SanDisk Sansa m250 2 GB MP3 Player (Black) by SanDisk
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Digital camera reviews of SanDisk Sansa m250 2 GB MP3 Player (Black)
Digital camera Review: Best Mp3
Summary: 5 Stars
I only have to say that this is the best Mp3 you can ever get, easy to use and very good quality sound. I've had one for 4 year and no problems at all. thanks sandisk.Digital camera Review: Best Value MP3 player out there
Summary: 5 Stars
As I said this has to be the best value for a 2gig MP3 player.
Easy to use and download to using windows media player.
Sound s great even with the smallish earbuds that it comes with.
So easy to use I even got a second one for my wife.
Digital camera Review: Best Value in a flash-based player so far
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased the m260 (4Gb version) from Circut City for $169 As others have said, it's easy to use, very attractively priced, sounds good, and doesn't require any additional software beyond WMP10. Initially, I could not get mine to sync with Napster-to-go on a notebook through a USB1.1 port. Moving to another notebook with USB2.0, Napster syncs fine (Janus not compatable with USB1.1?) I haven't tried Audible yet, but I see there is a firmware update for the m250 to fix the reported Audible bug.
Note - there are two sync settings: MSC and MTP. Use MTP to transfer protected content, then switch to MSC and transfer unprotected content several times faster using Windows Explorer (treats Sansa as a USB drive). Another observation: this player looks strange, until you find yourself holding and operating it single handed. Screen size is small but perfectly adequate. Though it's thicker than other players, it's less noticable in my pocket than a set of keys. The only regret I have is that I've just seen Sansa's forthcoming e200 series (March 06). For the price of an IPod nano, it looks just as attractive but far more capable.
Digital camera Review: Best available for price
Summary: 4 Stars
I had a Creative MuVo for a few years and loved it. I wanted to replace it with another player that took AA or AAA batteries as the MuVo does and this was all I could find for a reasonable price. I like this Sansa alot and the sound quality is great. It is a little bigger than the MuVo and harder to slip into a pocket, but it came with the arm band and a cover, so I think I can get used to that, or I'll use my lanyard. The battery case seems more durable than the Muvo. I love how quickly the Sansa turns on - the MuVo took at least twice as long, but the pause feature on this is way too short. When I pause, it turns itself off after just a few seconds. I got this to listen to books, not music, so I miss the longer pause. When turned back on, it does pick up where it left off, it's just annoying to have to start it up again instead of unpausing. It is much harder to delete old titles and load new ones on the Sansa. In fact, it's a pain. The MuVo was just like another drive on my computer, but this brings up it's own interface which is odd to use. Hopefully I can get used to it, as I purchased two of these. MP3 units that take batteries are getting rare. (I like using ordinary batteries because I can change them wherever I am and not need a computer to recharge the unit.) That reminds me, batteries don't seem to last as long in this either, but I still get plenty of use out of 1 AAA battery.Digital camera Review: Best option unless you only listen at home.
Summary: 5 Stars
Most of the reviews that I read about this Sandisk player are positive, but a few have me scratching my head.
I haven't had any problems with my player. I had a 512 meg and it is still working fine. This 2 Gig went on sale and I figured that I would get one and put the old one up in case I broke this one.
The only play lists that I use are by genre, or artist, that shows up on the ID3 Tag. I noticed that a great many of my songs didn't have ID3 tags, so I opened up MP3Tag v2.12 (Free - 2.47 is now available) and tagged everything (several hundred songs) just the way I wanted in only a couple of minutes.
As far as using Windows Media player to do anything with this player, my question is why? Why don't people just go to the explorer and copy the songs they want to listen to right onto their player?
I love this thing. It does everything that I knew it would because of my old one working so well. I have all the options for play lists that I will ever need right out of the box. In my opinion, it isn't the player that is causing the problems that most people have, it is how their songs are tagged, or that they are not taking the time to learn how to use the player. Take a few minutes and go through the menu and check it out. It's not as difficult as it seems. Of course others may not be using it as I do so my experiences may be different from yours.
You also need to make sure that your USB input is set correctly to download songs directly through Windows Explorer. Set your USB connection to MSC and it will connect like a little hard drive in Explorer.
The biggest reason that I bought this player is the same reason that I bought the last one, and the Creative Labs before that one - batteries. I will not be caught at the gym or anywhere else with a player that is essentially DEAD if you can't replace the battery. I bought Eneloop batteries and they seem to last longer than the older rechargeable types.
The expensive players may be prettier, and they may have a few more features, but you will be able to laugh at the owners when their battery runs down out in the woods or at the gym and they have to pack it away in the backpack while all you have to do is pop in another battery and continue jamming away. :-)