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Need Anouther Opinion

by killershadow Dec 1, 2005 11:56AM PST

This time i'm looking for a plain mp3 player. For 1 gig or more.
Something simple with a voice recorder and perhaps an fm radio (would be good if it has one)
What do you suggest.
Something that is relatively cheap but has good sound quality.

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Sansa is low cost and good quality
by bobpenn Dec 1, 2005 11:01PM PST

Try the Sansa m240. It's around $79-105 at CC amd BB, depending if you can get it on sale. It's low cost, has FM radio, can record voice, though with almost no options and sound very good to me. It also comes with an $80 rebate now if you subscribe to Rhapsody to Go, so if you were planning to subscribe to a download service anyway, the unit could be "free."

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Sansa is made by Sandisk
by bobpenn Dec 1, 2005 11:03PM PST

Sorry, forgot to mention that the Sansa series is made by Sandisk. Also note that if you buy the 2GB version it comes with newer firmware which supports automatic bookmarking in Audible files, according to their tech support.

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great thanks...
by killershadow Dec 2, 2005 12:51AM PST

Alright i'll check it out. By the way do you know which stores it is sold at?
Thanks again

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(NT) (NT) CC=Circuit City BB=Best Buy! This is where it is sold!
by smitty413 Dec 2, 2005 12:38PM PST
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CC and BB, agreed
by bobpenn Dec 3, 2005 6:21AM PST

BB has the 1GB version. CC seems to be the only people right now with the 2GB version. Also, do a search on www.pricegrabber.com for more sellers.

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Watch out - Rhapsody to go & differnt levels of "compatible
by wiggy409 Dec 18, 2005 12:43PM PST

Watch out - I too am trying to buy a player for Rhapsody to go - to play the files without purchasing them (like renting them, as someone on this forum mentioned).
There are three different levels of Compatibility - basic, download and subscription.
The Sansa will NOT play Rhapsody downloaded files unless YOU HAVE PURCHASED THEM, so it is really not fully compatible with Rhapsody to go. You probably want a device which is listed as "subscription", not just "download".
There are not too many and the Sansa is not one of them -
Here is the information from the Rhapsody website:
Different types of devices are divided into three levels of compatibility -
Basic: Plays simple MP3, WMA, AAC etc.
Download: Plays all of the above, PLUS secure music purchased from Rhapsody
Subscription: Plays all of the above, PLUS subscription downloads from Rhapsody To Go

"subscription" level devices are Iriver H10, 120, 320, 340 - then two Creative - Zen Micro and Zen Portable Media. Also, the Rio Carbons and a few others. Also listed as "subscription" are the Samsung 920 and 820. Does anyone else use one of those devices without using Napster, but using Rhapsody? I was thinking about picking one of those up because they are inexpensive, but I was worried that I would have to use Napster to do anything, and I want nothing to do with Napster at all, since I already pay a lot for Rhapsody, for myself and family. Rhapsody is the best for playing music online and finding lots of music to play, and we are all used to it.

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