ipod classic 80g or ipod video 80gb???

Keep in mind there's also a price difference.
$249 for the new 80GB iPod classic.
$299 for the old 80GB iPod 5G.

Re: price of old & new -

You should be able to easily find 5.5G 80GB iPods on eBay and other suppliers, at a substantial discount over the original price.

Normally, you'd expect an older model with the (more or less) same features to be lower priced than the newer model.

Exception: If the new Classic turns out to be a Lemon, then many will be trying to buy up the 5.5G versions !

*You should be able to easily find 5.5G 80GB iPods on eBay and other suppliers, at a substantial discount over the original price.*
I doubt very much this will be the case.
They didn't do it with any other other iPods (or anything else).

5.5G iPod prices have already fallen quite a bit, on eBay here in the UK...

As I understand it:

5G - first ipod with video, 30GB & 60GB (I had a 60GB)
5.5G - updated last year, incl 80GB, brighter screen
6G - iPod "Classics" - very different inside (OSX?) and out

I would be surprised if you could find any new 5G iPods with video at this late date.

The question is: Should you get a 5.5G 80GB or a 6G 80 GB ?

The known-to-be-good 5.5G iPods are still plentiful on eBay and through various sellers.

The controversial (as of now) 6G iPods are becoming available through various sellers.

I, too, am struggling with this question. I will post here when I make a decision...

Message was edited by: William Donelson

There was an additional important video upgrade starting with generation 5.5 which was hardware support for H.264 codec. However, moving to generation 6 we lost the video output from the headphone jack and generic docks, current 5.5 game support, some accessory compatibilities, etc. While I believe the HD size and battery life are worthwhile trade-offs I am holding on to my 30GB as well for a while.