archaic portable cd players

[dreaming neon darkspot]

stupid question ahead:

so i'm signing up for a gym membership tomorrow (has to be tomorrow since their membership fee is going up on feb 1st) and i don't wanna listen to the pop radio stations or MTV channels they play but don't have enough money (or competence) for an mp3 player ... so, in anyone's experience, how well do anti-skip cd players work when you listen to them while on a treadmill, bike, etc?

don't recall if the last one i had was anti-skip or not, but i'd be on the treadmill and start running and it wouldn't hold up.

 

[Det Som Engang Var]

Mine is anti skip but it will occasionally skip for running so I dunno.

 

[derek]

They usually don't work. On a bike you can normally put it on display and it stays static, ergo problem solved. On a treadmill it usually doesn't work.

MP3 is the way to go. 512MB players are SO cheap it's ridiculous.

 

[Chromatose]

They don't work that well. If you have a place to set it while you're on the treadmill, bike, etc. it will be fine, but then you have to worry about not turning your head and yanking it onto the floor.

Mp3 players are so cheap nowadays, I think even creative has a 1gig model around $30, so no doubt you can get a lesser brand/size for even lower.

 

[Chromatose]

Well I lose this round.

 

[Det Som Engang Var]

Mp3 players are so cheap nowadays, I think even creative has a 1gig model around $30, so no doubt you can get a lesser brand/size for even lower.

Whoa wtf. Time for me to get one.

 

[dreaming neon darkspot]

hmm...

next question (also really dumb) - can i take a burned cd, put songs from there onto my computer and then put those files onto the mp3 player?

 

[derek]

They don't work that well. If you have a place to set it while you're on the treadmill, bike, etc. it will be fine, but then you have to worry about not turning your head and yanking it onto the floor.

Mp3 players are so cheap nowadays, I think even creative has a 1gig model around $30, so no doubt you can get a lesser brand/size for even lower.

This whole name/mind sharing thing is pretty crazy.

 

[Chromatose]

Yes you can used a burned CD to make mp3s.

With the caveat being that if you originally burned the CD from mp3s then copying them back to mp3s again will stink up the quality. But you may not notice or care.

 

[dreaming neon darkspot]

nah, just a cd burned from a cd.

 

[neal]

hahahaha you're worried about a cd player skipping on a stationary bike or treadmill??!?!



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[Chromatose]

neal summed things up nicely.

 

[dreaming neon darkspot]

the things shake and make my cd player skip!

... or maybe it's because i'm on them ... >.<

 

[Chromatose]

It's all the waddling ducks.

 

[dreaming neon darkspot]

true. the duckies exercise with me!

 

[Anvil]

With the old CD players, I bought a extension for my headphones, and just put the CD player either on the treadmill or in my bag beside the treadmill.

I still do the same thing with my MP3 player, just because I dislike the weight of it on me when running.

 

[Liverslapper]

hmm...

next question (also really dumb) - can i take a burned cd, put songs from there onto my computer and then put those files onto the mp3 player?

Actually that is impossible to do, technology is not that far ahead yet to do something so advance like that.

 

[Det Som Engang Var]

 

[Tide In Mind Out]

http://www.target.com/Nickelodeon-S...5?ie=UTF8&index=target&rh=k:mp3 player&page=1

 

[Det Som Engang Var]

How many songs is 1G again?

Oh damn only 500.