[Request][Opinions] 2gig nano type mp3 player 83 euro

alastair_doom

ok, dont want to be the one that claims this is a bargain, but is it?

it looks the same as the ebay ones that people have alot of trouble with, so i said i'd better ask before pouncing.

http://www.memory-configurator.com/products/description/2Gb_NEON_MP3_MP4_Player_Nano_Style_with_FM_Radio_White/index.html

seems to have some nice features and specifications.

also, is the company reliable? i have seen offers from the same company posted here before, so some feedback would be appreciated.

WarZoneBrother

there 150dollers how they so cheap there...turns out to be 89 with postage and all...you gonna get 1 seems like a bargain anyways...dont know of that company tho...

Zascar

Looks good, I'm in the market for somehting myself, anyone else know if its a good bet or not?

subway

i have one,
cost 50eu for a 1 gig.

battery lasts about an hour,
screen cracked second day i had it.

still works, and handy enough as a fully featured usb key

no use as an mp3 player

WarZoneBrother

where u get the one for 50?

peckerhead

Argos were selling this for €36.49 in their 'September specials' catalogue — but I'm not sure when the offer expired, might be back up to the €59.99 mark by now... (=+£39.99?)

Anyway, I bought one, and it's still going strong (battery included) a fortnight later!

Ruu_Old

The company is fairly reliable, I have dealt with them a few times. Decent enough price.

subway

ebay, hong kong sellers
1c plus 49.99 delivery........

lensman

I bought 4 from this ebay seller
,....no problems & they do what it say's on the tin .
Try to go for the free ship 4gb items,..they end up around £35 = €50 delivered,..this seller has always answered my emails quickly.

lensman

lensman wrote:

I bought 4 from this ebay seller
,....no problems & they do what it say's on the tin .
Try to go for the free ship 4gb items,..they end up around £35 = €50 delivered,..this seller has always answered my emails quickly.

they are actually 2gb not 4gb,...sorry

Zascar

[FONT=Arial, Verdana]Can anyone tell the difference between this one and this one. They look slightly difference, and are different prices, [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Verdana]but they seem to have the same features.[/FONT]
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Ruu_Old

The only difference I see is with the one for 44 euro Buy It Now is that is says Camera under Additional Features and not in the other one.

Zascar

Oh yeah, thanks. It doesn't say anything abot the camera in the description. Can't be very good, probably got worth paying any extra for...

lensman

Zascar wrote:

[FONT=Arial, Verdana]Can anyone tell the difference between this one and this one. They look slightly difference, and are different prices, [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Verdana]but they seem to have the same features.[/FONT]
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yes these HK/China sellers play around with prices a lot, some items from the same seller have free shipping, others have lower shipping charges + ins & others higher shipping with no ins,.it's better to bid on the free ship items from this seller,...and BTW the 4gb units are actually 2gb !! I knew this when I orderd mine, this seller has sent extra players to buyers who pulled him/her up on this so no harm done,..four of these items cost me between €47 & €50 each total price through my letterbox,..which I think is worth it.

TempestSabre

I bought a 2GB Samsung YP-U2 in that newsagent beside O'Connell bridge for around €100. Its well made, little sounds oks, menus & controls are a little quirky. I prefered my old shuffle. But as an impulse buy it was a good deal. Didn't have a FM radio, some do.

lensman

the nano look alike jobs I got from ebay (see pic for actual size) are good build quality, no plastic, they have a robust metal outer case,..the supplied ear phones are'nt great but with good phones attached these things sound very good.

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Zascar

I just bought one from this seller

£14.49 +£13.99 postage. £28.48 in total.
Or €42.50 – bargain!

lensman

Zascar wrote:

I just bought one from this seller

£14.49 +£13.99 postage. £28.48 in total.
Or €42.50 – bargain!

It's very possible that this item like mine is actually a 2gb player not 4gb,..did you notice that this seller states " Postal insurance £12.99 Required"

Zascar

He has 4GB plastered all over the place so I'd sincerely hope yours was just a mistake, as he'd get negative ratings all over the place if he was doing that all the time. When I won the auction I proceeded to pay via paypal without any changes to the price. I got a receipt so I have not paid any insurance.

lensman

Zascar wrote:

He has 4GB plastered all over the place so I'd sincerely hope yours was just a mistake, as he'd get negative ratings all over the place if he was doing that all the time. When I won the auction I proceeded to pay via paypal without any changes to the price. I got a receipt so I have not paid any insurance.

I think most if not all the ebay HK/China 4gb players are only 2gb, believe me I did check them out first,..this other forum covers topic well (FORUM)
they are still worth it IMO,..:) & just to be sure,..ask the seller for the tracking No should be RA*********HK

Zascar

Bugger. Having waited 3 weeks for my mp3 player to arrive I emailed the guy. He replied saying I had not paid insurance ad he had send me an email on it (he definitely didn't) and that he is waiting for payment of €£12.99 before he sends it. I'm pissed as I just clicked buy it now and paid the amount it said which didn't mention any extra insurance! Do you think there is any point in agruing or shall I just pay?

lensman

Zascar wrote:

Bugger. Having waited 3 weeks for my mp3 player to arrive I emailed the guy. He replied saying I had not paid insurance ad he had send me an email on it (he definitely didn't) and that he is waiting for payment of €£12.99 before he sends it. I'm pissed as I just clicked buy it now and paid the amount it said which didn't mention any extra insurance! Do you think there is any point in agruing or shall I just pay?

I felt that might happen,..:(
you could try to get a refund & then use the seller I use here
, or maybe just pay the extra and be wiser next time,.you'll get one for about €40~€45with free shipping & no ins remember non of these HK sellers on ebay have have 4gb versions they are 2gb which have been hacked by the manufacture to indicate 4gb,most of the sellers don't even know this..if you format it the real memory is revealed,

Zascar

Is he obliged to give me a refund, or am I wasting my time?

lensman

Zascar wrote:

Is he obliged to give me a refund, or am I wasting my time?

His listing did state an ins fee so he has you there,...but it's worth asking
for a refund anyway,.... play the dope when asking,....no harm in trying.
If he digs his heals in I would just pay the extra and be done with it.
Dont forget they are actually 2gb not 4gb,.. I have bought 5x4gb & 1x1gb from the seller I mentioned & I think they are smashing little yoke's.

Zascar

I'm just going to pay it, but whenI get it and check, if it's 2GB - I'm going to kick up a fuss - I've heard of others getting another one free. It's rediculout that they can get away with such false advertiting consistently..

lensman

Zascar wrote:

I'm just going to pay it, but whenI get it and check, if it's 2GB - I'm going to kick up a fuss - I've heard of others getting another one free. It's rediculout that they can get away with such false advertiting consistently..

if you enter the setup screen on these players they will indicate the correct memory as 4gb but thats the hack put in at manufacture,..the best way to see if it has 4gb is to load lots of mp3's beyond 3gb worth and check if they all play, well maybe the last gig worth or so, another way is to format it but that gets a bit messy,...use the FAT filing system , not FAT32 or NTFS.
Before formating backup on the player firmware so you can re-load it again.
or open it, and check the samsung memory chip, if it says K9K2G08U1A then it's a
samsung 256M x 8 Bit NAND Flash Memory (2GB).
see the samsung site here

Zascar

Just got mine. Pretty cool little thing. When I connect it to my pc and Right Click > Properties it says 4GB.

Haven;t had muc of a chance to play with it but it looks pretty cool so far.

Jonny7

Sanyo HDP-MM3000 6GB HDD Mp3 Player Hard Disk Drive

You can get them for 40 to 50 euros off ebay.ie (depending on the bidding).. the distributor is from Ireland..

I read a review of them which said they were decent enough (and that was based on a RRP of 99 Sterling)..

http://search.ebay.ie/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZluzerntech

peckerhead

Currys are doing a Matsui 2Gb player for €39.99 at the moment — haven't seen it in-store meself, but there was an ad in last Sunday's papers.

lensman

peckerhead wrote:

Currys are doing a Matsui 2Gb player for €39.99 at the moment — haven't seen it in-store meself, but there was an ad in last Sunday's papers.

not the same spec at all,..the HK-pod's have mp3,mp4 movies/video,fm radio, photo viewer, text reader, voice rec, and it records from radio as mp3 .
I've bought a few from a HK seller on ebay,...but please NOTE they are not 4GB as stated by all HK/china ebay sellers but 2gb,..see here for more info on this topic, still well worth it IMO

lensman

these are the type I bought on ebay HK, both black & white

lensman

Zascar wrote:

Just got mine. Pretty cool little thing. When I connect it to my pc and Right Click > Properties it says 4GB.

Haven;t had muc of a chance to play with it but it looks pretty cool so far.

be careful of the screen, it's real glass, not plastic so dont sit down when it's in your back pocket,...:(

TerrorFirmer

Who makes these players? I ask because I've seen hundreds of them all running the exact same software, many of them with different brands on them. I bought a 2gb one before and it was, without exaggeration, the biggest piece of **** I've ever bought.

Maplins sell them frequently enough, what convinced me to buy one was the fact they were dirt cheap for the seemingly good specifications.

deevey

Also check if the headphone jack is 2.5 or 3.5, i bought one off a HK seller for 30stg and it had a 2.5 jack (noted in the auction too),

I just use it with my "modified" fm transmitter for the car, but if you need to replace the headphones its a pain.

Its decent enough, though slow to start up and the menus and badly layed out are sluggish in comparison to an actual Ipod.

still 2gb for 1/3 the price, cant complain.

gamer

I bought 2gig player in dixons ,59euro.Works off 1aaa, battery ,8hours life per battery.GREAT SOUND, i use it as player and to download games from netcafe,like 500meg demos,or hd trailers.its about 5inchslong,by 3inchs wide,like a smallmobile phone,flash drive ,with small led screen 2inchs long.IT has good earphones,very good sound quality.The brand is invicta ,i think.Price was reduced from 79 to 59euro,last week.

gamer

That brand mp3 2gig flash player,is Logik,comes with very good earphones,small booklet, full manual ,plus drivers on cdrom.I use it for podcasts,mp3,and downloading gamedemos and trailers, its slimline 4.5inch long, width 2inch approx.USual Controls plus lock button,8 buttons bout 2mm in size,buttons at the side.