HiFi Blog: digital audio goodness

iPod video: formats and display resolutions guide: also, have a look at our wrap-up on guides for transferring video content to your iPod.

Mac users, another guide to convert your DVDs to an iPod-compatible format: also have a look at our wrap-up of guides for converting video to iPod.

A look at the new iPod: I know you’ve read more iPod video reviews than humanly possible already (although you may have noticed we’ve linked to only a select couple), but this one’s short and to the point—“Overall, I like the new iPod for what it is: a simple audio player and part-time video player, [...]

Five reasons why the 4G iPod is better—for audio: better overall battery life, faster processing, more click wheel meaning defter navigation, more robust design (the 5G feels “slightly awkward in the hand”), no wired remote (well, duh). [via]

Apple to replace any 5G iPods that exhibit hardware failure: they’ve authorized service providers in Europe/Latin America/Asia-Pacific to replace 5G iPods that exhibit “any type of hardware failure,” including “those that would normally be classified as abuse.” This is for a limited time only. No reason has been cited (are they doing it for some [...]

Top Ten Things You Wanted to Know About the 5G iPod: bits and bytes that were missed on the presentation; makes for a nice read. Also: John Gruber’s Brief Observations, which we’ve covered a few days ago.