Advantages: No restrictions, vast format support, colour screen, video support Disadvantages: occassionally clunky interface, poor firmware following, video support is flawed
...and found it encouraging that Cowon are not so desperate to jump on the rights-grabbing bandwagon. However, some recent beta firmware builds have experimented with DRM support but is not at a stable release yet.
Although the X5 supports images and video on its very lovely colour screen, I don't feel that either have been implemented very well. The pictures viewer suffers from a clunky interface for navigating them, and it's rather slow at loading ... ...weakness of the player, but Cowon has long promised a firmware update in the future that will add this much-wanted feature. Be sure to look for software that can help monitor and sort your collection into artist>album>title structures.
The X5 is one of a very select few that allow some sort of customisation. If you download pictures onto the player, you can select one to be the background for the main player interface. Generally the interface is ...
barneyboo 08.03.2006
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