mp3.musicuser.net - mp3 players, iPod accessories, walkmans and more. » Video http://mp3.musicuser.net mp3.musicuser.net Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:53:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 What To Look For When Buying An MP3 Player http://mp3.musicuser.net/what-to-look-for-when-buying-an-mp3-player/ http://mp3.musicuser.net/what-to-look-for-when-buying-an-mp3-player/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:36:50 +0000 David Morris http://mp3.musicuser.net/?p=158 Before you head off to buy your new MP3 player, ask yourself this question, “What will I being using it for?” A simple question but an essential first step to get the most out of your new MP3 player. Really, a huge amount of time and frustration can be avoided by doing this. Otherwise, you can find yourself having purchased an MP3 player that does many things you don’t need and none of things that you do.

You’ll find it makes choosing your player much easier. Rather than being overwhelmed by choice and not understanding why one player is better than another, or which will be more suitable for your needs. Do you want to just listen to music while your are out jogging or working out? Do you want to tune into the radio or want to watch your favorite videos on it?

There are MP3 players with simple button controls. Press play, volume, and up and down to scroll through your music library. Or say hello to touch screens. While Apple have popularized them with their iPod touch, there are now many players with touch screens. Touch screens do have their advantage, feeling that you are in the 21st century is certainly one of them. For many, it’s fun and easy way to control the player. But remember for those who have never used a touch screen before, it does take a little while to get used to it.

You will need to find out if your music and movie files are compatible with your MP3 player. One of the main problems having bought a player, is to find that it doesn’t play your files. While we tend to think that all music files are MP3′s, this is not actually not the case. While MP3 is perhaps the most popular music file format, there are plenty more. We have Windows Media Audio, or WMA, Real Media or RM, and Apple use a format called AAC.

If you choose a player, and then find it’s not compatible with your music collection, there is a simple solution. You can convert your music files into a format that is suited to your player. There are plenty of software programs available do this and many of them are free. You may also find that there is a program provided with your MP3 player.

Do you know somebody that has good MP3 player? Ask them about it, a personal recommendation is always helpful, and it can also give you opportunity to see the player in use.

]]> http://mp3.musicuser.net/what-to-look-for-when-buying-an-mp3-player/feed/ 0 SanDisk Sansa Fuze http://mp3.musicuser.net/sandisk-sansa-fuze/ http://mp3.musicuser.net/sandisk-sansa-fuze/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:13:05 +0000 musicbox http://mp3.musicuser.net/?p=130 The SanDisk Sansa Fuze MP3 Player comes in a wide variety of colours and storage sizes. Having tried a wide range of mp3 players in the past I can say that the Sansa Fuze is one of the best so far, it may not be from as big a name as Apple or Sony but it compares well in quailty. You are not limited by a system such as iTunes and the players have the ability to expand their capacity via Micro SD support which allows seamless additional storage for your tunes. This player is high quality in all respects. Storing media on the player is just a matter of drag and drop or synching via windows media player or a similar product. The Sansa Fuze is loaded with the latest features, lets check them out.

 

Video & Pictures
The screen is a 1.9″ LCD, small but yet bright and clear. The SanDisk media conversion software is easy to use and compresses the picture and audio for the player. Videos played on the Sansa Fuze will impress. Pictures fit the screen well are shown off in vibrant colour with perfect clarity.

Music, Radio & Voice Recording
The main use of the Sansa Fuze will be as a MP3 player so the most important detail on one of these players is the sound quality. The quality on the SanDisk Sansa Fuze is very good indeed, as good as if not better than the iPods. The player has lots of features for navigation and organisation of your music tracks. For once the earphones bundled with a MP3 are not bad at all. The inbuilt radio has very good reception and there is a facility to record from the radio as well as a voice recorder which is impressivly clear and is good at picking up the voices for up to a good few meters.
SanDisk Sansa Fuze

Product Overview

  • Size: 3.1 x 1.9 x 0.3 in
  • Capacities: 2GB, 4GB, 8GB (microSD memory slot)
  • Screen: 1.9”, 64k color, 224×176 pixel
  • Audio: MP3, WMA, WAV, AA
  • Video: Converted MPEG-4 20FPS
  • Battery: 24 hours audio / 5 hours video

    • The SanDisk Sansa Fuze in our store comes in many flavours:

  • Black 2GB – £44.95
  • Black 4GB – £52.99
  • Black 6GB – £54.95
  • Black 10GB – £69.95
  • Black 18GB – £99.95
  • Blue 4GB – £49.30
  • Red 4GB – £49.30
  • Silver 8GB – £70.04
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