NormanD - Does it go through the complete track list every time you synch a few new items to the iPod? That could take quite a long time, as I've got over 8000 tracks already on my current 60G iPod and still adding. How would you disable that feature if you don't want it?

Most of the CDs I've added are in the iTunes database. However, some that weren't were custom CDs I ordered from Smithsonian Folkways. So certainly quite legitimate. Other CDs that aren't in there are also quite legal, but just very obscure. And then there's the 10 tracks from the CD I made of my little niece singing about her cats...

Shaneo - that's a good point re the album art, and I hadn't thought of that. I usually keep the backlight set for only a short time to save the battery, so I only briefly see the cover art anyway. I'm curious if you or anyone else knows how much space the cover art is actually stealing from the tunes?