iRiver h10: 6GB or 20GB

I've gotten the all-clear from the wife to finally buy one. I've been pondering the 6GB, but just realized the 20GB is about the same price. Clearly, 3x more capacity is a good thing, but what are the trade-offs?

Weight? -- 4oz to 7oz doesn't seem like much difference
Battery Life? -- the 20GB actually has more (20 hrs vs. 12 hrs.)
Durability? -- I like the solid-state 6GB over the HDD 20GB, so this one seems to be the key.

My mp3 collection is about 60GB, but 6GB at a time seems like quite a bit.

Has anyone bought smaller plaers, just to upgrade later? Or bought 20GB ones and never use more than half?


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I was looking at the bigger one as well, but then i saw them both physicaly. Its huge, like a brick. SO i bought the smaller one, as i like to put it in my pocket and forget its there.

I will never buy a HDD mp3 player after owning the creative jukebox. That thing was the biggest piece of **** I've ever owned.

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Originally Posted by Timman_24

I will never buy a HDD mp3 player after owning the creative jukebox. That thing was the biggest piece of **** I've ever owned.

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?? I had one and LOVED it. I thought it was awesome. I had the original 6GB version that was the size of a large CD player.

Here's how i see it, if you plan on going on a bunch of long trips and you listen to tons of music, so much that trying to whittle it down to 6 gigs will not make you happy, then get the 20gig model. I know there are times when i really feel like listening to some random song and it's nice to have all of your songs on the player at once (or a larger percentage of them in your case).

But, generally for me I don't need that much music. I usually only listen to a few cds at a time, and i don't go on a lot of long trips. I ordered myself a 4g ipod nano, for use at the gym (solid state) and stuff like walking to class. So if i'm missing some song or cd, it's no big deal, when i get home i can throw it on. You have to figure it out based on how you are. Usually people who have a lot of space don't even listen to half of the songs on their players.

I take my notebook that has about 30gigs of my MP3s on it with me all the time, so I can replace music as I wish. In fact, my main player right now is a 256gb n10, because it's the best compromise between size and usability that money can buy.

edit: To answer the original question...
Is the extra drive space worth the extra bulkyness? I can't answer that for you.

Get the smaller one

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Originally Posted by PCJ

In fact, my main player right now is a 256gb n10, because it's the best compromise between size and usability that money can buy.

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256gb :confused: :eek: :confused:

I think he meant 256MB. With the laptop always nearby, you can change/refill often.

Thanks for everyone's input. After considering that I'm used to my 6 disk changer in the car to get me through long trips, the 6GB H10 amounts to a 50 disk changer. I think that's plenty! And like mentioned before, there's just something cooler about these small solid state designs.

So I've gone ahead and made the eBay plunge. Grabbed a red one for under $150 :)

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Originally Posted by Kappa2001

256gb :confused: :eek: :confused:

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Yeah, typo.

edit: Enjoy that h10. It's definately the best 4-6gb player out there.

nice deal rock;
negating the solid state vs hdd for a moment (though this can make/break the choice by itself) -- another thought is if you do not have a laptop as a backup with you most times - i wonder, can use that extra hdd space as data storage (10gb music + 10gb storage) - perhaps even as backup for digital camera compact flash type stuff -- but then again i'm the type to separate and keep separate.

btw - isn't the iRiver being killed off - or is that another i-something ?
(don't mind me - only 2nd cup-o-joe this morning and i'm still groggy)

let us know how the software interface is (sync capability)

Rock, I'm pretty sure the H10 uses a hdd, not flash memory.:)

It says HDD on the chart and I believe the 6gig H10 is an updated 5gig H10 (hdd based) with more capacity. (to compete with the 6gig Mac Mini's and 6gig Zen Micro's) http://www.iriveramerica.com/prod/hd/h10_6gb_gray.aspx

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Originally Posted by soupnazi

Rock, I'm pretty sure the H10 uses a hdd, not flash memory.:)

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Ah, but according to the iriver site it's 'internal memory'.

But most things just list it as 'internal capacity', but it most of them call it 'micro-drive', so I'm not sure what this is.

It's too late now anyway ;) I just hope it gets here before I have to leave for Japan!

I'd opt for the smaller one as well. Good choice.

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Originally Posted by rock

Ah, but according to the iriver site it's 'internal memory'.

But most things just list it as 'internal capacity', but it most of them call it 'micro-drive', so I'm not sure what this is.

It's too late now anyway ;) I just hope it gets here before I have to leave for Japan!

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Interesting. I did notice the types of players are categorized in the 3 black boxes with drop down boxes at the bottom of the page. Either way, you'll enjoy the H10 and congrats! I have an Iriver 190T and love mine.:cool:

PS. I'm so envious, I want to go to Japan. What cities are you going to?

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Originally Posted by soupnazi

Interesting. I did notice the types of players are categorized in the 3 black boxes with drop down boxes at the bottom of the page. Either way, you'll enjoy the H10 and congrats! I have an Iriver 190T and love mine.:cool:

PS. I'm so envious, I want to go to Japan. What cities are you going to?

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Yeah, I'm pretty comfortable with my choice now after more post-purchase research.

I'm just spending a week in Tokyo for work (consulting). I travel all around the US and sometimes to Mexico, but this is the first trip to Asia. Kind of nerve-wracking since at least I can read Spanish.... The worst part is I have a week in Houston right afterwards, so 2 weeks sans wife & kids :(