Posted by W.E. on 11/01/06 02:14

DON'T EVEN CONSIDER THE SANDISK!!!!!!!!

Go look at the reviews on various places like Amazon. They are horrid
devices that should have never been released to the public. Mine
didn't last a week, and eventually went back to sandisk I got the
replacement today, and bumped into your message while looking for a
solution to another broke problem! didn't even get to listen to it.

They lock up, don't update info when adding songs, skip, the list goes
on.


larrytxeast@gmail.com wrote:
> I am looking to get my first-ever MP3 player. Well, I do have an MP3
> player already, sort of--a portable CD player that plays MP3 files on a
> CD. I'm, however, about to buy my first REAL MP3 player.
>
> It would play almost totally 100% MP3 files, a few WMA files here &
> there. I downloaded most of those sometime ago, back in the Napster
> hey-day (go ahead, flame me for that) so none of them are
> "subscription-based", they're totally 100% "unsecured" MP3 files (the
> WMAs, what few I have, are also).
>
> I don't care about video/photo capability, and I'm not looking at the
> venerable iPod. Reason: don't like how the iPod requires you to use
> their software to transfer files. I like a minimum of clutter on my
> computer, and prefer how the others let you upload MP3s via Windows
> Explorer--I MUCH prefer that.
>
> Right now I'm between the Sandisk C140 or Creative Zen V, the orange 1
> gigabyte model. I realize the two models I'm asking about are 1
> gigabyte in size, much larger sizes are offered I'm aware. The main
> differences I'm seeing between them are:
>
> * Sandisk uses AAA batteries, Creative Zen V uses its own battery
> (which is not user-replaceable)
> * Creative Zen V uses a standard mini-USB for uploading files, Sandisk
> uses propreitary cable
> * The Zen V (not the Plus) does not have an FM tuner, the Sandisk does
> * BIG BIG difference (potentially)--the Sandisk has an expandable slot
> (micro-SD), Zen V is "capped"
>
> The last one is kind of swaying me at this point--as these models have
> "only" 1 gigabyte, I'm thinking I will soon want the micro-SD
> expandable slot. The Sandisk also uses AAA batteries, and I have a
> 15-minute charger for AAAs.
>
> The other factors--I want the MP3 player to be able to scan WITHIN the
> track, as one song I listen to sometimes is 24 minutes long (yes, 24
> minutes long) and I'd like to be able to jump to a specific point
> within this song. Do both models offer this, and conveniently?
>
> What are any of your overall impressions of one model vs the other? I
> haven't used a model anywhere near enough to know controls and how they
> work. My thing is: I want to be able to quickly locate a song in a
> folder, so if one shows more songs on the screen than the other that
> would help. I would probably browse by album or artist a lot, so if one
> model accesses this much easier than the other that would work.
>
> Tips?
>
> LRH

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