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This unit has a thick case which accommodated the 80 Gb HD back in the day. Now it affords the opportunity to place a high capacity battery and a solid state drive for lots of songs, recorded books or files. You can convert this iPod to a 1 TB portable hard drive with a solid state drive and 4 micro SD cards using an iFlash card. Can also be converted to an mSATA portable drive with an mSATA drive and an adapter from iFlash. With the large capacity, you can save lots of WAV files instead of MP3. This generation iPod has the best D to A converter (Wolfson).
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
The setup was fairly easy. One has to first restore factory settings before trying to load music. I didn't realize when I order this that it didn't have the capability to organize playlists by folders. Simply lacks that functionality. Price is commensurate with the abilities of the device. I'll choose a newer generation either 6th or 7th on my next order. Delivery was prompt. The device was described as like new and that was completely accurate.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I bought a clean used 80g model on E-Bay for $160. I could have gone to B&H or J&R Music and purchased a new 120G model for around $250. If I was buying for first time, I would spend extra to get a new one. I didn't want to spend the extra money as this 80G model serves my needs just fine (mostly listening to music and be able to carry my entire music collection of 15,000 songs). I do like the newer 6th generation models in that they are slightly slimmer and can hold even more songs/videos. This 80G model will play upwards of 12-15 hrs. of music as long as you do not keep dialing on the jog wheel. It's slightly bulkier than the 5th gen. 30G model which can be had for around $100 in E-Bay but the battery life of 80G is somewhat better than the 30G model. All 5th gen. models play video which is a plus although the display is really too small for extended viewing. All in all, if you can score a nice used one for around $150, then you done ok. Pro: well-designed and well-built, large song capacity, long bettery life, well-designed iTune interface, fairly durable, easy to use. Con: bulky (compared to 6th gen. model), relatively heavy, one has to be careful of any MP3 player using hard drive mechanism, chrome back is finger print magnet (this problem is addressed in 6th gen. models with textured covering). Buying used is always riskier prposition than than buying new. Newer models might offer more bang for slightly more bucks. Either way, new or used, you can't go wrong with Apple iPods. Even after having 6-7 years to catch up, no other manufacturer captures the essence of portable music device better than Apple.Read full review
Once you get to know all the software for copying your audio and video onto this tiny entertainment machine it will become a necessity. I'm a huge music fan and have about 12,000 songs on this machine, but further to that i have many hours of video. Of course, the battery runs down much quicker with video (still get about 4 - 6 hours of video use!) it's excellent for travel. For international charging i purchased a charger/player, so i can listen via speakers while the ipod is charging. My only problem with this machine is that it occasionally seizes and needs one of those two button resets (i can never remember which two buttons and just try them til i get it right) but it's always back to normal after that.
It's a great little sound machine. My only low point is that for a new unit the battery is not as strong as it should be. I had the same ipod for over 10 years and that battery was as strong after 10 years as this brand new ipod.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
