mp3 player??

[highteknology]

i'm sure many people on here have asked you all to recommend an mp3 player. well i'm going to do the same.

first off, this mp3 player is going to be a present for my dad on christmas. so my first requirement (if you can call it that) is that it have a fairly legible screen. my dad has a hard time reading real small print. Secondly, i want it to have dedicated volume control and track control buttons. i'm looking to spend no more than $200. i'm thinking in terms of size, anything up to like 5 gigs.

I know for a fact that with in the first week he would break a nano, so that's out of the question. any recommendations would be wonderful. i was looking at the creative zen micro but i'm not real sure.

to sum it all up.

an mp3 player with:
-legible screen
-dedicated volume and play back controls
-around $200
-around 5 gigs of memory.

[lamehonda]

Does your dad care how big it is? I hate the little tiny mp3 players they are making these days. They are just too fragile to use for years and years.

[shnailpower]

ipod mini, set the settings to BIG font.

[highteknology]

yeah, he's an old man, so he wants something that won't feel like it's going to break. i was thinkin the mini

[CaptainBennett]

i'd say go for the new zen player...it looks like a nano

[harrymay]

the new zen whatever its called from creative has a pretty good screen size. i dont know about the controls, but its not a wheel, there are different buttons to push.

if i was you i would get him a Dell DJ, theyre cheap, pretty well made, easy to use