Sony Walkman E-340 Series 8 GB Video MP3 Player - Red (NWZ-E344)

List Price : $79.95

Sale Price : $61.00

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I love this thing. I really really do. The only MP3 player I've owned before this was an original ipod and while I miss the cool little rotaty-wheel-a-ma-jig-thingy, I'm more than willing to give it up considering the price difference.

I've had my unit for about 3 months now. I thought it sounded great out of the box. Unlike some of the other reviews I haven't had to mess with the equalizer settings but then I'm no audiophile so that might be part of it. The headphones are great imo. They fit in my ears fine as did my iPhone ones so assuming you have average sized ears you're going to be OK. Battery life is pretty good. I can go about 3 days without a charge (usually listen 5-6 hrs at work), though radio tends to drain it faster. Reception on the radio is pretty decent too so no complaints there.

I haven't really used it much for video. I tried a few formats and didn't have much luck with them even though they are supposedly supported. They worked if I used the walkman's file transfer tool which converts the vids to an appropriate format. This is fine except for the fact it doesn't give you a status on the conversion so you have no idea how long it'll take to convert and then copy over the video. I did find that if you created an avi or wmv clip with windows movie maker that will work without have to convert it.

Some other negatives are that the screen and plastic smudge easily. This is minor and pretty much a complaint I have with most new devices. Too many manufacturers going for that high gloss look these days. Anyway forget that bit, and buy this thing if you're in the market for a budget MP3 player. It's definitely a great value.


Update: I've started to notice some software bugs lately and they only happen with really long files like podcasts. Happens randomly after a rewind/forward. Once you hit play the nav buttons stop responding. You can still turn the system off but you can't rewind/forward or pause. No software updates from Sony to fix this. I don't think they give a damn. I'm knocking this baby down to 4 stars because despite that I still like this player and most of the time it works fine.
PS: I noticed some people complaining about slow forward speed. Hit pause and then hit fwd. It goes much faster.

Sony walkman - C. Lalande -
We did not used it very much yet ,so far we are very please with this item all 5 stars, Thanks for the very fast service this is also 5 star
Claude

Technical Details

• 8 GB capacity for about 2,000 songs
• Up to 30 hours of audio or 4 hours of video on a single charge
• 2-inch, 262,144-color LCD with 240 x 320 QVGA pixel resolution
• Supports MP3, WMA (DRM), AAC, and Linear PCM audio formats; AVC, MPEG-4, and WMV (DRM) video formats; JPEG image files
• One-year limited warranty

Technical Details

• 8 GB capacity for about 2,000 songs
• Up to 30 hours of audio or 4 hours of video on a single charge
• 2-inch, 262,144-color LCD with 240 x 320 QVGA pixel resolution
• Supports MP3, WMA (DRM), AAC, and Linear PCM audio formats; AVC, MPEG-4, and WMV (DRM) video formats; JPEG image files
• One-year limited warranty

Sony Walkman E-340 Series 8 GB Video MP3 Player - Red (NWZ-E344) Overview
8GB Walkman Video MP3 -RED

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