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I would like to highly recommend this player. However, do be careful when buying a refurbished player that you are getting a Version 2 and not a Version 1, especially if you plan to add more memory to it. I originally purchased a refurbished player (e280), not realizing that there WAS a version 1 AND a version 2. There was never anything written ANYWHERE (even on the Sandisk website!) about there being two versions. The big difference is that with the Version 1, you can only add a maximum of 2 GB. I wanted to purchase the e280 which has 8 GB, and add an additional SD card with another 8 GB, giving me a 16 GB player. AMAZON was really great about taking back the Version 1, and then I found a refurbished version 2 and purchased that instead. I also purchased an 8 GB SD card, and upgraded to a 16 GB player. Then I purchased a wall charger, an car charger, a crystal case, and a cassette adapter for my car stereo. The total cost for everything, including shipping was only $117.00. I was HAPPY
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I was immediately taken aback by this player. Its design took some time to get used to, but after seeing it up close and getting used to its controls, i feel like it is a good choice for any casual music listener.
The Good: 1. I like the design of it. Something new is always good for a market that has nothing different to give these days. 2. The sound quality is excellent. 3. The battery life is Amazing! I clocked in at 41.3 hours with all 128kbps songs and the screen off thanks to the lock. i havent done test with 192kbps songs yet, but i dont think it really matters too much. 4. Navigation is another plus. not just the default layout, but the customizability of it. you can move the menus around, add, delete, and set a certain item to the hotkey. this gave me the feeling that it was actually "My" mp3 player, unlike the Sansa, Ipod, and Zune mp3 players that do not allow any modification of the default layout.
The Bad: 1. Slow buttons. i noticed that when i scroll through the menus,
The Good: 1. I like the design of it. Something new is always good for a market that has nothing different to give these days. 2. The sound quality is excellent. 3. The battery life is Amazing! I clocked in at 41.3 hours with all 128kbps songs and the screen off thanks to the lock. i havent done test with 192kbps songs yet, but i dont think it really matters too much. 4. Navigation is another plus. not just the default layout, but the customizability of it. you can move the menus around, add, delete, and set a certain item to the hotkey. this gave me the feeling that it was actually "My" mp3 player, unlike the Sansa, Ipod, and Zune mp3 players that do not allow any modification of the default layout.
The Bad: 1. Slow buttons. i noticed that when i scroll through the menus,
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I was mainly interested in the video playback features of this unit. I did listen briefly to the sample MP3s that came on the device, and they sounded fine to me. File transfer and charging are via a 5-pin mini-USB connector. Under Windows, you access the device through Explorer under the path My Computer\a105\Internal Storage.
While you can directly place music and photo files through Explorer, video files must be converted and transferred using Windows Media Player. Consequently the Archos 105 requires video files in windows media (WMV) format. The resultant file that resides on the device is about 75 MB per hour, which means you should be able to cram 20-25 hours of video on the 2GB of internal flash (non-expandable). In the settings, you can choose for a video to playback once and stop, or to loop. In my test it played video for about 4.5 hours on a single charge. While the screen is small (160 x 128 pixels), it's good enough to watch tv shows on. You can fast forward and
While you can directly place music and photo files through Explorer, video files must be converted and transferred using Windows Media Player. Consequently the Archos 105 requires video files in windows media (WMV) format. The resultant file that resides on the device is about 75 MB per hour, which means you should be able to cram 20-25 hours of video on the 2GB of internal flash (non-expandable). In the settings, you can choose for a video to playback once and stop, or to loop. In my test it played video for about 4.5 hours on a single charge. While the screen is small (160 x 128 pixels), it's good enough to watch tv shows on. You can fast forward and
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I've had the Zen Mozaic 4 GB for about a week now, and I love it! Here is just a short list of the pros and cons I have noticed.
Pros:
Price - It's very cost-effective for the tons of features included!
FM Radio - The radio signal strength is unimpressive, but a plus nonetheless, since many don't offer this feature. Note: the radio antenna is built into the headphones, so with just the built-in speaker, there is no radio reception at all. Headphones must be plugged in.
Alarm clock - I love being able to set the song that I wake up to, and with the built-in speaker it works much like a cell-phone alarm clock.
Built-in speaker - Now you can share a song with a friend without sharing your headphones. The speaker sounds better than I thought it would considering how small the device is. I wouldn't listen to it for hours, but it's a nice additional feature.
Battery Life - When they say 30+ hours, they're not joking. Very impressive battery life.
Cons:
Plastic - The whole thing
Pros:
Price - It's very cost-effective for the tons of features included!
FM Radio - The radio signal strength is unimpressive, but a plus nonetheless, since many don't offer this feature. Note: the radio antenna is built into the headphones, so with just the built-in speaker, there is no radio reception at all. Headphones must be plugged in.
Alarm clock - I love being able to set the song that I wake up to, and with the built-in speaker it works much like a cell-phone alarm clock.
Built-in speaker - Now you can share a song with a friend without sharing your headphones. The speaker sounds better than I thought it would considering how small the device is. I wouldn't listen to it for hours, but it's a nice additional feature.
Battery Life - When they say 30+ hours, they're not joking. Very impressive battery life.
Cons:
Plastic - The whole thing
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I have never used one of these things, and even I was able to upload album after album. It just loads anything that I have stored in the library of the Windows Media player. It came with software of some sort, but it wasn't necessary to load it. It is easy to use, and it holds a lot more music than I would have expected. I am very glad that I bought it.
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this Sony Walkman has noise canceling mechanism built into the player. For what it's worth it does an adequate job. It probably won't do the job those expensive noise-canceling headphones can do, but it is in my opinion sufficient.
My experience in reading reviews were best if I arrange it in points rather than narratives. So I will do that here.
Strength:
1. it has outstanding sound quality. It is not that outstanding right out of the box, however. You have to tweak and toggle some settings. You have to turn on bass features and play with equalizers. I had every single version of iPods and the only iPod that comes close (but not quite) to the sound quality of this is first generation iPod shuffle. It has amazingly clean bass. The earbud that comes with the player is miles better than iPod earbuds. You usually have to spend $40-$50 for this type of earbud.
2. I actually like the size of this player over iPod nano because it is easier on my hand to grab. iPod nano was too thin and it
My experience in reading reviews were best if I arrange it in points rather than narratives. So I will do that here.
Strength:
1. it has outstanding sound quality. It is not that outstanding right out of the box, however. You have to tweak and toggle some settings. You have to turn on bass features and play with equalizers. I had every single version of iPods and the only iPod that comes close (but not quite) to the sound quality of this is first generation iPod shuffle. It has amazingly clean bass. The earbud that comes with the player is miles better than iPod earbuds. You usually have to spend $40-$50 for this type of earbud.
2. I actually like the size of this player over iPod nano because it is easier on my hand to grab. iPod nano was too thin and it
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This refurbished Sansa came with earphones, a computer charger, and a media converter cd...Everything has worked well and the color and screen quality are excellent. The price was REALLY good for an 8GB because i had bought my old Sansa e240 lil monster for around $70 and it was only a 1GB brand new, it still works after 2 years, but i needed an upgrade. This mp3 player displays videos with good picture quality...it is a small screen, but the graphics don't freeze up or show the tiny "grids"....The player collects dust easily and the metal backing shows oily spots from holding it too long, so i would suggest having a cover to protect it from scratches and having to be wiped clean after every use. It is a really cute device to carry around, my brothers say it looks like a phone. The black is sleek and it is just soooooo awesome! I personally Love Sansas so i have vowed to never buy an Ipod. They are so much simpler to convert videos and photos (which have impressive display quality also)
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Product is compact which is great. Battery holds a good charge and lots of songs. I misjudged however and i should have ordered a larger Gb. But I have almost 2000 songs on the MP3.
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I bought this product a week ago and am returning it asap, and I rarely return things, as I can usually find a way to work around things. I am a previous owner of an iPod Nano, and that may be coloring my criticisms, so take this as some disclosure.
First, I found that random shuffle isn't really random. On the iPod I had, when I requested a random shuffle, it would actually shuffle the music and I could not detect any patterns in music sequence between any two shuffles. Not so with GoGear. Over the course of a week, I could detect patterns such that when song A was playing, I knew what the next 10 songs would be, and that was irritating. Not only did the same patterns repeat, they repeated on a small subset of songs -- there were tons of songs that were never played when in random mode!
Second, I thought that I could circumvent that by making playlists. The users guide and online FAQ said I could do this through Windows Media Player. That may be true of some of the other models
First, I found that random shuffle isn't really random. On the iPod I had, when I requested a random shuffle, it would actually shuffle the music and I could not detect any patterns in music sequence between any two shuffles. Not so with GoGear. Over the course of a week, I could detect patterns such that when song A was playing, I knew what the next 10 songs would be, and that was irritating. Not only did the same patterns repeat, they repeated on a small subset of songs -- there were tons of songs that were never played when in random mode!
Second, I thought that I could circumvent that by making playlists. The users guide and online FAQ said I could do this through Windows Media Player. That may be true of some of the other models
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My wife had washed my original mp3 player when I had left it in my pocket of my pullover. It was a 2gb Sansa and had been working fine. I was hesitant in buying a refurbished item but everything works great, I have a mp3 that is 4x bigger that my previous mp3 player and it was about $50 dollars cheaper than the the prior. I would highly recommend this product to others. This mp3 does everything that it is suppose to do and does it well.
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Pros
-the .mp4 files are OSX friendly and viewable instantly in QuickTime !
- we had no problem getting these files into Final Cut Xpress 4 or iMovie '08
- I was editing these files within minutes of popping the card out of the cam
- Photos can be plucked out of the video streams at 8mp (4mp interpolated?)
- the menu interface is clean ,intuitive, and performs well
- the photos look great, even the ones you capture while viewing video playback
- the TouchPoint focus can create cool effects
- colors and automatic levels seem pretty accurate
- quickly change recording to INTERNAL or SDHC or MMC
- manual controls are simple sliders (WB, Exposure, Shutter)
- 90 minute battery life from a small form battery
- shoots in 4 resolutions : 1080p/30p , 1080i/60i, 480p/60p an 300fps SlowMotion
- you can be in and out of these resolutions in seconds via QuickMenus
- shooting this puppy is a breeze, we haven't even looked at the manual yet
- nice Slideshow with music functions
- TouchFocus allows you
-the .mp4 files are OSX friendly and viewable instantly in QuickTime !
- we had no problem getting these files into Final Cut Xpress 4 or iMovie '08
- I was editing these files within minutes of popping the card out of the cam
- Photos can be plucked out of the video streams at 8mp (4mp interpolated?)
- the menu interface is clean ,intuitive, and performs well
- the photos look great, even the ones you capture while viewing video playback
- the TouchPoint focus can create cool effects
- colors and automatic levels seem pretty accurate
- quickly change recording to INTERNAL or SDHC or MMC
- manual controls are simple sliders (WB, Exposure, Shutter)
- 90 minute battery life from a small form battery
- shoots in 4 resolutions : 1080p/30p , 1080i/60i, 480p/60p an 300fps SlowMotion
- you can be in and out of these resolutions in seconds via QuickMenus
- shooting this puppy is a breeze, we haven't even looked at the manual yet
- nice Slideshow with music functions
- TouchFocus allows you
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Forget spending more for an iPod, this little player is awesome! Got this for my birthday and absolutely LOVE it! First of all, the sound quality is as wonderful as I would expect from Sony. The interface is easy to use for loading on songs and it took no time at all for me to learn to navigate the menus. I was worried about space but I have about 500 songs loaded with plenty of space left for more. I haven't had a problem at all with battery life, the manual says 33 hours and while I haven't kept track, I have gone a very long time without having to charge it up. The video screen is small but pictures come out crisp and clear and videos look great! All in all I think my husband made a great choice!
Just a few minor complaints. 1. I wish the USB connector was the same as the one used by my blackberry so I'd have one less cord to deal with. 2. The headphones that come with the unit have great sound quality but are really uncomfortable. 3. Wish that there were more accessories for
Just a few minor complaints. 1. I wish the USB connector was the same as the one used by my blackberry so I'd have one less cord to deal with. 2. The headphones that come with the unit have great sound quality but are really uncomfortable. 3. Wish that there were more accessories for
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I had a chance to own both this Samsung SC-HMX20C and Canon HF100. Comparing to Canon HF100, this Samsung unit has:
Pros:
1. 8G internal memory.
2. 8M pixels still picture recording
Cons:
1. No optical stabilization which is my biggest complain. It has a electronic stabilization which is totally useless.
2. Hard/slow to focus compared to HF100
3. Slow when switching between Camcorder/Camera/Watching mode.
5. Slow when zoom in/out.
6. Bucky.
7. Pricy. $80 more than HF100.
In my opinion, this camcorder needs big improvement.
Pros:
1. 8G internal memory.
2. 8M pixels still picture recording
Cons:
1. No optical stabilization which is my biggest complain. It has a electronic stabilization which is totally useless.
2. Hard/slow to focus compared to HF100
3. Slow when switching between Camcorder/Camera/Watching mode.
5. Slow when zoom in/out.
6. Bucky.
7. Pricy. $80 more than HF100.
In my opinion, this camcorder needs big improvement.
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This is the worse mp3 player I have ever had. I received this as a gift and only had it for a year. In that year I had to call support every time I had deleted songs, and they could never fix the problem long term. I have also sent it in and still had troubles. This mp3 player is more trouble then it is worth, I will never buy a sandisk product again.
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We bought this to replace my daughter's 40gig iPod whose hard drive crashed after a year (wasted $250). The sansa has flash memory so there is no hard drive to crash. The sansa can record songs from the radio (ipod can't), she can use it to listen to electronic books from the library (ipod can't). Its a nice size unit that appears very durable and looks brand new, except for the "REFURB" stamped on the back. Its nice to be able to drag and drop music and not have to sync it on with a separate program. The music sounds great, the earbuds are a nice quality for being stock.
She was very happy to get this inexpensive replacement.
She was very happy to get this inexpensive replacement.
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We have three of these in our home. They can be purchased for a lot less than list price. Expansion slots for micro sd cars make the storage capabilities virtually endless. The video quality is excellent, as well as the audio. Ease of operation makes it even possible for my old timer husband to listen to his favorite 60's rock bands, and my 10 year old daughter can navigate this with ease. If you are wanting a high quality device, without the outrageous price the 'popular' brand charges (You KNOW what brand I am talking about) this is the one you want. Much smaller and lightweight than it looks online. I have had the first one for over three years, and am getting ready to purchase a fourth one for my youngest daughter's birthday present, as she keeps taking mine !
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I researched a lot before buying this product. I found good reviews but very few people have bought the product. But I was not disappointed after buying this product. The sound quality is great and noise cancellation feature is great as well. I like the software its as simple as dropping the files in the folder.
While listening to songs I could hear many new sounds in the song which i did not know existed
While listening to songs I could hear many new sounds in the song which i did not know existed
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i am so glad i tried overstock.i can't believe how the sansa makes your day better,it has fm radio and you can take hours of musice with you anywhere.and it works with windows media player so well.....THANKS OVERSTOCK!
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Having owned and used this player for several months, here's my Pro/Con list:
Pros:
1. Excellent build quality. The face/screen is made of a much tougher material than the iPod, and doesn't scratch easily.
2. Excellent interface. Intuitive and simple.
3. Excellent screen quality; this player will run video at 320x240 30fps. Screen is sharp, bright.
4. Excellent sound quality (but see below). Sony sound enhancements for the most part work very well, and produce the best sound I've ever heard from any digital audio player (DAP).
5. Very good radio feature.
6. Unique (to me) "year-shuffle" feature...allows you to shuffle tracks within a year, selected at random. Fun to watch.
7. Works well with WMP11. Can also drag/drop files.
8. Exceptional battery life. Advertised at 33 hours for music, and hits it for the most part.
Cons:
1. Overly aggressive volume leveler function produces audible artifacts when engaged. Depending on material, audio will sound muffled/uneven/warbling.
Pros:
1. Excellent build quality. The face/screen is made of a much tougher material than the iPod, and doesn't scratch easily.
2. Excellent interface. Intuitive and simple.
3. Excellent screen quality; this player will run video at 320x240 30fps. Screen is sharp, bright.
4. Excellent sound quality (but see below). Sony sound enhancements for the most part work very well, and produce the best sound I've ever heard from any digital audio player (DAP).
5. Very good radio feature.
6. Unique (to me) "year-shuffle" feature...allows you to shuffle tracks within a year, selected at random. Fun to watch.
7. Works well with WMP11. Can also drag/drop files.
8. Exceptional battery life. Advertised at 33 hours for music, and hits it for the most part.
Cons:
1. Overly aggressive volume leveler function produces audible artifacts when engaged. Depending on material, audio will sound muffled/uneven/warbling.
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I have been watching Mpeg-4 cameras to see if they could become usuable. So far, the stock AVCHD cameras have provided images that were so compressed all they were good for were shoot and display; editing the video was an utter pain. The artifacting made the contrast too hard, and the standard AVCHD file was decidedly unstandard with the streams unmuxed and the framerates inconsistent. Lotsa luck trying to get QuickTime compliant apps like Final Cut to deal with the video.
The Samsung SC-HMX20 delivers something new: an H264 mpeg-4 file that is not so highly compressed (the 1080p files have a 14.85 mbit/sec bandwidth) and the mpeg wrapper file is fully QuickTime compliant so editing is not a problem. The images aren't perfect (there's still artifacting and banding where colors and contrasts converge), but its head and shoulders above any other AVCHD camera. The 1080p image is quite handsome, but sometimes doesn't handle fast motion so well. The camera claims to shoot in 1080i, but
The Samsung SC-HMX20 delivers something new: an H264 mpeg-4 file that is not so highly compressed (the 1080p files have a 14.85 mbit/sec bandwidth) and the mpeg wrapper file is fully QuickTime compliant so editing is not a problem. The images aren't perfect (there's still artifacting and banding where colors and contrasts converge), but its head and shoulders above any other AVCHD camera. The 1080p image is quite handsome, but sometimes doesn't handle fast motion so well. The camera claims to shoot in 1080i, but
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