[geeks] mp3/mp4 player questions

[gsm at mendelson.com]

My wife is planning on buying an MP3/MP4 player in the states and having
it brought here as a "gift". 

She is not technical at all. An Archos 5 was suggested to her as the ideal
unit. I'd like to hear any comments or questions people have.

To be honest, I have no real idea of why that one or why she wants one
at all. She bought an 8g cheap mp3 player for a trip and never took it.

Mostly what she does is load it up with songs and then uses it to take
them to work. 

I think she wants to expand that to videos and be able to watch/listen
during excercising, and wants something with a rather large sceen. 

An iPod would be too small, an iPad too big. 

She showed me a link from NewEgg, are they any good to buy from?

The units she showed me ranged in price from $169 for a 20G refurb to $450 for
a 500g unit, although she was looking at a 32g unit.

Are the refurbs worth it? 

To me the $100 or so more for a 500g unit versus a 32g unit makes it worthwhile,
or am I missing something (like the 32g is NVRAM versus a disk?)

Thanks in advance,

Geoff.

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