sonyslave Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 With the announcement of a new Sony player now would seem to be a good time to say what are your plans this year, will you be buying a new DAP and if so what?Naturally, this topic requires a certain amount of second guessing about what the manufacturers are going to do, but it could be fun anway!So here are my plans...Last December I said to myself no new DAPs in 2007. In January, I brought a Sony MZ-RH1 HiMD player and a Sony NW-S706F DAP (luckily it wasn't a New Year's resolution!)January also saw the death of my 3G iPod 20gb, which I got out of frustration at the delay of Sony's first generation HiMD players. No tears were shed, it was one of my few mistakes in the DAP market, you all know poor sound quality, poor battery life etc. Mine spent most of its life either sitting on the shelf doing nothing or playing audiobooks. It had the last laugh though, I had just spent £20 replacing the battery!So why no new DAPs this year. Well I have got to many of the things, in fact it may be more profitable for me to spend 2007 getting rid of some of them! But I am sure that I will get maybe 1 or 2 more before the end of this year.So far though I am sad to say that they probably won't be Sony in origin, even if the first one was, and may I say here what a fantastic player the S706F is, so good I even rebuilt my ATRAC library at 64kbps (good enough for portable and casual listening, IMHO.)The announcement of the new Nanoish video player has not raised interest much, I don't need video (that's for a PMP or the PSP) I only want the best possible music player! No I think the S706F will meet my needs for this year... but then again I didn't really need the S706!Now where my real interest lies this year is in compressed lossless music! Over the Christmas/New Year feativities I re-evaluated my listening habits and discovered that I only listen to a small percentage of my music - I certainly don't need it all on one device. The second revelation I had was that I can really tell the difference between compressed music and a CD! So I re-encoded all my favourite albums/music in a lossless format, Apple Lossless I'm afraid, to go on my iPod 5G, 60gb, now permanantly connected to my home rig.Now given my experience with my iPod 3G, and the fact the hard drive will be in use more because of the larger file size per song of Apple Lossless, I think I may be in the market for a large capacity DAP that will play lossless files by the end of the year. It doesn't have to be 60gb, I am prepared to change albums if needed, but not on a weekly basis, so 16gb would probably do, and flash memory rather than a hard disc would be great. You can probably see where I'm going with this, and yes I'm afraid its Apple again, especially if they double the Nano's capacity to 16gb. Imagine 40 odd albums at CD quality in something as small, if boring as the Nano!I'm sorry if my plans for 2007 seem pro-Apple and anti-Sony, but at the moment that's the way it stands, perhaps Sony's announcement later in the year will cause them to change.David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSP Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 I think sony has to watch out.We haven't seen the new sony nano player. It could turn out to be a great device. You never know. It's an unpredictable market. On the other hand, as said, this design is outdated. Sony will have to add extra value to this device. Otherwhise it won't sell. They also have to do something about the software. Why can PSP have drag n drop and the walkman not????Secondly, Sony has to make a good big capacity player. Apple is coming with Iphone this year, and probably with some sort of touch screen Ipod in the second half of this year. So sony has to come with a device that beats that ipod before apple releases it! For example:release: somehwere in the summercapacity: 16GB/32GB flashscreen: BIG colour LCD/OLED (maybe even touchscreen)transfer: drag n dropsupport for many popular formats, good video quality, easy navigation, great battery life and a compatitive price!otherwhise sony will lag behind apple again. It's very simple in some way. Just do what people ask, and release it BEFORE the competition does.greetz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDX-400 Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 People make "DAP plans"? LOL. Well I guess if you're planning on buying one and can't decide maybe. Me I have two HD3s they work fine, I have no "DAP plans for 2007" unless they both happen to explode or something, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastiB Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 I originally did not want to buy any dub, because 2007 is a year which will cost a lot of money...(PS3, HDTV, BluRay Discs...) And I am still hoping that Sony will release the Reader in Germany... So I will wait until Sony will officially announce the DAP`S and then I will have a look... If I change my mind I will tell ya...n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navsimpson Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 DAP plans eh? I had never thought of that - but hey, an excuse to save and spend is still and excuse to save and spend... My plans rest on two things:1) If Sony release a PSP-esque walkman minus the gaming features, I'll be very very tempted.2) If Sony drop the price of the PS3, then my money will go towards that and another DAP will have to wait until my current one breaks. -Nav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefanboy Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 (edited) I will buy one if sony introduces 100GB video walkman, else i will stick to walkman s703. Edited February 13, 2007 by theFanboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stuge Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 I will buy one if sony introduces 100GB video walkmano-O I don't think that will happen anytime soon ,but Who knows... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntiPod Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 O_o I have no plans yet cuz im happy with my 507, and my 005 is not used very often ><I am kinda interested to see the new device coming out...hope i wont be attracted too much..2 walkman are enough..so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascariss Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 lol you guys are taking the fact that it will be an ipod with sony logos way too seriously. this is sony, not whoever. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pata2001 Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Cowon A3.Let's face it, even Apple (let alone Sony) and other manufactures still have not caught up with the Cowon A2 for a PMP, which was released 2 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSP Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 I really had no DAP plans for 2007.I don´t usually ´´plan´´ my purchases. But I did order a Creative Zen vision:M today. I noticed I´d like to watch videos on-the-go and that it was the only thing I used my PSP for.So I sold my PSP and bought this one. videos on 30GB is mor conveniet then on a 1GB MS.greetz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobA Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 I have no plans to buy anything. I just recently had to buy another HD5 as my previous one got stolen. And until it dies on me (or gets stolen again, sigh) I ain't buying anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weaves_ Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 I'm looking for the release of the 15Gb Vibez. If my HD5 doesn't break, I'll keep it. Also, it will be interesting to see if anyone can break the 20GB flash barrier by the end of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangraman Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 All of 'em. (Although I'm quite tempted to say "I'm done" with an 80Gb iPod and Cowon D2.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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