MP3 Players Review

SanDisk Sansa Express 2 GB MP3 Player (Black)

Customer Reviews

really bad library system

Without mentioning the poor / total lack of compatibility with other devices (it just crashes when I connect it to my in-car mp3 stereo using the usb connector); The main problem with this player is that it can't read mp3 ID3 tags. As its entire library system is based on tags, it only works properly in shuffle mode. You always end with a lot of music sorted as unknown artist / unknown album. As it can't find the track number on e-books, the chapters come in the wrong order. I got so sick of it that I went back to Creative...

Works great here

Had one for about 6 weeks and am pleased. It does what was expected; play MP3/WMA/WAV and audio books with the FM radio and recorder being sauce for the goose. Contrary to others I've found the menus adequate and easy to navigate even with my size 12 ham-hands. Of course our 10 year old son can fly through them. Not exactly feature-rich menus, but good enough at this price point. As for the OLED: of course it washes out a bit in the sun....but then so does every digital cameras LCD I've seen, but the OLED doesn't wash out as much. The only cons so far are that MicroSD's are too easy to eject (not uncommon with many devices) and the neck rope was too stiff. Many have complained about it dying or locking up, sometimes recovering with a hard reset and sometimes not. In my experience this is usually due to just removing it from a computers USB port without using Windows "Safely Remove Hardware" dialog. Not doing so can cause instabilities in MANY makers devices that show either immediately or later.

SanDisk Sansa Express 2Gb

I bought this item with a little trepidation having read very mixed reviews of the product. In the end I decided to buy it on the basis that I was looking for an MP3 player that is easy to use, compact and doesn't require any additional leads etc (which can easily be lost/forgotten). This seemed to be the only unit that satisfied this for my budget range (<$50). I've had the unit one month so far. I should point-out that I am not an intensive user of MP3s and perhaps use mine around 2 times per week. So far I have found it to work pretty well. It looks nice and the battery life seems fine. I used it on several long-haul flights and it seemed to last fine (the ear-plugs feel a bit unconfortable after an hour or so). The unit has crashed on me few times (poor software I guess) but was quick to re-boot after pressing the reset button, ie. it did't particularly bother me. I haven't upgraded the firmware. The unit seems to work well with MS Media Player - it seemed to auto-detect and worked seamlessly. I haven't bought an expansion memory card yet so can't comment on that. The pros and cons of this unit are: Pros: * Cheap * Looks good * Compact * Simple to use - no leads to forget/lose * Has a radio that works! Cons: * Sometimes stalls (but comes back to life after a reset) * the wiring is a bit messy - a problem shared by other units * sound sometimes a little hissy * menu sometimes seems a little awkward to navigate (minor complaint) * Earphones a little uncomfortable (probably best to buy nicer ones if you plan to use it a lot) Overall, this unit works (so far) well for me, but I'm not a big user. Keep that in mind when reading this.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

for some reason i could not submit this review without at least 1 star rating...this product deserves -5 stars...i would not recommend the sansa express mp3 player to anyone...i have had mine for less than 6 weeks and already it is unuseable...the menu/power button has become stuck so it cannot even be turned on...i only used it 3 times a week so it failed with only 15 uses...a google search showed that other people had the exact same problem so it is not user failure but product failure...

Stopped working after 3 days use

Worked fine for 3 days although it was irritating that you can not add folders to the data directory for storing text files etc. Then it would not power up at all. Tried to recharge but it was dead and I sent it back. Gonna try the Creative Muvo T200 next - similar music and radio features but is supposed to be recognized as a standard HD for data transfer. Hopefully I'll have better luck with that.



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SanDisk Sansa View 16 GB Video MP3 Player (Black)

Customer Reviews

Quality Control?????

The first Sansa View I received worked great, but it would not hold a charge on the battery for more than five hours (advertised as 35 hour capacity). Also a slight amount of heat given off as battery discharged. Amazon replaced with no problem. Second Sansa View had a battery that would last a very long time, but it would freeze up at the introduction screen when it was turned on. Leave it alone and most of the time it would eventually come on and play mp3s. I returned that one to Amazon too. I am now going to get an IPOD.

Disappointed

The Sansa View 16GB was returned after I had it for only two days.I spent many hours attempting to load music onto it, with limited success. The instructions were minimal, and doing a drag and drop of music files did not work reliably. I spent some time on the phone with tech support; they took me through the process of music transfer from my PC to the View. When the file transfer was complete, only a small portion of the music files showed up on the View. Since I did like the size, display, and thumb wheel of the device, I was disappointed that the View just wouldn't function properly for me.

Another Great Sansa

Sansa continues its success with another affordable mp3 player. The View is solidly built and very functional. I bought this for our home stereo system. Its interface simple enough that the whole family can use it.

Does not play AudioBooks

Despite the claims of the Best Buy salesman, the Sansa View is unable to play Audio Books from NetLibrary websites. It is not WMA compatible. I only wanted to listen to AudioBooks with this MP3 player, so it is now obsolete to me.

Not too great

I think they forgot to put the decimal point in when they claimed a whopping 35 hours playback time. Mine got more like 3.5. It didn't seem to be reverse compatible with my wall charger or my cigarette lighter charger. You plug it into them and it either shows the charging animation for a few seconds than goes out or doesn't show it at all. Which tied me to my laptop which sucked. The best I ever got when I timed it was 14 hours but as time went by this seemed to get worse and worse. It seemed every time I turned around it needed charging again. I actually returned the first one for this reason, and had the same problem with the second one. But getting 14 hours out of it decided not to return it also. (big mistake) Locks up a lot playing simple mp3's The fast forward button (not jog dial) only has one speed approximately 8x so if your trying to fast forward though a 1 hour podcast expect your finger to get pretty tired holding the button down. When this happens and you slip and push it again it changes modes to thinking you want to go to the next song so the 6 minutes you held down the button was for nothing now, start all over! I don't know how many times I've done this even knowing the problem it's hard to avoid. Last the extra large screen is great! For viewing your menu's and what not, but it also makes the unit much more venerable to TOTAL DESTRUCTION! I was leaning up against a bench seat with it in my pocket and pushed the cheap plastic shield right into the fragile lcd display and totally destroyed it. After having done this I just pressed with my finger and it takes hardly a pound of pressure to push the protective clear plastic shield into the fragile led! If you have one of these DON'T CARRY IT IN YOUR POCKET. Buy a case and attach it to your belt.



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SanDisk Sansa e250 2 GB MP3 Player with microSD Expansion Slot (Black)

Cool Gadget Reviews

Sandisk does it again for alternative to ipod!

First off this product is the version 2 for anyone thats interested.I plugged it into my new Acer laptop with Vista.Vista acknowledged it(probably because I made sure I had all my updates for Vista)and had no problems with it identifying it.Went to sansa and downloaded firmware update with no problems.Another great product by sansa.I previously owned the c140 that still works great.But this has a larger screen,displays video,has FM radio that surprisingly works well,voice recorder and also has micro sd card slot to add more music,videos what have you.I have a friend who owns an ipod and I like this much better. Dont forget on this you can change out the lithium battery unlike the ipod.Buy hey if your into name brand products waste your money on the ipod.The one thing I thought that sansa did not think out to much was the four buttons on the player they should have lowered the blue ring to make it easier to press but this is not a deal killer. I would also suggest (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000S95FYY) which is the silicon case.The silicon buttons are raised so that its much easier to press those buttons.

Excellent product for a low price

I use my Sandisk e250 for the long and boring times while I travel and it is a good companion. Sound is really good, features are easy to use and for the price you pay you get some decent storage room. I didn't give it 5 starts because the random feature repeats songs too quickly and the custom equalizer has a bug that causes sound to go off on one side (sometimes at both), but appart from these minor problems, it works really well. As another reviewer said "dare to be different, go Sansa"

My new SanDisk e250

I love my mp3. I have tried others but this one is fantastic. Highly recommended.

Great Product.

I love this MP3 player, it holds all of my songs, and has a memory slot so if I run out of room on the hard drive I can purchase a memory card as large as I want. This is the only player I will every need and it was so much cheaper than most mp3's or ipods. I don't really know why anyone would pay such a high price for something when this MP3 works as well as anything on the market. The battery life holds up great and last a long time. The only draw back is that you have to charge it from your pc. Great product, would recommend it to anyone!

decent product no so decent customer service by Sansa

I emailed the receipt for my Sansa e250 that was purchased in December of 2007. The item has a one year warranty. To date, no one has responded to my email despite being told that I would be contacted within 24 to 48 hours. This is the second time that I have encountered customer service/warranty issues with Sandisk. At this point in time I am led to believe that Sandisk has a habit of promising a warranty return and then "dropping the ball" ostensibly to have a consumer to just go away. At first I was content to just blog my experience with all of Sandisk's responses because the first time this happened I attributed it to human error. This time, I received a canned response to my inquiry and the support issue was closed. I opened a new inquiry which has now also been closed even though I emailed the receipt from Amazon.com for the e250 (we bought two at that time) and have not received any response to my email. I am forced to conclude that Sandisk is content with selling devices, providing semi-responsive customer service and then ignoring its customers all while blaming the delays on the hand off between support and RMA divisions. Within my household we own four Sansa e250 devices, one c100 device and a MicroSD expansion card. While I enjoy my Sansa e250 when it's working, I no longer feel as if I can recommend it to my friends, colleagues or to the readers of my blog due to this failing on the part of Sandisk.

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