Portable media player content

While I am a complete novice to the portable media player world (ipod/Zune) and really have no idea what to get…I guess the real question(s) for me is about content. The price compared to return has me wondering if it is worth it.

So…what’s out there…how much is there…and how much does it cost?

Music…is it hard to come by…or are there plenty of sources for good God centered music?

Sermons…I am aware of SI’s offerings in this area…what else is available?

Is there other stuff? I am of course speaking of Christian stuff :-)

Please share your experiences and thoughts.

Thanks.

Find a media player that is compatible with your
PC. IPod is good if you are using Itunes service
for your downloads source. Zune works well with
Windows XP and Windows Media Player 10 or 11.
There is a lot of God centered music to be
found on this e-site. I would also recommend
the free download manager available from c-net
for sermons. Hope this is helpful.

I would the Ipod or Zune, unless you were certain you would use the video features and had tons of spare cash. I've had several ipods in my day, they all "died" after a year or so of heavy use. That's a hard investment.

Now I use one similar to this...
[url=http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Sansa-Clip-Player-Black/dp/B000W09ZTK/ref=pd_bbs_11?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1210352098&sr=8-11]Sana Clip[/url]

It works great, is functional and has neat features like voice recording. It's small, has decent battery life, and coast one third or one quarter of an iPod.

It holds about 400 sermons (?) and you can always remove them and put new ones on.

I listen to my Scourby Bible while I commute to work, it's great for memorizing scripture.

they all "died" after a year or so of heavy use.

Diane

Thanks for the info everyone. Any more about available content and such?

Here are some free audio resources... I have way more, but this will suffice for now...

SermonIndex.net ;-)

Here's some godly music...

[url=http://theopenlife.blogspot.com/2005/07/free-godly-music.html]Abe Juliot & Erin Alderson[/url]

Here's an audiobook of Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret (Amazing!!)
[url=http://lampfordarktimes.blogspot.com/2007/10/audio-book-hudson-taylors-spiritual.html]Hudson Audio Book[/url]

Here's an audiobook of Horatius Bonar's "Words to Winners of Souls"...
[url=http://lampfordarktimes.blogspot.com/2008/02/horatius-bonar-audio-words-to-winners.html]Horatius - "Words to Winners of Souls"[/url]

An excellent mini-series on the grace of God in our salvation... Each episode is 15 minutes. By Cornelius Pronk
[url=http://lampfordarktimes.blogspot.com/2008/02/cornelius-pronk-mini-series-on.html]God's Grace in our Salvation[/url]

DON'T MISS THIS:
Covenant Seminary gives away lots of its courses for free. Look on the bottom left side. I listened to their entire two semesters worth of Church History and learned a lot!
[url=http://www.covenantseminary.edu/worldwide/default.asp]Covenant Seminary Free Classes[/url]

For you history buffs, here is a very warm and theological series that begins with the Apostles and goes to the present. It has lots of devotional info and spends time with people like Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, Spurgeon, Augustine, and others...
[url=http://lampfordarktimes.blogspot.com/2007/10/history-and-theology-of-calvinism.html]History and Theology of the Doctrines of Grace[/url]

Wow. I didn’t realize there were so many awesome audio resources! Thanks for posting this info. I usually read (love it!), but would like to do some listening around the garden this summer. Thanks again all!

I asked my cousin (who's a computer wizard) if I should get an ipod or a mp3 player and he said he'd go with a mp3 player (although he has several ipods and a mp3). I got a Panasonic mp3 player and I have about twenty hours of playing time on it already with only a little more than a quarter of the memory space used.

Jordan

Wow. I didn’t realize there were so many awesome audio resources!

Praise God, he is moving amongst his people! The GOOD NEWS is being proclaimed! And the saints are being equipped!

Keep those Mp3 players working!

Diane