Rating: Summary: A Good Bang for the Buck Review: Just purchased the D-Link after having spent some time reviewing other jukeboxes. Like a lot of people, I would have rushed to have bought an iPod if it a) worked with Windows and b) was, at least, a hundred bucks cheaper. Given that none of the above applied, I was left with what, at this stage of the year, are still slim pickings.What attracted me to the D-Link was the fact that it has a relatively large capacity for it's price and can function as an external hard drive. Add to that the remote control and the sheer simplicity of transferring MP3 files (just drag and drop - no proprietary software needed) and there's no question that it's a great bargain. Yes it's large in comparison to other players, but so what? Like a lot of people who buy jukeboxes, I use it primarily as an external music library for my home stereo or in the car. I could care less that it doesn't fit in my shirt pocket. I do have two gripes, though. First, that because of its small memory buffer (2 megs), this results in more frequent calls to the hard drive - when things are quiet I can often hear the hard drive spinning which is annoying. Second, it seems to me that the D-Link is actually made by SSI America which makes the Neo. The two jukeboxes are the same. However, D-Link won't admit to this and tell you that no accessories (car kit, spare battery etc.) are currently available. So if you want to purchase any accessories you have to track down the people who make them for the Neo. D-Link could be more helpful in this matter. If people can wait a couple of months and are prepared to shell out around 4 hundred dollars, then it would seem there are a few jukeboxes coming out that will match the iPod. If not, you could a lot worse than the D-Link.
Rating: Summary: Best Value - Great Sound Quality Review: Just received my DMP-HD610 and wow is it great! I tried this unit because it had the best cost/meg I could find. The sound quality is great. I recommend this to anyone considering purchasing a Nomad or Archos.
Rating: Summary: D-Link MP3 - Big in size, Big in Memory & a Good value Review: Many complain that this unit is hard to use and too big to carry. For the price you can't buy an MP3 player that is easier to use with more memory. Set-up was simple and out of the box I was up and running in under 10 minutes. Where this unit falls down is the "very basic" instruction manual. Still I'm glad I made the purchase.
Rating: Summary: D-Link MP3 - Big in size, Big in Memory & a Good value Review: Many complain that this unit is hard to use and too big to carry. For the price you can't buy an MP3 player that is easier to use with more memory. Set-up was simple and out of the box I was up and running in under 10 minutes. Where this unit falls down is the "very basic" instruction manual. Still I'm glad I made the purchase.
Rating: Summary: D-Link Review: Ok here are some things i have to say about this product a) size wize its about half an inch thicker than a normal cd of course its a little squared off yea the picture on this makes it look a lot smaller than it is and its not very heavy so thats good b) its very easy to install especially for xp just plug it into a usb slot and it will detect and a hd and u just drop anything in there even non mp3 files but of course u cant open them just for transportation C) the playing features are nice play only a folder random from the whole collection repeat a track etc D)the display stuff is HORRIBLE disgusting ewww... when play the song or just highlight a song the title moves to allow u to see the name but it max characters isnt a lot i like to have my songs in artist - name of album - track number - song title order and maybe i'll be able to see the end of the name of the album this i COMPLETELY HATE :( E) the battery life is good its a lithium ion battery lasts long thumbs up here f)the sound quality is pretty good when u use headphones (these are my own headphones the ones it comes with it are cheap uncomfortable ones) or hook it up to a stero but that u have to buy seperately but u can get it like anywhere Its a nice product but its just way too fat i really dont want to carry around places but its not heavy so u can go walking with it or something. There also isnt a search feature
Rating: Summary: Good contender in the hard drive MP3 sector Review: Pros: The unit is solidly constructed, has a good feel and is extremely simple to use. Plug it into your PC's USB port and drag MP3s onto the hard drive symbol that appears in your Windows Explorer. The backlit LCD screen is very easy to read Cons: The included headphones are flimsy, cheap and sound horrible.
Rating: Summary: This is a great product but can be bought for L E S S Review: T H E S I T E T O F I N D I T F O R L E S S I S COMPUPLUS . C O M.
Rating: Summary: BAD PRODUCT Review: Terrible. It's huge, I feel like I should be treking accross the himalayas with some native named Pakash... unbelievable. not to mention that IT DOESN'T WORK. I have 4 GB of songs on it and the damn thing frezes everytime I want to listen to my Incubus. WTF. DO NOT BUY. BUY A WORKING PRODUCT.
Rating: Summary: Good bang for the buck, has room for improvement. Review: The first impression was not very good. It's extremely plastiky and feels kind of flimsy. The instruction to install the rechargeable battery is wrong. The included cover/bag does not fit. Then when I thought about it, a 10GB MP3 player for $229 isn't that bad. Afterall, the MP3 player does work, and it does have 10GB of storage capacity. The Win98 driver was easy to install, and it detects the connection and detachment of the drive reliably. However, getting this puppy to work under Linux is another story. It is currently not support by kernel 2.4.17, but there is a patch available to add this support. Unfortunately, the patch itself is corrupted by all the character encoding and decoding associated with posting plain text files in HTML form. Long story short, I had to hand edit the patch file to make it work. Once the patched kernel 2.4.17 recognized Roq-it, I had a lot of fun ripping from my CD collection. It's nice that Roq-it is recognized as a hard disk, but the transfer speed isn't that great. I think D-Link is heading in the right direction, but they need to pay more attention to quality. There must be ways to improve quality without increasing the cost!
Rating: Summary: Was nice when it worked Review: The first problem I encountered was a loose battery connection. I soldered the connection back on and it worked again. Then the power connection fell off, so I fixed that also. Now, after a year and a half after buying it, the unit is no longer functioning due to a 'partition' error. Tech support has no help for this problem, so I'm out $$$. I'm giving this device 2 stars because when it was working, it had good sound quality (with separately purchased speakers) and was convenient. Overall, there has got to be a similar mp3 player that is constructed better. I would NOT recommend buying this player.
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