Hi all, i've been using media monkey (www.mediamonkey.com) as my music client to replace wmp11 and itunes for 5 years now and its fantastic. If you have any questions about it let me kow and i'll try to answer.
Thanks
If you shop around you can get a screen for like $30-$50. You can install it yourself, there are heaps of website on the net for instructions on opening your ipod and installing new screens.