iRiver H-120 20 GB

I River is an American company selling portable audio equipment (mp3 player, cd players…). I discovered them by chance a couple of months ago. It was in Switzerland. My girlfriend was looking for a mp3 player, and the seller advised us the brand Iriver, apparently the best on the market. At the time, it was a 256MB mp3 player, with radio and voice recorder included. The little thing looked weird to be honest (like a mini electric shaver) and its price was around £150. After more research for this mp3 player on the net, we came to the conclusion that for this memory storage, this Iriver was the ... more

I have always been loyal to Apple. I have an iMac and an iBook. But when they bought out the iPod, it just screamed SCAM! OK, it's cute, but it's also tinny, it's overrated and it's too much of a fashion icon for me. iRiver, on the other hand, is outstanding. My iRiver has a 20gb hard drive. It only cost me £199 and they are even cheaper now, although this model seems to be hard to get hold of. They have upgraded it with the H10, which has a colour screen. The 20gb model is available for £189.99 from 'advancedmp3players.co.uk', which is an excellent site for all things MP3 related! They also ... more

Every player that tried to challenge the iPod usually falls face down at the first hurdle – design. Some users, especially ones that don’t care that much about advanced features would judge an mp3 player on two criteria – design and sometimes battery life. That is why iPod is so successful, because in spite of being one of the least technologically advanced players on the market its design is simple yet stylish and its ease of use is top notch. Design is one of HP-120’s biggest letdowns. It looks too crowded with buttons and the black and silver case looks a bit geeky. It reminded me a little ... more

Have tested loads of MP3 players in this range and I couldn't find one with the best features for the price range. It is so easy to use and the sound quality is brilliant via earphones and also when connected to speakers. You can create playlists using winamp which is great. The database feature to search by genre etc is fab. It is so easy to click up and search for your music. Also the added bonus is the FM Radio player which is ACE. It takes 2hrs in total to recharge the battery and battery life is around 16 hours too. It's so simple and quick to download music, It takes my PC around 7 ... more

I really wanted an MP3 player ever since the iPod became popular, and for a long time was saving up for an iPod itself before seeing the iRiver 120. It seemed to match the iPod in so many areas and also had a great battery life which I have found to be true to its word. The size of the hard drive is very good at 20 GB, and in fact although I have had it for six months I still haven't found the time to use up even 4GB of this space. I was also very impressed with the ease of use of the iRiver navigation buttons and it took me no longer than a good look at the manual and a couple of minutes and ... more