But since the lights went out I’ve never been the same

[venta]

Yesterday I had one of those moments where I realise I have a very specific opinion on something - but no real justification for it, and no clear idea where I got it from.

So, you, my dear self-selecting sample of guinea pigs, have the opportunity to prove me right. Or wrong. But I'm not going to tell you which is which. I'd hate to bias my otherwise-scientific survey.

I'm asking here about portable mp3 players (or mp3-a-likes). If you use your computer to play mp3s at you at home, or have some form of mp3 monster in the car, that's not what I meant.

[Poll #442057]

Comments

[smiorgan.livejournal.com]

I was going bite here, but I couldn't be arsed...

...but anyway, I reckon I'm not far off the target market for the iPod and I easily own 40 Gb worth of music when encoded at a relatively low bitrate (128 CBR/joint stereo).

[onebyone.livejournal.com]

Well, I already own more than 20GB, and I frequently buy CDs, which is why 40GB is the size I'd be looking for if I were buying one today. But I didn't want to go down the route of arguing whether I was a typical iPod user, when really I wanted to be demonstrating that the typical user could conceivably use an iPod legally (which is what Sony had to do for VHS. It would surprise me not at all if new legislation or judicial nobbling overturned this standard in the US soonish).

[onebyone.livejournal.com]

Sony had to do for Betamax.