#Cowon A2 30Gb Digital Media Player Series And Cowon

Special Price AUD25.84 Regular Price AUD36.61. Cowon M2 MP3/MP4-Player (32GB) Black.

I can't recommend them which is a real shame, I really like my A2 and it's been fine since the first minor problem. Up to 90 Hours Battery Life. Customizable User Interface. Used for a month with my ATH-M60 before I switched into wireless headphones.I have the Cowon A2 and it's a great bit of kit, better and cheap than the equivalent Archos when I bought it.Cowon A2 20GB Manuals: Cowon MP3 Player A2 20GB Operation & userвЂ™s manual (36 pages, 6.29 Mb) 4: Cowon A3 30GB Manuals: Cowon MP3 Player A3 30GB Operation & userвЂ™s manual (40 pages, 9.25 Mb) 5: Cowon A3 - VERSION 1.2 Manuals: Cowon MP3 Player A3 - VERSION 1.2 Operation & userвЂ™s manual (40 pages, 9.25 Mb) 6As mentioned, the biggest problem with Cowon is support in UK and Europe, it's dire to non existant.

Cowon A2 30Gb Digital Media Player Series And Cowon

At 5.27 by 2.95 by 0.86 inches and 9.7 ounces, the 30GB version is much heftier than its predecessor (4.9 by 2.9 by 0.8 inches and 8.4 ounces). But with more sources of compatible video content becoming available via online stores and TiVo, should we care?The silver and black Zen Vision W makes the Vision look and feel wimpy. And how could it not, with its splendid 4.3-inch wide-screen display, intuitive control set, removable battery, and CompactFlash slot? Bulkier than the aging Zen Vision, this aggressively-priced 30GB ($299.99) or 60GB ($399.99) portable video player definitely marches to its own beat, forgoing the DVR functionality that makes the Archos 04 series and Cowon A2 so special. The Zen Vision W quickly brings Creative up to speed in the blossoming world of portable video.

The W is decent as an MP3 player and holds it own in sound quality, and it includes handy features such as playlist creation and the Creative DJ (that is, Album of the Day and Rarely Heard). This time around, the Vision supports album art, albeit as tiny thumbnails. Some users may not like the popping sound and sensation of the buttons.The W can handle MP3, WAV, and WMA (including subscription music) audio files. The buttons are tactile and actually offer resistance. A five-way controller plus Back, context menu, and playback buttons lie to the left of the screen-designed for right-handed use all the way.

Our experience transferring and viewing Unbox movies and TV shows was nice and smooth. Also, new WMV video stores such as Amazon's Unbox can feed the Vision W with content. Here's a bonus: the device is compatible with TiVo To Go, which means you have your TiVo content in the palm of your hand, but only after some slow TiVo-to-PC transfers and conversions. In most cases, Windows Media Player will do the converting for you, if necessary, though the bundled Creative Media Explorer will do the job (as well as help you create slide shows).

CNET Labs was able to muster nearly 17 hours of MP3 audio on a single charge video fared well, too, with a solid 7.6 hoursOf playback per charge. Finally, the Vision W continues the Zen support for read-only Outlook syncing, and the MTP device can be used as a hard drive on Windows and Mac machines, though you need to first partition the drive within the menu.Battery life is rated for 13 hours for audio (mediocre) and 4.5 for video (decent). I like that you get a visual volume level meter. The Microphone feature is decent sounding (16kHz mono ADPCMWAV). You'll also get a decent FM radio with up to 32 autoscannable and namable presets, but no radio recording. Videos get bookmarked automatically when you exit the video.

The way a new screen slides into view when navigating on the W seems sluggish to me.Sound quality is very good (though not as good as the Creative Zen Vision M's) and the numerous preset (and five-band custom) EQs are effective (as is Bass Boost). The Archos 604 feels more precise with video scrubbing. Our sister site in Asia posts battery results in its review.Overall processor performance is above average (start-up is quick), though you'll hit occasional one-second delays, especially when scrubbing through video tracks. 3 hours) to fully recharge.