iRiver H10 20GB MP3 Player - Remix Blue

I am a very scrupulous guy when it comes to spendi ...

Posted Jun 20, 2005 - I am a very scrupulous guy when it comes to spending my money. If I'm going to dish out a good chunk of dough for an mp3 player, I WILL get the best one for me. Reading endless reviews, I narrowed it down to the Creative Zen Touch and the 20G Ipod. Luckily, I went to the store to try these out, which I highly recommend that you do too. Each user is going to have a different opinion of what mp3 player's interface is more intuitive, so try before you buy... that's #1. The Zen Touch was horribly overrated in my opinion. It was bulky, the touch pad was terrible, and the interface just plain stunk. The Ipod is, of course, very nice, but stacked up with the IRiver H10 it is a child's toy. If they were both the same price, I'd go with IRiver every time. But the IRiver is actually quite a bit cheaper, so this was a no-brainer decision for me. Just pick up the IRiver and you feel it was designed with more thought than any of the others. There is not as many accessories to go with it as the Ipod, but the essentials are there and are just as quality made. If there's one thing you really need to do if you're considering the H10, it's go somewhere like Best Buy and try it out.

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A whale of a player and a very attractive device. ...

Posted Jun 22, 2005 - A whale of a player and a very attractive device. Somewhat thicker than an ipod, but very sturdy and comes with a very useful and utilitarian silicone protective case. The sound is fantastic, and I have found this unit to work just perfectly with Napster to Go and Yahoo Unlimited in successfully downloading DRM protected "rented" songs. I love the concept, as one can download thousands of songs for no additional charge over and above the monthly subscription fee. Bought mine at a local Best Buy after seeing that it was available on the website and in stock locally. The one small drawback is the touch strip which the user must use to toggle through the title and album lists to get to the desired song. It is just not as speedy or as accurate as the ipod 4g clickwheel, but I can live with this shortcoming to get one of the first 20gb players available with a color screen and the DRM Janus support required by services like Napster to Go and Yahoo Music. Way to go iriver!!

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Excellent Player

Posted Mar 4, 2006 - I just recently purchased a iRiver 20GB and I have to say after a week of use, this player is one of the best ever, in my humble opinion. I bought this mp3 player after my iPod broke, as they often tend to do. The scroll bar is much more intuitive than the iPod's scroll wheel. The player also uses WMP and Plays for sure. I'm not going to much argue why you should buy this over a Creative Zen Micro or anything because for the most part, Apple owns the business and, if the X-Men have taught us anything, we must attack the Jugernaut's head. A lot of people complain about battery life, but I played it for about 10 hours and still had 2/4 battery left. This player has a BEAUTIFUL color screen. One problem I have, though, is the lack of CD art display on the "Now Playing" screen. Really though this isn't so much a major gripe, it just would be kinda cool. Also my player was defected but I just ordered a replacement on Amazon and my new one is due in just a little while. While I cannot transfer files from the mp3 player to my PC yet I have heard that it is possible. The player is super slick and definately looks cooler than the iPod and its white case. The player comes with a FM radio recorder/player and you can even record voices, like the ones in my head. Although I had to refer to the manual when I was trying to figure out how to do some things, in other words degrade my manhood, The iRiver 20GB is well worth your money. To sum things up: Pros Screen andthe interface 20GB Sleek and Slick Just overall seems super solid and impervious to all drops Compact Price FM Radio Player/ Recorder Cons Battery life Start up and downloading songs, I had to refer to the manual

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IRiver H10 20gb, great player/picture viewer

Posted Feb 20, 2006 - Overall I would say this is a very high quality mp3 player. For the price (only 180) it is a great deal, and I could justify paying up to 220-230 for it. It may not be as "cool" as the ipod, but the only thing that color ipods (not video) have that this doesn't is itunes integration, and it's not even that big of a deal. Iriver produces very high quality mp3 players, and the H10 is no exception.

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Good Player

Posted May 15, 2006 - I got an incredible deal on this player, so that may color my opinion, but this is the iPod killer! The FM tuner just truly seals the deal. Go for it.

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Iriver H10 20GB MP3 Player - Remix Blue (20 Internal Hard Drive

Posted Jan 8, 2006 - I Brought this drive from best buy $249.00 but, using coupons I paid $180.00 plus tax so came to to $202.00 using this drive for about 3 days and I love it and has a fm radio cheaper than the new ipod video but wish they made one with a bigger hard drive

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Very happy with it

Posted Mar 14, 2006 - This is my first hard drive based mp3 player, and I did a lot of research into it ahead of time. I needed a high capacity device with FM tuner and voice recording. It definately exceeds my expectations. The battery life has been amazing, the large number features are mind blowing. The controls are intuitive and easy to learn, transfer rate and charge time are both fast. All in all, it's a perfect player. I have had mine for nearly 1 month and am very pleased.

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Hot player!

Posted Feb 21, 2006 - I got an incredible deal on this player, so that may color my opinion, but this is the iPod killer! The FM tuner just truly seals the deal. Go for it.

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iRiver H10

Posted May 29, 2006 - I have been using this cute device for app. 2 weeks, and this is what i think about it: It is bigger than iPod but still very small, very practical, its sound is very good and besides that, no iPod has better sound than iRiver H10 because of the SRS WOW effect that iRiver has. When i connected it to my pc for first time, i was little bit dismayed, for Windows doesn't recognize it as a portable hard drive, but as an mp3 player, which has no firm address (e.g. E:). They also say that you can only use Windows Media Player to get music on in. But this is what I have found out: You can get your music on your iRiver H10 without using any WMP. This is how you do it: 1. Turn your iRiver off 2. Reset it (you should know how:) 3. connect it to your pc (still turned off) 4. press and hold "o" button and turn it on (still holding the button until a title "emergency connection" appears) 5. your Windows recognizes the player not as a player, but as a portable hadr disc drive (the same thing asi if you wanted to upgrade your firmware) 6. turn on showing of hidden files in Windows 7. you can open iRiver's folder and see several folders there, e.g. music and so on. Now transfer your music there (including your whole folder and subfolder structure). Then you must set them to be hidden (i mean whole "Music folder, including the subfolders and files"). You can transfer your music and text files on the iRiver this way as well. The iRiver's browser will show them all. 8. Now disconnect the iRiver and refresh its database (in settings, extra). Now you can listen to your music ot using WMP. Since reference is focused on this trick, I will not describe its flaws and strenghts, for you can read about them everywhere (what you cannot say about this) I find this way the best way how to get your music on Iriver, and with this feature, iRiver becomes much more usable than any iPod with its weak iTunes.

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IRiver H10 20GB MP3 Player, Great Player

Posted Mar 2, 2006 - It's nice and light overall... the little up/down selector takes a bit of getting used to... given Apple's circle selector is much more intuitive... The overall palm feel is good on the HD10 - it has a nice balance, better than iPod because I think iPod is pretty slim... Moreover, the hard-drive compartment must be sealed or something because you can't hear the spin and you definitely can't feel it on the device. The screen is quite nice. Given the fact that the iRiver is really just a lcd panel hooked up to a hard drive, I wouldn't be surprised if in future models of the firmware, we get a small MPG4 player or something in it... the chipset seems fast enough... So you can put your pictures and everything else on it. It's not ideal... but it works. It also holds text. This is an interesting idea... I suppose the idea is to put e-books on it or something... I know another software manufacturer has developed a package that will read the text from the files and turn them into audio... As for file support... and here's where things get a bit ugly... all your "itunes" stuff - its 3 sheets to the wind as well... iriver does not support AC3 or Apple's itunes at all.. nor is there an easy way to put it into HD mode and move the files over.... It supports WMF files (windows media) and MP3... plus something called SRS for 360 surround sound (don't have anything like that so I don't know if it works or not). The sound coming off it through my Sony MDR-EX71SL headphones seems flawless enough. The iRiver has an EQ built in and it works pretty well. You can choose standard formats (classicial, rock, etc.) or manipulate it yourselve on 7 bands... The software - its windows media... which is confusing to use initially if you've been conditioned with iTunes. I think Microsoft needs a better tune's management product... but iRiver apparently has no native tunes/device management. This is a problem in many respects... All in all - if you're like me and its once bitten-twice shy with Apple... don't do the Zen, get this product...

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Good alternative to my Ipod

Posted Mar 15, 2006 - I bought it because my Ipod does not have FM tuner and I desperately needed it. Before buying I made exrensive research and decided to buy this player. The FM tuner is nice if you don't want to go through your own songs anymore. Additional features that the player has are an FM recoding, voice recording, line-in recording, and the clock on the screen is a brilliant idea. If you're buying it for video and pictures, it may not be the best choice. If you're buying for music and like to have the other features then it's a great player.

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Good choice, but...........

Posted Jul 7, 2005 - I am a techno challenged consummer, but I have a different perspective that may give you some help in evaluating this product. I bought from B&H Photo not the cheapest, but close to it. It has an excellent rating as a merchant, they did not disappoint me. The sound is great. I bought a cable with RC As on one end and headphone connection on the other (to the H 10) and listened to my tunes through home stereo. It was as good as CD player. I bought light weight headphones and the sound was great here too. If you want a great sound and lots of memory this is a good choice......But if you want an even better deal, do this. After you buy your H 10, go to Rhapsody-to-go and sign up for the 1 year service. At $15 per month you can "rent music for about the cost of one CD!! Here's the best part, they will give you a rebate for $100.00 This means you can listen to about a million tracks for a year for $80.00 or a little more than $6.50/ month!! I think any H 10 qualifies for this offer. Now the other side. The biggest gripe I have with the H 10 comes from the iriveramerica website. In it they claimed that the unit has a replacable battery. Well the 1,5 and 6 GB do. But the 20 does not. Eventually these batteries wear out. I'm not rich, so I had to think twice about keeping this thing. It sounds so great, I can't send it back. Also, you can't delete a song from the H 10 unless it is through the WPM, that's nuts. I called customer support, good luck getting through, and they told me that a firmware update will take care of that. How soon? they don't know. To his credit , support helped set up a playlist on WPM. Again I'm techno challenged so the need to connect just to delete a track is a pain...but this thing sounds so good, I just can't send it back.

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didn`t go with the flow this time

Posted May 12, 2006 - i bought this mp3 player because i didn`t want to use apple i tunes and it was much cheaper.my friend has an ipod and he almost returned it because of itunes. this fight between microsoft and apple company is sick. you can buy only ipod accesorries in stores like best buy or circuit city. and once again history repeats and when too giants fight ordinary people will "suffer"(i like ipod tough i had one but it froze and i cannot use it again). this product is perfect if you don`t have to be "in".I haven`t had no problems with it so far and it works well.

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Very Nice, Attractive Design

Posted Mar 3, 2006 - I like this player very much, it has all I want but for the lack of a user replaceable battery and not being able to use for mass storage - I have sent an email to Tech Support asking about future firmware updates and possible added capabilities, but have not heard back yet. Wondering if I should have waited for the Cowon iAudio X5 for more features at the same price.

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iRiver H10 20 GB

Posted Mar 7, 2006 - The first thing you should do when you get this player is update the firmware immediately. Most of the issues people have had with this player have been resolved in the newer firmware releases. The player has great sound quality and has good battery life. Definately the best bang for your buck mp3 player on the market. The one issue that I have is that it takes a few seconds to change tracks. Hopefully iriver will put in hard drives with faster access times in the future. All in all I think this is a great player especially for those on a tight budget.

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