Apple iPod classic 80 GB Black (6th Generation)

connect this to your altec 812 wirless and you feel you are at a concert. love it

I'm replacing my old 30Gb one with this 160 Gb. The old one was passed down to my daughter. It still works great but the 30Gb was to small to hold my entire collection.So, I bought this new one. I love it there are a few differences the lay out of the menus, And one major difference. The old A/V cables will not work on the new one which is Bull-Puckey. They are [...] bucks from apple. I all ready paid [...] bucks for the first set, but now I have to buy a new set because the old ones are not compataible. Corporate greed the dock and docking cable are the same.Other than that I love it a little pricey though.

This was a birthday present, and what a fine one it was! Battery charge lasts a good long while, I've had no interface problems (my last ipod-- a 2nd gen, froze all the time) and it even stores photos. I take it on tour with me and it withstands the beatings of excessive travel.

And for some reason Klondike never gets old.

When I graduated high school back in 2005, a family member gave me an iPod Mini as a gift. The battery died in the spring of 2008, which I temporarily replaced with one of those cheap do-it-yourself kits while waiting out until the holiday season to ask for an upgrade (college kids have no money). With about 5,500 songs in my library, I had also ran out of room on the old player, so I thought the Classic was the best deal for what I needed in GB.

So, I've had the 80 GB iPod Classic Black for about 6 months now, and I wish I could say that I'm happy with the upgrade. My number one problem: songs keep going missing! I upload or download music to my library, but for some reason it never transfers to the iPod when I sync the system. Or sometimes, just as annoying, the artist names don't show up, but I can find their album.

I've also had some issues with stalling. Sometimes the volume locks and refuses to move, and I occasionally have the same problem while scrolling through the menu.

I'm happy that I now have an iPod that can hold my entire library (minus the aforementioned missing tracks), but I can't completely get past the assortment of issues. One thing that I do love about this player is how quickly it charges. Plug it in and it's ready in about two hours (much better than the older models).

Let this review act as a bit of a buyer beware. You may have some of the same issues I've encountered, or maybe I just got a semi-lemon. Weighing the positives and negatives, I'd probably give it 3.5 stars.

This 80GB Ipod classic was reliable for the year-plus our child owned it--until replacing it with another fancier Ipod Touch, The unit held more than 2,000 songs, with space to spare and the battery held up very nicely, unlike the batteries of other ipods we have owned. It was the third in a line of ipods, and the first not to strike out.

This time, I can recommend the Apple product with confidence.