Sandisk Sansa E260 - MP3 Player with Radio 1 Live Lounge II Album |
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List Price: £59.99
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Great MP3 player, 2008-12-10
Comment: If you want a decent MP3 player without paying megabucks for a iPod, get this. Easy to upload and remove songs, videos and pictures. The screens probably to small for films, but for the price it's excellent value.
Liked it so much bought one as a Christmas present.
 now great value, 2008-05-30
Comment: I have bought two of these over the last couple of years for my sons, and they are still going strong. The drop on the price for this particular model to less than 40 quid has prompted me to finally get myself one. These machines are not quite the best and a little on the large side now compared to others. They can be a bit temperamental - but less so with the updated software. The fact that you can't play from folders is a bit of a pain, and they use a non standard (i.e NOT iPOD) connection at the machine end (standard USB at the PC end). So why have I purchased 3 of them? Well it's primarily because it's not an iPod, - so no iTunes DRM nonsense. I mostly prefer drag and drop - but you can use the wonderful and free Media Monkey software to synch, do play lists, download album art etc. There are also some other free programmes for doing playlists - which overcomes the folder issue. You really do have to get your mp3s fully tagged to get the most out of this machine. I think that the screen is really too small to watch video - but it does work OK - but is a bit slow to convert the files with the provided software.
I like the ability to tweak the EQ, and that the quality of music reproduction with decent (i.e. not those provided) headphones is good. The new software means you can get the music loud - but with earbud phones which I use half way is normally high enough. I like that you can replace the battery yourself. I like the clarity of the screen. I really like that they still work after a couple of years, and the screen hasn't scratched (the metal on the back has worn a bit - but still looks OK). I like that you can add SD micro cards - which are now cheap enough you can carry a few with you for long trips where 1000 songs is not enough. But be aware that with SD card installed the machine insists on rebuilding its data base each time you turn it on. This takes about 2 minutes and can be a bit annoying.
This particular model (which I presume is old stock) is a version one machine. This has some advantages in that there is more software that works for it (especially the afore mentioned playlist creator), but there are some recent tweaks in the v2 operating system that you don't get.
All in all this is now a great value machine. If owning an iPod itself is not important to you, and you want an mp3 player you can quickly drag and drop your files to in MSC mode I can highly recommend this.
Nice little player, 2008-05-28
Comment: I wanted a new MP3 player and I didn't want an Ipod.
The Sansa is an excellent little player. Sleek, feels quite solid, simple to use and cheaper than the equivalent nano.
Pros -
Good battery life
Removable battery (unlike the iPod)
Drag and drop file transfers
Excellent sound (through good headphones, I've not tried the supplied earbuds)
Expandable storage. You can add a 2Gb MicroSD card to take the storage to 6Gb for just £6. Music only on the expansion.
Cons -
No wall charger. USB only. The proprietary Sandisk connector means you can't use a standard miniUSB charger.
Video conversion loses sound sync.
Buttons are a little fiddly.
Note to new users. The Sansa needs a flash update to cure some instability. I had a lock up which required the battery to be removed to force a reset. Flashing the firmware has solved this and I've had no problems since.
Overall I'm really pleased other than Amazon dropped the price by £10 the day after I ordered.
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: SanDisk
EAN: 5037002000139
Label: Sandisk
Manufacturer: Sandisk
Model: SDMX4-4096K-LLII
Publisher: Sandisk
Release Date: 2007-12-10
Studio: Sandisk |
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List Price: £59.99
Our Price: £34.91
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