations.
Maybe after 20 years they will cost much more than today, (maybe 5000 or 10 000 dollars
). Yep my M-90 will be one of my retirement investments if it reaches that much!
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Originally posted by ford93:
Yep my M-90 will be one of my retirement investments if it reaches that much!
Only if you fix that input switch.
Concerning the battery issue Walkgirl mentioned,I have 2 flash MP3 players that take standard batteries.My Iaudio G3 (1 gig) takes a single "AA" cell.My RCA TH1602-A (2 gig) takes a single "AAA" cell.Perhaps those will be collectible in the future.The only reason I prefer to use my Ipod Touch is to get a line level signal from its data port to feed into my boomboxes "aux in".
I believe Apple will always provide replacement batteries for older models (or maybe I'm just kidding myself).There's a benefit for supporting legacy equipment in this way.Apple wants to be perceived as producing quality products.If they function for many years they can maintain that image.It's not like they will be missing new sales by doing this,either.People will always be wanting the newest products for miniaturization and increased functionality.I really think hardware will pretty much lose the "hard" part of the word in the future though I'm not quite sure how this will occur.This will make our MP3 players collectors items.
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Originally posted by Fatdog:
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Originally posted by ford93:
Yep my M-90 will be one of my retirement investments if it reaches that much!
Only if you fix that input switch.
Even with that it will still fetch some paper HA! Besides she'll have a working one soon so boo to you HA!
