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PC Magazine
August 28, 2006
Mike Kobrin |
Archos 604 The Archos 604 is a very good portable media player, but it doesn't quite live up to its predecessor's high standard of sound quality... Creative Zen Vision: W... Archos AV700 digital video recorder...   |
PC Magazine
October 28, 2005
Michael Kobrin |
Creative Zen Vision With a big, beautiful screen, the Zen Vision offers a compelling audiovisual experience, but it's not without its drawbacks. |
PC Magazine
June 28, 2006
Mike Kobrin |
Toshiba gigabeat S The short battery life and the lack of a voice recorder is disappointing, but you get your money's worth with a high-quality, elegant audio/video player... Apple iPod nano... Cowon iAudio U3... Creative Zen V Plus... |
PC Magazine
October 11, 2005
Michael Kobrin |
Archos Gmini 402 Archos has upgraded its pocket-size portable media player to include a few of the latest technologies... Cowon iAudio X5... Creative Zen Micro... iriver H10... Rio Carbon Pearl... |
PC Magazine
January 26, 2006
Michael Kobrin |
Creative Zen Vision:M The Zen Vision:M is our new favorite iPod alternative and should appeal to lots of people, but we have a feeling it's still not going to sway the iPod-loving masses... The new iPod... Cowon iAudio X5... |
PC Magazine
March 6, 2007
Gideon et al. |
Archos 704 WiFi Multimedia Player This player has loads of functions and options and though its capabilities can overwhelm, it's worth all of its $550 price... Microsoft Zune... iriver Clix... |
PC Magazine
June 28, 2006
Mike Kobrin |
Creative Zen V Plus Overall, this MP3 player is a very satisfying and reasonably priced device for mainstream consumers... Samsung Yepp YP-Z5 MP3 player... SanDisk Sansa e260... |
PC Magazine
October 11, 2006
Mike Kobrin |
Hard Drivin' MP3 Players These pocketable MP3 players have roomy hard drives plus excel at different tasks. Apple iPod... Creative Zen Vision: M... Toshiba gigabeat S... Philips GoGear HDD6330... Archos 404... Cowon iAudio X5 & X5L... |
PC Magazine
December 28, 2005
Dan Costa |
Watch As You Go Now, thanks to a new breed of palm-sized portable video recorders (PVRs), you can take your video with you. Archos AV 500... Cowon A2... Datexx Pavio PVR30T... |
PC Magazine
September 9, 2005
Michael Kobrin |
Apple iPod nano The new iPod nano boasts an unsurpassed interface, a color screen, excellent sound quality, and an undeniable cool factor... MobiBLU DAH-1500i... Samsung Yepp YP-T7X... Cowon iAudio 5... |
PC Magazine
April 10, 2006
Mike Kobrin |
Cowon iAudio U3 Despite a few shortcomings, the tiny Cowon iAudio U3 is about as versatile an MP3 player as they come. |
PC Magazine
December 14, 2005
Michael Kobrin |
iriver U10 If you're really hot on the design, love silly Flash games, and don't really care about video playback, the U10 is a good, but expensive, choice... Philips GoGear HDD1630... |
PC Magazine
May 30, 2007
Tim Gideon |
Buying Guide: The Best MP3 Players Today's "MP3 players" recognize a variety of music file formats. In fact, it is more appropriate to call them portable media players, or PMPs. |
PC Magazine
August 17, 2007
Tim Gideon |
Samsung YP-U3 Samsung's slick new flash player is well-designed, tiny, and easy to use... SanDisk Sansa Express... Apple iPod shuffle... Creative Zen Stone... Toshiba gigabeat U Series... |
Home Theater
February 2005
Chris Chiarella |
Creative Zen Portable Media Center Apex MP-2000 Portable Media Player A new crop of slimmed-down audio- and video-to-go devices is poised to change everything...again. |
PC Magazine
June 1, 2005
Mike Kobrin |
Creative Zen Nano Plus If you're looking for an ultra-small flash player for your commute or workout, this is a good choice. |
PC Magazine
May 11, 2006
Mike Kobrin |
SanDisk Sansa e260 The e260 has an excellent combination of features, style, ease of use, and price, but the overall user experience still isn't quite as smooth as that of the iPod nano. |
PC Magazine
August 2, 2006
Mike Kobrin |
Find an MP3 Player Dedicated audio players are far from obsolete... Apple iPod 30GB... Archos AV 500... Cowon iAudio X5... Creative Zen MicroPhoto... Toshiba gigabeat S... Samsung Yepp YP-Z5... Optio WP digital camera... Turbo Charge cell phone charger... etc. |
PC Magazine
October 21, 2005
Michael Kobrin |
Apple iPod 30GB (with video) Video support is a great addition to an already excellent music player. |
PC Magazine
June 20, 2008
Tim Gideon |
iriver Lplayer The nano-esque Lplayer is a viable alternative for those not tied to iTunes... Creative ZEN Stone... The Samsung YP-S3... SanDisk Sansa Fuze... SanDisk Sansa View... |
PC Magazine
February 15, 2006
Mike Kobrin |
Creative Zen MicroPhoto The Creative Zen MicroPhoto is a good choice among small hard drive-based players for its removable battery, broad feature set, and very good sound quality. |
PC Magazine
January 31, 2006
Michael Kobrin |
Samsung Yepp YP-T7J Despite somewhat short battery life and premium price, the Yepp YP-T7J's broad feature set, cute design, and very good sound keep on our short list of super-small MP3 players. |
PC Magazine
November 30, 2005
Michael Kobrin |
Samsung yepp YP-U1X Broad file-format support and good sound quality make the lightweight U1X a solid flash-based player... Xtatix Freefone... Dell DJ Ditty... |
PC Magazine
March 7, 2008
Tim Gideon |
Cowon A3 This big portable media player does plenty of neat tricks, including recording video. It also had a big, bright screen, and its navigation feels similar to that of an Archos device, but more evolved... Sony NWZ-S718F... |
PC Magazine
August 3, 2007
Tim Gideon |
Cowon iAudio 7 Cowon's iAudio 7 flash-memory MP3 player appears promising at first glance, but the magic fades once its lackluster screen turns on. |
PC Magazine
August 9, 2005
Michael Kobrin |
iriver H10 (20GB) Good sound quality, very good ease of use, and the convenient extra features certainly should put it in the running for your next MP3 player. |
Home Theater
August 8, 2005
Darryl Wilkinson |
A Handful of Licks, Picts, and Flicks The 30GB Zen Vision, from Creative Labs, is a portable multi-media device that incorporates an MP3 music player, a digital photo storage bank, a video playback machine, and more -- all in one compact magnesium case. |
PC Magazine
April 11, 2007
Sullivan et al. |
Canon PowerShot SD1000 The Canon PowerShots are still the cameras to beat. And at the top of the mountain sits the PowerShot SD1000... Adobe Photoshop Elements 4... Canon Pixma iP4300... BlackBerry 8800... 80GB iPod nano... HP TouchSmart IQ770 PC... |
PC Magazine
May 4, 2004
Jeremy A. Kaplan |
Play As You Go Picking the right digital music player shouldn't be too much of a challenge once you have the right information. |
PC Magazine
June 13, 2007
Tim Gideon |
RCA Opal A cheesy design, substandard display, and convoluted user interface are balanced by a low price and the best included pair of earphones I've heard. |
PC Magazine
February 2, 2006
Mike Kobrin |
Cowon iAudio F1 With its cool matchbox-car design, the Cowon iAudio F1 should appeal to younger music fans, but its subpar battery life, weak bass, and lack of WM DRM 10 support hold it back. |
PC Magazine
April 7, 2006
Mike Kobrin |
Pioneer Inno The device itself is extremely cool, and the service is top-notch and integrated beautifully with the XM + Napster client. But the price may scare off those on a budget... Apple iPod Hi-Fi speakers... Think Outside BoomTube H 20 1 speakers... Casio Exilim EX-P505... |
PC Magazine
July 22, 2010
Tim Gideon |
Archos 3cam vision The Archos 3cam vision has a touch screen, shoots photos and video, and does a lot of things a $100 MP3 player typically can't. |
PC Magazine
August 12, 2005
Michael Kobrin |
Sony Network Walkman NW-HD5 Sony has taken a big step forward with native MP3 support, and the player looks and sounds very good. Its ease of use rivals even that of the iPod. But we feel that the software and DRM present too many difficulties. |
PC World
November 2005
Tom Mainelli |
Big Is Beautiful Apple iPod Photo 20GB MP3 Player... Cowon iAudio X5L 20GB MP3 Player... IRiver H10 20GB MP3 Player - Remix Blue... Samsung YH-925GS 20GB MP3 Player... Archos AV 700... |
PC Magazine
September 9, 2009
Tim Gideon |
Apple iPod nano (5th Generation) The latest iPod nano packs video recording, an FM radio, a pedometer, and a larger screen -- all in the same elegant, compact package. |
PC Magazine
May 19, 2005
Ellison et al. |
Lowrance iWAY 500C The combination of features, large screen size, and ease of use, coupled with a low price, make the iWAY 500C a sure winner... Panasonic Toughbook Y2... Microsoft Streets & Trips... MSI Mega Player 521... etc. |
Home Theater
May 28, 2005
Darryl Wilkinson |
Portable Pics and Flicks The Archos AV700 Mobile Digital Video Recorder and palmOne LifeDrive promise to make movies more mobile. |
PC Magazine
December 18, 2007
David Gussman |
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T2 Sony's Cyber-shot DSC-T2 isn't the cheapest ultracompact you'll find, but good images and 4GB of onboard memory help justify its high price... Jitterbug Dial/Jitterbug OneTouch... Creative ZEN Stone... Apple iPod classic.... |
PC World
January 29, 2007
Paul Jasper |
Small, Powerful Audio Players With video features, new ways to connect to music services, and more, the latest audio players do a lot more than just play MP3s. Lab tests of 21 models reveal today's best buys. |
PC Magazine
August 18, 2005
Michael Kobrin |
MobiBLU DAH-1500i This is the smallest, most impressively full-featured flash player we've seen yet. |
PC Magazine
January 29, 2007
Tim Gideon |
Samsung YP-T9J (2 GB) Good-looking and tiny, the YP-T9J is a worthy adversary of the nano, especially for PC owners looking to get more bang for their buck. Nonetheless, it's not without some annoying flaws. |
| AskMen.com |
Sub-$100 Music Gear. iPod Shuffle... Zen V Plus...MobiBlu Cube 2...SanDisk Sansa c250... Ultimate Ears Super.fi 3... Logitech mm32 portable speakers... |
| AskMen.com |
6 MP3 Players With Voice Recorders Digital voice recorders may seem like the ultimate solution for taking notes in classes or meetings, but voice-recording MP3 players have taken them to the next level. |
PC Magazine
July 28, 2004
Bill Howard |
Archos AV420 Pocket Video Recorder One portable device (virtually) does it all, recording and playing back all kinds of media, not just music. |
PC World
November 9, 2006
Melissa J. Perenson |
First Look: Wolverine ESP 5000 External drive/media player can handle music storage and playback with ease, but it's best for storing and displaying stacks of digital photos. |
Home Theater
June 2004
Chris Chiarella |
Converging in the Desert Highlights from the Consumer Electronics Show: Roku HD 1000 High-Definition Media Player... Samsung YP-910GS Digital Audio Player... Zen Portable Media Center... etc. |
PC World
December 2004
Sam Jemielity |
Entertainment to Go Music, video, or both? We try slick new IPod rivals, the first Portable Media Centers, and other handhelds to see which pack the most fun into a portable package. |
| AskMen.com |
MP3 Players For File Hoarders If you've amassed a king's share of music or have a thing for ripping your CDs to large, lossless audio formats, then you need an MP3 player for file hoarders. there are some slender, high-capacity Flash memory MP3 players coming that are finally tipping into the 30-plus gigabyte territory. |
PC Magazine
January 31, 2008
Tim Gideon |
Altec Lansing T612 Altec Lansing's T612 eliminates the need to put your iPhone in airplane mode to hear music through the dock's speakers, but it has some sonic limitations... Acer ASUS-Lamborghini VX2S laptop... Olympus digital voice recorder WS-321M... etc. |
