Friday, December 30, 2011

Save Ematic 4GB Video MP3 Player with 2.4-Inch QVGA Screen, Digital Camera and Video Recorder (Green)


Ematic 4GB Video MP3 Player with 2.4-Inch QVGA Screen, Digital Camera and Video Recorder (Green)


I purchased this for my 10 year old granddaughter based on other reviews. When I received the product it look so cute. However, my granddaughter opened the gift with excitement and we charged it immediately. After the battery was charged, we could only get it to operate when connected to a computer. I now have to go buy her another gift because this one does not work!
Get more detail about Ematic 4GB Video MP3 Player with 2.4-Inch QVGA Screen, Digital Camera and Video Recorder (Green).

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Discount Centon Craze 8GB MP3 Player (Black)


I bought 2 of these MP3 players. Result after 3 months of very moderate use:

One was only playing for 1hr before the cheap, plastic on/off switch broke and rendered the unit useless
The second one only plays for 1hr and only immediately after being charged. If you wait a couple days after charging there is not even enough power to start up the unit.

Save your money, don't but a Centon product.Get more detail about Centon Craze 8GB MP3 Player (Black).

Monday, December 26, 2011

Cheapest Apple iPod 4 GB mini M9434LL/A (Green) OLD MODEL


There is no doubt that this is a beautiful piece of workmanship. I have an Apple-obsessed friend that I have teased for years about his Apple fixation. So when I bought this secondhand beauty I emailed him my impression:

"Build quality and packaging are exceptional, truly first rate. Excellent tactility. Apple really has that part sorted out; I'm impressed.
Screen and CPU somewhat less magnificent."

Part of my teasing of this pleasant fellow was due to my experience with iTunes; I had given in to his constant evangelism about my trying it out. iTunes represented, for me, all that is wrong with software. Unjustifiably massive bloat, braindead 70MB updates, resource hogging, and treating the user like he has been lobotomized (or hypnotized by Apple). So no iTunes for me, no matter what. The solution?

"The OS is so-so and iTunes is the Root Of All Evil, so I installed
rockbox on it and am enjoying it immensely. I load
mp3/ogg/flac/whatever by copying across the USB connection.
(rockbox dot org)"

Rockbox lets me use that beautiful Apple hardware with an interface that puts /me/ in control. And I can play ogg, flac, Still, I find myself using the iPod less than a Sansa e260 that had an MSRP 3-4x less than the iPod. The Sansa has a color screen, better video playback (yes, you can play video on your mini with rockbox. It also has something that might seem trivial: a place to attach a lanyard.

Since I use the Sansa for mobile listening I might get one of those audio docks to use the iPod with my stereo system.Get more detail about Apple iPod 4 GB mini M9434LL/A (Green) OLD MODEL.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Buy Mach Speed Raven 2GB MP3 Player( Black)


Fairly average mp3 player with no LCD screen. Hard to navigate through songs and mine, left goes forward in the song list. The volume and fwd/bk are on the same button which gets annoying. Get more detail about Mach Speed Raven 2GB MP3 Player( Black).

Monday, December 19, 2011

Purchase Centon Craze 8GB MP3 Player (Blue)


I bought 2 of these MP3 players. Result after 3 months of very moderate use:

One was only playing for 1hr before the cheap, plastic on/off switch broke and rendered the unit useless
The second one only plays for 1hr and only immediately after being charged. If you wait a couple days after charging there is not even enough power to start up the unit.

Save your money, don't but a Centon product.Get more detail about Centon Craze 8GB MP3 Player (Blue).

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Order RCA TH1802 2 GB Thumbdrive with FM Radio and Voice Recording (Black )


They have a very short lifespan. I don't know whether it's a firmware problem or a hardware problem - the firmware hasn't been updated - but they tend to crash, which I didn't think was possible for a flash device. After about three months, mine refused to turn on, and my PC wouldn't recognize it when I plugged it in. My replacement sometimes hangs on booting up, or refuses to recognize certain files ("Cannot play this file") on some boots but not on others.

Other aspects:

*The interface is a bit clumsy, and it's easy to hit the wrong quadrant on the gamepad-style controls.

*Player inconsistently decides on booting whether to resume playing where you left off on shutdown, or to take you to the menu. I studied it for weeks trying to figure out what was making it choose one option or the other, but it's utterly without rhyme or reason.

*Interface has difficulty understanding file tagging. Mainly it ignores it.

*Capacity is closer to 1.8 Gb than 2.

*Sound quality is fine, but this device is quieter than other MP3 players I've used.

*The voice recorder produces unusually grainy results. I've actually gotten good results with the FM radio, although the first unit had trouble retaining presets at first.Get more detail about RCA TH1802 2 GB Thumbdrive with FM Radio and Voice Recording (Black ).

Friday, December 16, 2011

Where To Buy Apple iPod shuffle 2 GB Purple (2nd Generation) OLD MODEL


I decided to buy this after seeing a friends. I was looking to get something small for the gym that I didn't have to have strapped to my arm or have to hold. This was perfect.Clips right on your clothes and stays there. I also got the 2GB so I could have more songs. It was the best thing I bought so far this year! I even take it to work with me and listen to music on my breaks. Which has allowed my stress level to go down.
This little gadget is quiet wonderful.Get more detail about Apple iPod shuffle 2 GB Purple (2nd Generation) OLD MODEL.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Shop For Power Support Clear Air Jacket Set iPod touch 2G and Brand New touch 2G - Case for digital player - clear - iPod touch (2G)


A thin, translucent (but hard) back plate and two removable screen protectors make up this Air Jacket case by Power Support. It works exactly as advertised and fits like a glove. Installation is easy and takes about 5 minutes as long as you follow the included directions. Highly recommended protection for your iPod Touch.Get more detail about Power Support Clear Air Jacket Set iPod touch 2G and Brand New touch 2G - Case for digital player - clear - iPod touch (2G).

Monday, December 12, 2011

Insignia Pilot with Bluetooth NS-4V24 - Digital player / radio - flash 4 GB - WMA, Ogg, MP3, WMAPro, protected WMA (DRM 10) - video playback - display: 2.4"


I recently bought the 4GB Insignia Pilot and was initially pleased with it. Certainly the number of features and the design are pretty sharp and a great deal. HOWEVER, after only a few times using it it started to freeze up. It would just be playing songs, usually about to start a new track, and then freeze completely. No buttons would work. You can't even turn it off when this happens. Your only option is to let the battery completely drain, or unplug the battery (but this involves removing a tiny screw on the battery cover, so you need an eyeglass screwdriver and obviously you can't do this while out and about).

I started searching the internet and found out that this is a WIDESPREAD defect in these MP3 players. Tons of people describe the same problem. Also, go to the Insignia website (it's Best Buy's housebrand), and you will find that all support for these devices has been DISCONTINUED. No user manuals, no info, no nothing. They've totally shut down this line of products, probably because they're not reliable.

In summary, if it weren't for the freezing problem, I'd give it 5 stars, but that is a major, major strike against.Get more detail about Insignia Pilot with Bluetooth NS-4V24 - Digital player / radio - flash 4 GB - WMA, Ogg, MP3, WMAPro, protected WMA (DRM 10) - video playback - display: 2.4".

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Panasonic SV-MP020 Digital Audio Player This instant


We have owned this device since it came out. Recently, it stopped working as we remembered it.

When you hook it up via USB cable, it would appear with the green icon in the lower right corner, and was recognized as a "Mass Storage Device." If you go into Device Manager, it appears under the Hard Disk section. Everything we loaded on went fine.

Flash forward to this month. For some reason, it was coming in as "Found New Hardware" as an MTP Device. Looking under Device Manager, it comes in under Portable Device. This might be ok, however, we were no longer able to save files onto the device as we had been doing using Windows Explorer drag&drop. When we disconnected, it was stuck in WAIT and the screen never cleared.

I realized the difference when I connected the Panasonic MP3 player to a computer that does not get Windows updates. Connecting via USB cable, the mp3 player worked properly.

Doing Internet searches, I pinned it down to being the fault of Windows Media Player version 11. This new version forces the device to be seen as an MTP. That might be fine for some mp3 players, but this Panasonic just doesn't work well under this scheme.

We managed to get rid of WMP version 11 and are now back at version 9. Connecting, the Panasonic mp3 player comes up as we fondly remembered it. Now we are hoping it works just as well.

We love the sound of this mp3 player and hope it works much longer now. Microsoft-- please stop monkeying with our OS!Get more detail about Panasonic SV-MP020 Digital Audio Player.

Monday, December 5, 2011

ZEN 2GB Refurbished (Black) Immediately


i love almost everything about this player! theres only two things i dont like about it. 1 is the volume doesnt go as high as id like but the quality depends on the headphones mostly. the other is the menu. i havent figured out if you can play all the videos without having to go back to the list after every video is done playing. and the video quality does depend on the actual video that you want to put on the player. pretty much if it has crappy quality before its on the player its going to still be crappy when its on the player. but some things i love is that you can rotate and zoom in on pics, you can change your background to a pic or choose from 6 different colored backgrounds, and one very nice thing is that you can delete pics/videos/audio right from the player. you dont even have to plug it back up to the computer! also it has radio and an sd card slot! so if you dont want to spend alot of money on the bigger memory sized versions you can get this 2GB and put in a large size sd card that will save you money at the end!!! whats better then that???Get more detail about ZEN 2GB Refurbished (Black).

Friday, December 2, 2011

Archos AV 700 40 GB Mobile Digital Video Recorder Get it now!


I had a contract with the government to doing inspection and documentation for storm drain manhole, and this device is work un-believable result for documentation.
The video is crystal clear and the engineer so glad and happy to review the video.

Jeff Kamanawae
Hilo, HI Get more detail about Archos AV 700 40 GB Mobile Digital Video Recorder.