Toastyone Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 (edited) Got home today and was feeling pretty good because I got paid and was able to pickup my E90s which I had been waiting on for almost 3 weeks. Anyway soon as I got home I saw I had a fedex package from ACI I am like :hmmm: who is ACI I? Open it up and the angels started singing, it was my ipod video :D :D :D :D :D So here is short review I wrote when I was waiting for all my songs to load which took quite a while...... First off I want to say I love the Black, it is great so much better than the white IMO, I know people have complained about how the black shows scratches but I would rather take the sexiness of the black over the ability to possible hide some scratches and since I am going to be getting a skin as soon as someone comes out with one I know I will not be having too many scratches. It does come with this little pouch thing, it reminds me of a moccasin, and it fits the ipod like a glove, it should do the job until someone releases a skin. It is much thinner than a 3rd gen I started it up changed my settings to where I like them, and plugged it into my computer. Moving my songs over took longer than I thought it would granted I have a lot of songs 3000+ but I also think it might be the USB connection, even though firewire 400 and USB2 are about the same firewire with it's higher sustained rate is better for huge file systems or thats always been my thought. Anyway after moving my music and some videos and I plugged it into my TV to see just how well I could play the video. Overall it was pretty good, I only had trailers sitting around that were in the right format but if you have quicktime pro or iMovie HD or final cut, you can convert pretty much any video but it might take some time for a full movie. One bad thing I found out right off and I was hopping would not be the case is this is a totally redesigned ipod and as such almost all past generation accessories will not work, itrip, italk, iremote, all do not work because they need the two plugs on the top where this new ipod only has one on the right side. Something that does work is my wall charger, even though it is firewire with a plug it still charges which is nice. Oh yeah the Belkin Tunecast II FM transmitter works because it only has one plug. Ok thats about the end of my review :p going to go play with it some and see just how close Apple's battery life estimate is. EDIT on Battery life For music I got about 12.4 hours with the volume at 75% maybe a little higher, I bet I could get more if I lowered the volume but I was on a plane and stuff so I had to keep it up that high. I will be testing it in everyday conditions with the volume around 50%....For video it lasted 140 minutes which is about 2.2 hours the volume was as high as it could get because I was on a plane. I tried it for about 5 of those minutes in just a regular room with people and I only had to have the volume at 45% :happy: Pretty sure if you kept it at that you might be able to get 3 hours. EDIT #2 I finally got a skin that I like (Y) screen protector as well. Thought I would post some pics, everything still is running great :D Edited December 5, 2006 by Toastyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted October 25, 2005 Veteran Share Posted October 25, 2005 Very nice review. (Y) I was surprised that your firewire charger worked. (good news for me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dL Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 Very nice! Should give some ratings ;) but it's ok. I like picture reviews. dL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLaren_F1 Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 Nice :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snipe Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 Looks good m8. I am thinking about getting one of these... or a nano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanManIt Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 Nice Review. I like the look of the black one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CY:G Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 Nice Review!!!, thank you Its prolly too early to tell, but can you comment anything in the battery life, do you actually get the 14 Hours they advertise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahul Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 nice review , i gotta get me one of those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunny_pharmer Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 HOLY CRAP! CONNETING TOY UOR TV?!?!?! I ENVER KNEW THAT! I WANTT TO GET IT SOO BAD NOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SojIrOu Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 hmm this might not sound so nice but does scratches show up easily like the nano? nice review i'm tempted to get one but held back because of that issue. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyLarry Veteran Posted October 25, 2005 Veteran Share Posted October 25, 2005 Congrats. (Y) I just got mine about 4 days ago. Much to my surprise I was able to just go to my nearest Apple store and buy it on the spot. I got the same exact one you did. All I can say is I just absolutely love watching episodes of the Family Guy while I pretend to work (luckily we can wear iPods while working so no one even questions it... yet). I really did not even think I was going to use it for the video. Completely Kick Ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toastyone Posted October 25, 2005 Author Share Posted October 25, 2005 Nice Review!!!, thank youIts prolly too early to tell, but can you comment anything in the battery life, do you actually get the 14 Hours they advertise? 586721076[/snapback] Not sure yet so far it has only gone down a little bit and I have watched some video and listened to music for about 3 hours. I am going on a trip later this week so I am going to time it and see just how much I can get. I will post what it turns out to be. lol but anything will be better than my 3rd Gens 8 hrs :p As for scratches SojIrOu I have none so far it seems to be holding up pretty well but then again I have kept it in that little case almost the whole time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SojIrOu Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 thats good to hear. i'll wait a little while more before i get it :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_loblaw Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 Nice pictures. BTW, what size is it? Or did I miss it somewhere? How many movies/tv shows/videos do you think you can get with good quality on yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrogers Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 I received the same one today, a 30GB black! I also got my InvisibleShield in today as well, and immediately applied it. Let me tell you, as somone who has always had a silicone case on his iPods, it is great to be able to carry around and use a "naked" iPod without worrying about it getting scratched (because yes, just like the Nano, the black 5G will easily scratch). I echo many of the sentiments of the original reviewer here. I'm currently playing around with converting videos to find the best format. I have successfully discovered how to convert videos to widescreen for the 5G using Videora! The 5G's screen is huge and gorgeous, everyone who has seen it today is amazed. Video is smooth as silk. So thin, pretty good battery life...great device! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.MULLA Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 nice review. does anyone know if the 60gb is larger in size/thickness than the 30gb ? i want to go for the 60gb-but hoping its the same slim size as the 30gb model :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dL Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 nice review. does anyone know if the 60gb is larger in size/thickness than the 30gb ? i want to go for the 60gb-but hoping its the same slim size as the 30gb model :) 586721691[/snapback] It will be thicker, but still thinner than 4G's 20GB. dL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toastyone Posted October 25, 2005 Author Share Posted October 25, 2005 I received the same one today, a 30GB black! I also got my InvisibleShield in today as well, and immediately applied it. Let me tell you, as somone who has always had a silicone case on his iPods, it is great to be able to carry around and use a "naked" iPod without worrying about it getting scratched 586721522[/snapback] Oh nice I am going to have to look into this InvisibleShield, what is it made out of exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Peewee210 Subscriber¹ Posted October 25, 2005 Subscriber¹ Share Posted October 25, 2005 Very Nice Review. :yes: I want One of these or a Nano but I have a Engraved 20GB 4th Gen At the Moment which i got Last Xmas so i really Can't do anything to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebflipper Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 Cool review shame about some of the photos not being in focus, macro mode should sort that out. I have got mine in the post should be with me tomorra or Thursday. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CY:G Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 I received the same one today, a 30GB black! I also got my InvisibleShield in today as well, and immediately applied it. Let me tell you, as somone who has always had a silicone case on his iPods, it is great to be able to carry around and use a "naked" iPod without worrying about it getting scratched (because yes, just like the Nano, the black 5G will easily scratch). I echo many of the sentiments of the original reviewer here. I'm currently playing around with converting videos to find the best format. I have successfully discovered how to convert videos to widescreen for the 5G using Videora!The 5G's screen is huge and gorgeous, everyone who has seen it today is amazed. Video is smooth as silk. So thin, pretty good battery life...great device! 586721522[/snapback] Can you tell where did you got the InvisibleShield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolchan Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 Can you tell where did you got the InvisibleShield? 586723391[/snapback] http://www.theinvisibleshield.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevastopol Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 thanks for the review, looks very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prozak Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 hey i just got one today but im unable to upload music videos what format do they have to be or how do i upload them to the ipod?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CY:G Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 hey i just got one today but im unable to upload music videoswhat format do they have to be or how do i upload them to the ipod?? 586723433[/snapback] https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=388545&st=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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