So far pretty nice, I upgraded the firmware and the only time I get a little lag is going back to the main menu. The screen is a little nice on the classic, I previously had the 5 and 5.5g Ipod. On 50% it's plenty bright. The best thing for me is it plays my apple TV Encodes, even my Anamorphic Encodes, Finally I don't have to encode two different versions. Was gonna get the Touch, and I still might at Xmas, but I'm glad I picked of the Classic.