MP3 player versus external hard drive - for music.

[The One]

I have heard about the latest Panasonic SD-350 MP3 Player, it looks really nice :-) Price should be in your range.

As far as I know, this player supports SD card with FM Tuner.

Hope this helps...

[bacchanal]

Fwiw...for those looking at buying hds...Seagate just bought Maxtor not too long ago. Not sure how that will affect the brands, but it's something to note. That makes seagate one of, if not the biggest hd vendor in the world. Also Seagate offers a 5yr warrantee instead of the usual 3.

I've owned many hds over the years, and have had few problems. I had a couple maxtors go bad, and IBM had some serious problems a few years ago, but I don't know of any major problems with any current model drives. Western Digital, Maxtor, Seatgate, Samsung, Fujitsu, Hitachi have all been pretty reliable lately, I usually go with Seagate because of the warrantee though. Noise is another thing to consider. Some drives can be pretty noisy.

Check AnandTech for and Newegg for reviews and prices.

If you're thinking about getting an external drive, an external enclosure with an internal drive is the way to go. That way you can just replace the drive with a less expensive internal drive insead of buying a new external drive if you ever need more storage.

[The One]

Oh really, SD350 supports for 2G SD Card, I might need to do some more searching for that, hope I can give you a solid news

[The One]

60 to 70 bucks for a 2G card, May I know where you find it out?

[noddin0ff]

The One, meet Hocc. Hocc, meet The One. I seems you two have a lot in common.

[emorphien]

I could believe $60-70 for a basic 2gb CF card, but not SD, they're usually a bit more.

All the cards just jumped down in price again. Time to buy that Sandisk 1gb Ultra II Plus SD with the built in USB port!