Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
> Horry <horacewachope@gmail.com> wrote
>> Horry wrote

>>> In any case, I think I'm going to go with the N82. I was just told 3 are releasing it on Monday. I was never too
>>> keen on getting a "slide phone".

>> I've changed my mind again.

> You quite sure you aint a woman ?

>> (I'm becoming worse than Snapper with his permanently postponed N95 purchase.)

> True.

>> Rod, how's the 8GB's screen for watching video?

> I dont actually WATCH video much, I mostly just listen
> to the audio and glance at the screen ocassionally.

>> I was surprised when you said you'd actually consider watching movies on it.

I dont actually plan to watch much on it, more its safer to be able to do that if I want to.

I only plan to watch TV on it when the laptop that I normally watch recorded
TV on isnt practical due to its size, particularly when out of the house etc.

I dont spend much time in the car, since my travel times are short since its
a country town, not a full capital city. I might use it a bit for that on trips out
of town, but might use the laptop instead for that. Dont do that currently either.

I dont end up waiting for long for doctor's appointments or at the hospital etc
and find a paperback kept in the car is more convenient for stuff like that.

> I didnt say movies, I dont watch them much at all, its mostly recorded TV.
>> My eyesight's pretty good, so I'm not worried about being able make
>> out images, but I'm wondering about eye strain over long periods.
>
> I've never ever had any eyestrain at all in my entire life.
>
>> (I'm really just trying to find a reason to get the 8GB over the
>> standard N95 -- and I can't think of any use for the extra memory --
>> other than temporary storage of downloads of Lateline, The Kerry
>> Show, 4 Corners, etc., together with episodes of TV shows I've
>> recorded.)
>
> 8GB isnt much for that stuff. I routinely need 30GB an evening,
> sometimes 50GB. I dont necessarily watch all that, some of its just recording from
> the first item that channel has of interest that evening till the
> last of interest that evening, rather than farting around with
> recording individual programs. I'm toying with the idea of assembling
> another PVR with a couple of 1TB drives and just spolling everything to the drives and then watching what I want off
> them later,
> particularly when I go away for a couple of weeks etc. Even 2TB is a bit marginal for
> that tho.
> I agree in some ways about the 8GB, its hard to justify the need for
> it over the standard N95 with say a 4GB SD card, except that its another
> iteration of the design and has a marginally better screen etc and time on
> battery etc.
> I dont plan to replace it in a year or so, so basically went for the
> version with more future and was irritated that I couldnt have NextG too, tho I
> dont plan to use that any time soon. I had waited long enough basically and
> wasnt prepared to wait any longer and put up with the limitations of the
> 6310i any longer, particularly the lack of a camera. I find the camera very
> handy when checking whose got what with a particular product and find it a
> lot more convenient to take a photo of the shelf price sticker etc than
> to fart around entering the text manually etc.