Originally Posted by ScottC
I've had several players without ID3 tag support, and they all sucked.
My RIO took around a minute to load the entire track list, my old iriver took up to 3 minutes before I could browse the list.
On my ipod I can browse my collection without any delay or effort, better than any player I've ever had.
There is no lag when browsing with iaudio/cowon. Basically it is instantaneous, u can even adjust the speed of the display information as it moves from navigation screen to navigation screen. ID3 tags are a little over reated. I thought it would be a problem @ first but it isn't since the majority of my music isn't even tagged( I got tons of music and mixes from IRC and bulletin boards pre-Napster, now I get a ton of it from bit torrent and the Russian sites). I prefer the file tree system over the ID3 because it allows me to organize my music the way I want to in the folders I want. I toyed with the ipod and it is a nice little system but I prefer to use joystick and button navigation with my DAP in my pocket rather than pulling out the DAP and using the click wheel.