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Summary: Philips vs. I Pod
Review: In my opinion, the Philips HDD100 is comparable to the I Pod in weight, size, capacity, and options, and it is more affordable. Scrolling is fast and easy, creating playlists is a breeze and the sound quality is amazing. The headphones that come with the unit leave much to be desired. The cord is way too short, making it impossible to place the HDD100 on the table in front of you and be able to listen to it at the same time. The remote control that also comes with it is very handy. It extends the length of the cord and makes navigation a lot easier.
It would be great if the backlight stayed on longer, it stays on for about 30 seconds at the most. It comes in black, which is nice, but the high gloss magnesium sides get all smudged from fingerprints. Overall, though, it is a great machine, capable of holding approximately 3,000 songs. I have about 575 songs on mine right now, and it only takes up about 3% of the hard drive. If you want the I Pod, but can't afford it, the Philips HD100 is the more affordable option and does the same thing.
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Summary: you know...
Review: in response to the guy who lives in canada, you're on amazon, you can buy it here on the website.
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Summary: Good but not perfect...
Review: Pros: Size, Weight, Cost, Display, Battery Life, Records from Line/Opt/Mic, File xfer recorded mp3 to PCCons: (Very) low level electronic warble on mic recodings; Track Title doesn't scroll. I upgraded the firmware immediately (v6.6 now) and downloaded the latest PC software (27mb download Philips Digital Music Manager v2.0), and have downloaded about 2gb of 96kbs mp3 files to the unit. The unit has not frozen up as reported by some folks. Once or twice a day, the unit may be "pausing" playback for 2-3 seconds, not sure. I did experience "missing and out of order" tracks early on when I was comparing various formats and believe that an album of MP3Pro files caused the problem. I deleted all the files on the HDD100, re-ripped that CD at 96kbp standard mp3 (using MusicMatch Jukebox Plus 8.2) and re-updated to the HDD100. No problems since. I compared 64kbps WMA, 128kbs MP3, and 96kbs MP3 for audio quality and believe that the 64kbs WMA lacked a little presence, and possibly had just a little less bass punch. The 128kbs had slightly better presence than the 96kbps MP3 (with good headphones and no ambient noise). The 128k format averaged 45mb for an album versus 30mb for the 96kbs MP3. I chose to start ripping my CD collection at 96kbps MP3 and am pleased with the tradeoff. As mentioned by others, the Philips earphones were "throw aways". I tried a set of Etymotic ER-4P "audiofile" earphones, but prefer more bass than I could get even with the bass boost. I found my 20 dollar AIWA in-ear phones to give great bass with higher output than the ER-4P phones, but in-ear phones seem to get uncomfortable after a few hours. (Someone was searching for the fast forward - half press and hold the >> button.) I recorded singing and flute playing witht the internal mic with acceptable results. At high playback levels, a bothersome electronic warble is audible in the recordings during silences. For grabbing a recording it is fine, for better quality I'll drag my Tascam PocketStudio5, although I haven't tried line in recording (from better mics and a mixer) yet. Someone complained about syncronization time. I don't feel it is too long. The DMM software seems very robust and works well although it could improve with a "maximize" feature. It probably will be a keeper, but I have a few more days to decide. The only alternative I would choose is the iPod mini but that only has 4mb...
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Summary: SOOO pretty and so sucky
Review: the software for this player is REALLY poorly designed and slow to work. the output is really low. the playlist features are lame. and forget speed, this thing is SLOW. but it is oh so pretty.
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Summary: Don't waste your time and money
Review: The software is the worst of 6 different mdesl that i have tried. The phillips does not work with anything but their DMM music software which is extremly slow and there is no drag/drop feature for windows explorer among other problems.
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Summary: WORKS GREAT for the first month.............
Review: When one sees this product one might think this product is way better then the Ipod which they stand incorrect. First transfering music stinks if you have a normal USB connection, plus if you forget to plug in the ac adapter your battaries will die when transfering. With all the music this baby holds it gets very hard to go through songs without a wheel. If you are a person who looks to turn your headphones way up dont get this product, the output on the device is just horrible. And with the bag come'on you can see the device at all so you have to take it out every single time you want to see or change to another playlist. The largest problem i have had of yet is most songs on the device wont play, instead of saying the song titles there are squares that have replaced the letters, i thought using there software might remedy the problem but it hasnt and now i am not able to transfer music from my player to my computer.I havent dropped my device once yet this happens.The player has froze over 10 times since i have bought it. The breakdown is, it is a very nice looking product maybe nicer then the ipod, but the HDD100 is far behind the IPOD. Output on the player is horrible, the headphones suck.The slow song scrolling becomes a big hassel. I would just stick to the basics and buy an IPOD
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