Mp3 Player

I just bought a Creative Zen Jukebox with 40 GB mp3 player. They also make a 20, 30 and 60 gig player. The software is very easy to use. You just hilite the song(s) and click an arrow and the songs move to the Jukebox from whatever source you use, like a CD or your hardrive; even a Napster type download.

Likewise, with the same software you can easilly delete, rename or move files around on the player. The battery is removable so you can purchase an extra or replace it after a couple years. The menu is clunky at times, but easy after a little practice. The sound quality is great even with the ear buds that come with the player. I listen to jazz and some classical, so I don’t tolerate lousy headphones.

The Creative MP3 players are very competitive in their pricing often on sale and they all play MP3, WMV and DRM standard with different capacities. I use the highest setting for MP3 for the best sound quality. I would recommend getting at least 30 gig and even 40 gig.

The price is not much different between the 20, 30 and 40 gig players and they all weigh about the same, give or take an ounce. Lastly, the Jukebox comes with a sturdy case with a belt clip with access to all contols through openings in case.

Archos AV 700 100 GB Mobile Digital Video Recorder

Your movies, your games, your music, your photos — all in one little device. That’s the Archos 500717 AV700 100 GB Mobile Digital Media Player. This exciting media companion offers direct TV recording and the best of home cinema, gaming, digital music and more. Now you can bring all your entertainment with you wherever you roam. The 100 GB model, which is less than an inch thick, lets you store up to 400 hours of video, 250 movies, 55,000 songs or 1,000,000 photos. Using the AV 700’s rechargeable, removable battery, you’ll get up to 30 hours of life for music and up to 4 hours for video playback on the built-in LCD.Record directly from TV, Watch at Your Leisure
Used in conjunction with the included TV docking pod, you can record television programs, movies and home videos directly from your TV, VCR, DVD player, cable box or satellite receiver. Then watch them on the go whenever the notion strikes you. Plus, with the integrated scheduler you can program your recording schedule a week to a month ahead of time. Play back your favorite program on the 7-inch widescreen or on any external screen in near-DVD quality. The unit plays DivX, Windows Media, protected Windows Media and MPEG-4 video files. You’ll also have excellent control over your viewing experience with features such as slow motion, adjustable screen size, video editing, and a video bookmarking function.

Get the Picture
Want to take your snapshots with you? The AV 700 is a great digital photo companion. Transfer thousands of photos directly from your digital camera, or another mass storage device using the built-in USB connection. You can also transfer from a computer using the AV 700’s high-speed USB 2.0 interface. Then, organize your photos and watch them in slide shows on the unit’s screen or on any external display.

Play Anywhere
Because the AV 700 supports the popular Mophun gaming engine, it’s designed to integrate with the Archos Web site for purchasing and downloading games. You can also connect an optional mini game pad to kick your games up a notch.

Listen Up
The AV 700 features Archos’ newly-designed music player application. Now you can easily organize your songs and customize your view by artist, album, type of music, title, year, and play lists without having to use a computer. The AV 700 also offers an audio recording application that records in high-quality WAV format from almost all analog stereo sources. You can also use the stereo microphone if you want to record notes, presentations and lectures.

Connect It
The AV 700 has a USB 2.0 port that enables you to copy, share, connect and transfer files directly from other powered mass storage devices. The unit is also recognized as a mass storage drive on your PC or Mac, giving you the ability to transfer any computer file using the high-speed USB 2.0 interface.

PC Auto-sync
The AV 700 lets you purchase, download, subscribe to or rent protected video and music content from Microsoft PlaysForSure websites. Using the USB 2.0 interface, the AV 700 will easily auto-synchronize this content with Windows Media Player 10 each time you connect it to your PC, or convert your Windows Media Player 10 library content to one of many compatible formats (MP3, WMA, WAV, protected WMA, MPEG-4, WMV and protected Windows Media Video).

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AMW M520P Portable DVD/CD/MP3 Player with 10.2-Inch Widescreen LCD (Pearl)

Dedicated to providing a full-bodied entertainment experience on the go, the portable M520P DVD/CD/MP3 player includes a 10.2-inch TFT LCD display that makes your movies look great, along with both built-in speakers and a headphone jack for private listening–all in an attractive pearl-colored housing.

The all-in-one entertainment bundle is a great way to entertain kids in the backseat, keep yourself amused on long plane trips, or bide time in a hotel room on rainy days. Among the unit’s favorite features are a selectable aspect ratio (4:3 and 16:9), which lets you view movies in traditional format or full widescreen depending on your taste; multi-angle playback, which shows select movie scenes from several angles (requires compatible DVD); and a multilingual dialogue option for listening (or reading subtitles) in a variety of different languages. More traditional functions include slow motion, multi-speed forward and reverse scan, track programming, and zoom.

Of course, DVDs are just one of the playback options, as the M520P also supports CD, CD-R/RW, HDCD, VCD, SVCD, DVD Audio, and Kodak Picture CD formats, along with MP3 and WMA files stored on a recordable CD.

The variety of compatible formats is vastly superior to most portable DVD players, especially the DVD Audio and HDCD formats, both of which offer far better fidelity than audio CDs. To ensure the best possible audio performance, the M520P includes a built-in Dolby Digital decoder for DVD soundtracks, along with a Dolby/DTS SPDIF digital output that connects directly to 5.1-channel A/V receivers. By employing the latter option, users can enjoy full-bodied surround sound through their home theater system while watching films on the DVD player.

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Sony DNE-920 MP3/ATRAC CD Walkman Portable Compact Disc Player

Sony’s DNE-920 MP3/ATRAC CD Walkman Portable Compact Disc Player sports some of Sony’s most advanced technical and design features, making it one of the finest and most stylish compact disc players on the market today.For starters, the player’s new, exceptionally slim, lightweight aluminum body design and overall new high-tech look sets it apart from virtually every other portable CD player. These features extend to the player’s slim-line remote that fits naturally in your hand and allows you to take advantage of the player’s array of operations using just your thumb. Also included is a new high-tech carrying case that rounds out the player’s overall cutting-edge design.

As for the technology behind the player, Sony’s advanced Sony DSP system means that you can play your music for over 100 hours continuously off of one rechargeable battery, which is included with the player, and one AA battery (not included). And when you’re finished with your listening, simply place the Walkman on its specially designed stand to recharge the battery.

A 5-line negative/positive backlit LCD allows you to select the display properties of the LCD, providing a unique way to view track, title, album and artist information of ATRAC or MP3 CDs you’re playing. Sony has also provided a highly intuitive file navigation system — the new Vertical Jog Lever Control — and a new digital amplifier that is much smaller, uses less energy to produce the same signal, and is 80 percent more efficient than traditional analog amplifiers.

The player’s Skip-Free G-Protection technology provides quick recovery from both horizontal and vertical shocks, so hitting those unexpected pot holes or making sudden stops won’t ever interfere with your listening while you’re on the go. Playback options include 18 playback modes and a bookmark function that offers a wide array of listening choices, including hearing one track repeatedly, hearing a selection of tracks in a desired order, or listening to tracks randomly.

Compatible with Sony’s ATRAC3plus technology, the DNE-920 Walkman is loaded and ready to play the rewritable CDs of albums and tracks you download and burn from Sony’s Connect Music Store. The player also comes bundled with Sony’s SonicStage CD Simple Burner software. Compatible with most CD burners, this application transfers songs from CDs or MP3 music files from your PC’s hard drive and burns them to recordable CDs using ATRAC3plus compression.
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This mp3 player features a unique, six-line EL (organic electroluminescence) display. The attractive EL display makes it easy to see and navigate through title, track, and artist information, allowing you to adjust sound settings with ease. The bright display allows easy viewing in all conditions — day or night. This recorder also comes equipped with Skip-Free G-Protection technology which provides virtually uninterrupted playback of your music. Music on the go has never been better!

Sony had the digital music lover in mind when they built this digital player. It is highly compatible with your PC. With the included software you can transfer files from your PC to the MZ-RH10, and vice versa, at a break-neck, 100x transfer speed. And while you’re doing this you won’t have to worry about your digital music player’s battery life — the USB cable will power the unit when transferring music. Speaking of battery life, you can expect up to 33 hours of continuous playback with included nickel-metal hydride rechargeable battery.

If you already have extensive music libraries, use the included software to store and play back your collection of MP3s. On the other hand, if you’re just getting into digital music and downloading, Sony’s ATRAC format provides higher sound quality with smaller sizes than many competing formats. This enables you to store more music and have longer listening times. The system also allows you to play back the most popular Internet audio formats, including WMA and WAV files, with quick, easy conversion to ATRAC.

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I expect a lot out of a high tech toy specially from this mp3 player — and this thing grabbed me right out of the box. I waited a couple months before reviewing - to be sure there weren’t any hidden issues.

For many long plane flights I wanted to bring selected TV shows from my Media Center PC DVR. This syncs without a hitch using Windows Media Player 10 (the only hitch, perhaps, is that you have to find the folder where Media Center stores video and drag and drop files from there — quite easy). The file compression for the device is handled automatically.
Video quality is superb - just the right size for personal viewing. Way easier than hauling out the laptop on a plane or anywhere else.This is diferent than other mp3 players on the market.

I found it easy to record whole DVDs to it as well - they also get automattically compressed, but with excellent image and audio on playback.

An unexpected bonus for me is the built mics for stereo audio recording. The quality is great and I find I’m using that feature quite a bit.

It looks and feels solid and I’ve had nothing but good luck with mine so far.

The Zen Micro mp3 player from Creative Labs packs an incredible 5 GB of storage capacity into a shell small enough to sit comfortably in your jeans pocket. It also rides nicely in your hand, with a palm-fitting profile and thumb-friendly front-panel controls.

It’s a bit shorter than an Apple iPod Mini, yet its rechargeable lithium-ion battery provides 12 hours of continuous playback–50 percent more than iPod Mini’s. The Zen Micro is compatible not merely with MP3s and WAV files, but with WMA as well. Toss in USB 2.0 connectivity and you’re looking at one spiffy portable music player.

I REALLY like the fact it has a radio, it was a big selling point to me as I listen to a lot of talk-radio during the day. I was leary of the iPod because of it’s battery changing problem (you have to send it back to Apple). Don’t know if it is the same deal with the Zen Micro, but I hope not.

Only gripe is I have to charge it via the USB cable, there is no seperate power adapter (that I can see). I tried to charge it with a lap-top that did not have the Zen software installed, and it did not charge! Even when I left it overnight. I don’t understand why it didn’t charge. Having the software installed shouldn’t make a difference between Zen and other mp3 players.

Find your Limewire share folder, Itunes File–>Add Folder and it comes onto your Itunes. If you have the Itunes CD installed also the ipod shows up, updates the song. That simple with iPOD mp3 player .

About video. Same thing ADD THE ENTIRE SHARED FOLDER. Document and Settings if you using Windows XP. The videos should come up, if it doesn’t go to add file and the add the videos one by one, if their not the format they will convert. How do you know it works, if you see the video at the bottom left screen playing it works. Only on recently updated Itunes.

Q: Does magnetic fields affect an iPOD? 

A: Magnetic fields affect all electronics.

In iTunes, right-click the song, and select “Get Info”. Then, select the “Artwork” tab, the cover you don’t want, and press the delete button in the bottom left-hand corner.

Q: How do I transfer my Mp3’s to 8-Track cartridges to play in my car?
A: Simply burn it as audio cd in any program for burning , like nero

Q: iPOD or xbox360 if ipod which one?
A: If you are a traveler then an ipod video, if you are an indoor person then a xbox 360 would be good. But it’s up to your choice.

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Sony D-NE005 is a portable CD Player that lets you play commercially recorded CD discs as well as CDR and CDRW discs recorded with MP3 and ATRAC-3 files.

Sony’s D-NE005 CD Walkman augments its topnotch sound and extensive features with a stylish, blue full-circle exterior, making it both fashionable and functional. And at a mere 1.1 inches thick, the Walkman more than lives up to its name, traveling with ease in a pocket, purse, or backpack.

Playback options vary from track programming to repeat play (one or all tracks) to random play, giving listeners a host of choices when working out or riding the bus. Adding to the fun is the MP3 support, which lets the user play MP3 files recorded on a CD-R/RW disc. Thanks to the latter feature, listeners can tote hundreds of songs on just a few discs, making portable use much more convenient.

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