# I Have An MP# Player... Plus! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 18, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-mp-player-plus/486453 "2009-02-18T21:45:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-mp-player-plus/486453/1 "2009-02-18T21:45:29Z")
[http://www.transcendusa.com/Products/ModDetail.asp?ModNo=166&LangNo=0&Func1No=1&Func2No=](http://www.transcendusa.com/Products/ModDetail.asp?ModNo=166&LangNo=0&Func1No=1&Func2No=) I bought this on a whim on Amazon last week for about $40. It was delivered yesterday and last night I ‘ripped’ my first songs from CDs I have at home. Since AI came on, I didn’t try playing it until today (actually couldn’t figure it out and got pissed), but today, I’m walking to the beat. I’ve joined the rest of the world! This thingie plays videos, the radio and some other stuff. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-mp-player-plus/486453/2 "2009-02-18T21:50:45Z")
Looks nice. FM radio was one of the reasons I got my Sansa as opposed to an ipod. If someone would make one with FM and AM I’d be all set (AM = listening to baseball while grocery shopping = heaven) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-mp-player-plus/486453/3 "2009-02-18T21:59:51Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > (AM = listening to baseball while grocery shopping = heaven) [The technology to do this isn’t exactly new.](http://people.msoe.edu/~reyer/regency/red1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-mp-player-plus/486453/4 "2009-02-18T22:05:20Z")
> [@Mr.Moto](#): > > [The technology to do this isn’t exactly new.](http://people.msoe.edu/~reyer/regency/red1.jpg) But that means carrying two boxes around and switching between them, which is hardly the stuff of techno-fantasies. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-mp-player-plus/486453/5 "2009-02-18T23:59:54Z")
Oh, I _so_ wish my Sansa got AM. Same reason. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-mp-player-plus/486453/6 "2009-02-19T01:10:02Z")
Ha! I’m finally going to break down and buy an MP3 player because the Mini Disc player that I’ve loved all these years and I was bummed because none of them do AM radio and that’s the only band that I listen to! Were I willing to listen to FM radio I wouldn’t need a personal music player in the first place… ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-mp-player-plus/486453/7 "2009-02-19T03:53:06Z")
Apparently, part of the reason is potential massive interference on the AM band by the electronics. Sad. My Sansa has a voice _or_ radio recorder. I’d love to record a Yankees game, and listen to it on the way home.