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IRiver T30 Or Sandisk M230?

Dec 16, 2005 1:15AM PST

I am looking for a nice MP3 player to use with Yahoo to go service. I have been reading the reviews and see that both of these seem to be pretty good. Has anyone had first hand experiance with these players? What should I buy? I do not think the FM tuner makes much differance..
Thanks for your help:
Icurious

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I have used both
Dec 16, 2005 6:06AM PST

It's a toss up. I think the Sandisk might be chaeaper. Both are good players. Get the best deal you can and shop for price.

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Did you think either one had beter quality?
Dec 17, 2005 6:09AM PST

If you have use both. Did you think either one had a better quality? I read that the I River had a few drop outs when used with a subscription service.. Did you notice this? Thanks for the help:
Icurious

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Sandusk has no problems with subscription services
Dec 17, 2005 6:32AM PST

I have had no problems with the Sandisk and subscripitons services. All tracks I downloaded has played with no problems. Don't know about the iRiver but I assume it works fine ... it's gone through so many firmware updates that it's a mature product by now.

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How is the backlight on yours?
Dec 19, 2005 4:57PM PST

How is the backlight????Can someone who has one of these tell me of the backlight on theirs is
a bit uneven? Light seems to be at Sansa logo end instead of SanDisk
end and is brighter where the light is physically located. I dont
expect laptop quality backlighting but I have a watch with Indigo
backlighting and it is not ueven.