MP3 Players

30GB Ipod review

Advantages: Excellent video/audio quality, easy to use interface
Disadvantages: Hungry on part replacement

Purchased one second hand from a Gamestation in Nottingham for £80. It was struggling in the first two weeks I purchased it with hard drive failure, so had to replace that. Two weeks later, the battery was found to be struggling, so £10 on top for a new battery. However, apart from the above problems in the beginning, it's settled down to become a very useful machine. The storage space up from my original MP3 player is excellent, and the video quality ...

FlexCabana 03.07.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of Apple iPod 30 GB

Sony NWZ-E436 4GB

Advantages: Easy to use, long battery life
Disadvantages: Small capacity

The first I want to say about this product is how long the battery lasts. I was playing around with this thing for a whole 2 days without the battery even going down under half. I later realised that the battery life was up to 45hours which is pretty incredible, considering it is longer than the Ipod touch. So 4GB may not seem to much to a lot of people, but for those who don't have a HUGE music collection, but want just enough to be able to store ...
...capacity. There is no easy sync like on Ipod but many find it easier to drag and drop songs that they want onto the mp3 rather than the problem that occurs when and Ipod can randomly start syncing with the wrong music! This product is very thin and lightweight as well so you will hardly notice it in your pocket. It also supports the popular music formats such as MP3, WMA and AAC, as well as many video formats. I found the mp3 very easy to use ...

mikeywhitto 11.01.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of Sony NWZ-E436 4GB

Best Toy a Traveller Can Have

Advantages: Small, light, great sound, well built, look good, extremely portable!
Disadvantages: Strange volume issue, remote

It's not often you see a set of portable speakers that churn out such a good sound without having the word "Bose" written somewhere on them. These however, although they're not going to cause much upset to the Bose share price, sound just great. Reading other people's reviews on here I can't seem to understand what their issue is with the sound quality. Sure, the bass is a bit "thuddy" when the volume is right up, but the overall clarity of the sound ...
...listen to all genres of music, and they all sound wonderful at all but the highest volume. For portability these are fantastic. I bought them in Australia and took them backpacking around the world, they're very compact and light, and come in a nice protective zip up case. A pair of fold out feet keep them upright and allow them to be no more than an inch and a half thick when packed away. The battery life is amazing, and if you run out, simply plug ...

Cemiess 13.10.2008 · Read Full Review
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Review of Logitech mm50 Portable Speakers for iPod

Why buy an iPod?

Advantages: Excellent sound & vision, stylish and substantial.
Disadvantages: Transferring files can be fiddly using supplied software.

Sony NWZ-A728 8GB MP3/MP4 player Looking for a sub-£100 MP3 player, a friend recommended this Sony 8GB music and video player - and I can't fault his choice. If you're looking for a slim-line, easily portable player that takes MP3 and MP4 files, and offers great sound quality through the supplied earphones, then look no further. Let's get the all-important technical specifications listed and out of the way, then I can start explaining how it works ...
...an inbuilt FM radio player. Sony may have updated later examples with a radio - I bought mine from Argos at the beginning of November 2008. Not that bothered about the radio!) Get the A728 out of the box and it looks like a black credit card on a slight dose of steroids. It's that slim and small. Whilst it's not about to break apart after a few minutes handling - in fact it feels really sturdy and substantial, I'd not want to place it in the back ...

graeme10 17.01.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of Sony NWZ-A728 8GB

Sansa Fuze is Fun to Use!

Advantages: Small, cheap, capacity can be expanded, radio record feature
Disadvantages: Only supplied with USB charger, no clip, have to use their software to upload videos and photos

...towards the Sansa Fuze from SanDisk however - the price was within my budget and the features were what I was looking for. Online reviews were generally very positive. Moreover, it was available in red, which is my daughter's favourite colour! I consulted my daughter about the aesthetics (which are all she cares about) and received the thumbs up, so I ordered one on the Argos website and duly picked it up the next day. It cost £48.69 and came with ...
...case and the player. There was also a "mini" user guide which is useful to get you started but the main user manual is on the CD-ROM. So what are the features of this little beauty? It plays MP3s, WMA, secure WMA, Ogg Vorbis and Audible audio file formats. It also plays MPEG-4 videos and you can add JPEG photos, although you have to use the Sansa Media Converter software to add these files to your player, unlike MP3s which you can add directly to ...

rosebud2001 23.06.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of SanDisk Sansa Fuze 4GB