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So im in the market for a new MP3 player. Looking for something in the 2-4 GB range but it must have an SD slot for expansion. Anyone have any ideas?
 
i have a Yes mp4 it may not be a brand name but it is touch screen with video, mp3,radio and ebook it also has a memory card slot.
 
Sounds decent. Where did you get it from as I have looked on digital planet and on wantitall and cant see the yes brand ones anywhere.
 
Man the Zen does look good. Only reason I wasnt thinking of the Zen is that the only place I found one was on wantitall and they a bit expensive due to the import thing.
 
mine was hi fi crp for R800 something its 2 gig and at the moment have another 1 gig card in.
 
My advice is don't get a no-name MP3 player even if it's a bit cheaper. I've been burned so many times that way. Rather spend the little bit extra for something that is a respectable name and will last. I have no complaints about the Zen.

Also Have2have have a good deal on the Sandisk Sansa players, which are SD expandable.
 
Cowon A3 has a 4 inch 800by480 res screen, 16.7 million colours, excellent contrast.
The player itself works with Macs and PCs. It can also connect to cameras via
USB and offload pics. It can read RAW, BMP and JPG files, with no size limitations.
60 and 30GB versions available. I have one and swear by it! :)
 
i know 2 people that bought phillips mp4,s and both had problems with their machines i have had mine of almost a year now and not one problem.
 
wow 800X480? That's very impressive. But it's like R4,000. yikes.
 
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PeterCH said:
Cowon A3 has a 4 inch 800by480 res screen, 16.7 million colours, excellent contrast.
The player itself works with Macs and PCs. It can also connect to cameras via
USB and offload pics. It can read RAW, BMP and JPG files, with no size limitations.
60 and 30GB versions available. I have one and swear by it! :)
Click to expand...

So where did you buy your's? Price?
 
I agree that the COWON (iAudio) media players are awesome - my GF has a small one that is like an IPOD shuffle...

The COWON players have excellent sound quality!
 
spiderz said:
So where did you buy your's? Price?
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www.bhphotovideo.com

Upcoming Cowon Products:

The 02 looks great too.

http://www.iaudiophile.net/ (more info and reviews)

The 02:

Features:
4.3" Touchscreen
800 by 480 resolution, 16.7 million colours
SD Card Slot
8-32gb Flash Memory
Built-in Speaker
TV Out
Mammoth Codec Support (see below)
10 band Custom Eq
Battery: 18hrs Audio / 8hrs Video
http://product.cowon.com/product/IFA/product_page_2.php

Video: Divx 3.11/4/5/6, Xvid, Mpeg-4 SP/ASP, WMV 7/8/9, H.264, Mpeg 1, MJepg.
Audio:Mpeg Layer 1/2/3, WMA, AAC, AC3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, OGG FLAC, Apple Lossless, True Audio, Monkey Audio, MusePack, Eavepack, G.726, PCM.

iPod, iPod Touch, iPhone only do Basic Profile H264 with low bitrate, while
this player does High Profile and Advanced Profile at higher bitrates, in addition to all those other formats.


The S9:

Features:
Dual Core 500MHz Processor
3.3", 480 x 272 16m colour Amoled Display
Capacitive Touchscreen
Flash UI
TV Out
40 hours audio Battery life
Dynamic Dictionary
Bluetooth
"G-Sensor"
BEE, Jet Effects and Customisable EQ
http://product.cowon.com/product/IFA/product_page_1.php
Dimensions: 119 x 73 x 18mm
 
Cowon A3 specs:

Size 30 or 60 GB HDD
Screen res 800 by 480 res at 16.7 mil colours
Codec support: Video: Divx 3.11/4/5/6, Xvid, Mpeg-4 SP/ASP, WMV 7/8/9, H.264, Mpeg 1, MJepg.
Audio:Mpeg Layer 1/2/3, WMA, AAC, AC3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, OGG FLAC, Apple Lossless, G.726, PCM.
Graphic support: BMP, PNG, JPG, RAW (no limits to file size)
Built in FM tuner
DVB-T interface, a seperate attachment allows you to watch DVB-T on the go
Record video at 720by480 30fps res (line in)
Record music (line in or radio or mic)
TV out - 720p or SD PAL/NTSC
Document viewer (read ebooks or comics)
USB 2.0 HOST function - can download video/pics from cameras

This thing plays virtually every file format available, with the exception of high resolution h264 files however its selection of h264 playback is wider than the iPod's/iPhone's
and can play Main Profile files in addition to Basic Profile (iPod can only do Basic).
 
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