I do not own an Ipod, nor do I want to own one. Ipods are causing some people to become deaf because they do not know what a volume switch is. A lot of earwax is a good sign that the ears are trying to preserve the hearing. Earwax serves a similar purpose as sunglasses, both try to protect by offering a shield. That is all earwax really is, a shield.

Anyways, if a person does control their volume, listening to an Ipod for an extended amount of time (even on a low volume) still does damage to the ears. The sense of smell, taste, and vision all involve chemical reactions. Hearing is based solely on physical movement.

When something vibrates, it causes the air particles to move. Different sounds are heard from different vibrating objects because of variations in frequency. Amplitude allows for the volume in hearing.

I do not really know how to properly explain from here, so it would be better for you to research on your own. :-)



An amplified rock band is around 120dB. Your ears can stand 120dB for about 15 minutes. So, imagine the Ipod at a loud volume. Thank you for listening to my babbling. :-)

Have a great day everyone!

It's worth it, just go to the online apple store and look for refurbished ones, they're only $179 compared to $300 and quality isn't comprimised too much...I just wish they'd hold a charge while playing video

get an i-river then you get heaps of features including line in recording...plus voice recorder fm radio ...etc. etc.

I was going to buy the video ipod but it was really expensive and I did want to watch movies on it as well but the quality of the image was really low and you had to really squint to see things properly.

I'm going to wait until a better version comes out because this technology is still in its infancy so its possible to get much better, and much cheaper products if you wait.

I have an IPOD video.
Its black with a sleve on it.

I give it a 8/10.

Reason being is that:
PROS:
Control usuability is pretty good
Color options
size options
You can watch videos
Music
Ease of use.

CONS:
there is a lot of lag between loading songs.
Its a hard drive...
scared to drop it because it is a hard drive
I noticed that lots of people are having problems with it.
You have to compress your videos..

Hm...
can't think of any right now.

eFX

Well, I think it depends on how much you would use it. If you're going to get tired of it after a couple of weeks, then it's not worth all that money. If you think you're going to use it every day, all the time, then a video iPod might be worth the money. But from what I've heard, the video iPod isn't all that great.
I've heard it can't do anything special other than play vidoes, and that there aren't very many special features. I have an iPod nano, and that suits me just fine. No need to get into all the fancy-shmancy stuff. The iPod nano works fine, and it costs a lot less than a video iPod.

The only time i've ever used an ipod was when i borrowed one of my friend's ipod on a long bus ride. I personally have owned a Zen Vision M, iriver, and Cowon A2. I just don't like ipods, they're expensive when compared to other players, little compatibility, and the WORST sound quality i've ever had the misfortune of listening to.