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Summary: Come On Now...It's no contest. Philips Wins!
Review: Okay I want to start off being extremely honest. I have bought about 6 portable mp3 players so far, all with large hard drives. I have resell 5 of them so far because either it was not good, too big or not compatible for my computer. My list of mp3 players includes 2 different Nomad Jukeboxes (6 gb), Classic MP3 XP3 player (10 gb), Nomad Jukebox Zen (20gb) and the all time infamous IPOD by apple (10 gb). SO I assure you I know what the hell I'm talking about.First off, the Philips Jukebox is beautiful. I have literally had friends of mine who own Ipods, ask if they can trade me for their mp3 player based on its look alone. Now honestly, you can't set the equalizer settings unless you are on the computer at the time, so if you are a custom person this may be a problem. Now... at first I admit, I have to call Philips because I encountered a problem with track loading. However the everwonderful Philips team helped me. When I load my songs, there is this very simple program called DMM by Philips. You load the tracks onto the computer locate them through this program and do a quick drag and drop. You disconnect it from the computer and all your tracks are loaded! The start up screen is very easy and simple to read. First there's playlists, then artists, albums, tracks, genres and recordings, all subjects that you can go under. And um oh yeah, did I mention the BUILT IN RECORDER, its fabulous and everything comes in crisp and clear I stood away from it and I could literally pick up the conversation perfectly. The superSCROLL is awesome. Simply press down half way for normal scroll and down all the way for Super Scroll. And there is also this wonderful equilizer that appears when playing songs. Hands Down I would definetly buy a Philips Jukebox HDD120.
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Summary: stupid software
Review: The machine is good.
BUT
I'v NEVER seen such a stuipd software before, especially for comercial electronics.
and the remote is CHEAP!
Philips software developer SUCKS!!
THE SOFTWARE IS ABSOLUTELY A PAIN IN THE S.
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Summary: No Help Fron Philips
Review: The Philips 20 GB Jukebox is great if you can get your music on it. The software you have to use crashes nearly everytime you start it. If you are lucky enough to get into the software you might have a few minutes to put music on the player before it crashes again. [...] The player looks and sounds great, but the software is a nightmare [...]
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Summary: So Far I like it.
Review: The software was hard to use at first. But the Phillips Techs helped me out. But I didn't have to upgrade Windows to XP. So that's a plus Windows ME worked just fine. I use it on my Motorcycle, so being compact is a plus, and the battery lasts for about 10 hours. (is there going to be a automotive charger for it?) No problems with skip so far. The bass boost and equalizer is a nice feature. All in all I'm very pleased with this product.
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Summary: So far, so great
Review: There's no need to talk about the aesthetics, since everyone else has basically said it's the best-looking player out there with the possible exception of the iPod. I just got it today, and I bought it for the hard drive space, the USB mass storage capability, and the recording capabilities (including the built-in mic). So far, it performs just fine on all counts, and the hard drive is very, very quiet. One side note: my model number is the hdd120/17, coming after hdd120/00 and hdd120/05. This leads me to believe they've had some upgrades since this line started. As you might expect from Philips, the sound quality is great (Barenaked Ladies never sounded better) the recording with onboard mic is remarkably good, and the controls are pretty intuitive. The menu system, like any other, takes a few minutes to get used to, but after that you're good to go. I really wish Philips would step up their marketing of this device (give it a better name)! After seeing the user community around the Rio products (didn't choose the Karma since it lacked several essential features I listed above and also seemed to have a very scratchable front panel), I would love to see one tenth of that user support for this player. One star deducted for three things:
1) Lack of backlight for the buttons. This is relatively minor, because if you've used the interface for more than a few minutes, you know which button is which.
2) You can't drag music files through the file system if you want to play them; you have to use their DMM software. I assume this is because the onboard database needs to be notified of these new tracks, but couldn't the player (either automatically or on command) do a search for music files and add them to the DB? Not a terrible loss, since the software is easy to use, and for use on other machines, I can just copy the whole installation CD to my HDD player!
3) I want a better case than this drawstring bag (which at least has two pockets). Maybe I'll find one at Fry's. Too bad I can't give it 4.5 stars. I would. We'll see how it holds up; I got the extended warranty at Best Buy (recommended for anyone buying a portable device with a hard drive) so if things go bad I'll come back and tell you if the second one fared better. Otherwise I'll try to remember to praise its longevity as well.
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Summary: complaint confirmation
Review: This device looks so cool, but the software works so suck. I couldn't agree more with the 1 or 2 star rated. I got pretty much the same problems. the file transfering and the software is so outdated and awkward!!! awkkkk... It takes too long to launch the library before you can transfer files. it stucks and closes the process as soon as it hits certain files. You have to remove that file first and start it over. It such a waste of time. I personally have seen so many problems from Phillips products. Are they going to improve their credibility or what...!!???
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Summary: Hmm not sure yet
Review: Well I got mine a couple of days ago really eager to use it software seems ok my problem is even though the player is attached to the computer and my computer recognizes that something is plugged in the software does not permit me to copy music over. I called Philips and they said they'd get a tech to call me within 24 hours since it's easter I'll give them some time but otherwise gonna return it.
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