Re:Flash seems to be the way to go.... (Score 1)

not just that, but you also have to consider that flash memory also has a smaller number of reads and writes before failure. the industrial grade units tend to be higher but are extremely cost inhibitive for this application. given, if you do hit the limit, it's probably time for a new player, but it's a better argument against flash than claiming flash's 1000G as an argument for it. modern hard drives are a great deal more robust than their older counterparts, I still wouldn't go tossing them into walls, but if you plan on dropping and trowing your player then you probably should get a cheap flash one anyway as the housing, screen and connectors will most likely be destroyed in the types of impacts that modern hard drives need to fail. and before someone pipes up with random hard drive crashes, flash is just as, if not more prone to crashes as hard drives, I've seen a large number of flash drive that are simply no longer readable.