I have two media players. The first was a Creative Zen Nano, bought many years ago and now held together with a cable tie but it still works. 
Of course the sound quality (LAME level 4) isn't up to CD standard but then neither are its little in-ear phones. In fact LAME is pretty good; the phones are the weakest link.
The second was the confusingly named Creative Zen which I got because it could play video - and one of these days I'll actually get around to converting my DVDs to play on it.
But just because I have those devices it doesn't follow that I can dispense with all my CDs and DVDs. Far from it. I'm part way into the process of making backups of every single one - though the abominable adverts and other junk that DVDs force you to watch will be ditched.
The whole point about portable media players is that they are portable. You can stick one in your pocket and use it pretty much anywhere. When I want to put my feet up with a can of Carlsberg Special and watch a movie, I play a DVD (and frequently fall asleep afterwards - or even during ). If I want to hear music with all the bass notes present and correct, I play a CD. But I can't drag my quadraphonic sound system outside to play that CD while I mow the lawn!
Of course the sound quality (LAME level 4) isn't up to CD standard but then neither are its little in-ear phones. In fact LAME is pretty good; the phones are the weakest link. The second was the confusingly named Creative Zen which I got because it could play video - and one of these days I'll actually get around to converting my DVDs to play on it.
But just because I have those devices it doesn't follow that I can dispense with all my CDs and DVDs. Far from it. I'm part way into the process of making backups of every single one - though the abominable adverts and other junk that DVDs force you to watch will be ditched.
The whole point about portable media players is that they are portable. You can stick one in your pocket and use it pretty much anywhere.
When I want to put my feet up with a can of Carlsberg Special and watch a movie, I play a DVD (and frequently fall asleep afterwards - or even during ). If I want to hear music with all the bass notes present and correct, I play a CD. But I can't drag my quadraphonic sound system outside to play that CD while I mow the lawn!
