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SanDisk Sansa Fuze 8 GB Video MP3 Player Black

With the SanDisk Sansa Fuze, you can fuse your portable entertainment, featuring 8 GB of storage. Listen, watch, and play all day with 24 hours of battery life and room for up to 2,000 songs**. Watch your favorite video clips on the Sansa Fuze’s 1.9-inch color screen. Measuring just 0.3 inches thin, the Sansa Fuze marks the next wave of music and video players.

Your portable music machine with 8 GB of storage. (Click image to view larger.)

The MicroSD/SDHC memory card slot means storage possibilities are essentially unlimited. (Click image to view larger.)

Smaller than a credit card and as thin as a pencil, the new Sansa Fuze MP3 player looks great–and has the brains to match. (Click image to view larger.)

Audio Player
Smaller than a credit card and as thin as a pencil, the new Sansa Fuze MP3 player looks great–and has the brains to match. With room for up to 2,000 songs**, you can listen all day long. Jam to FM radio with 40 preset stations, play with the built-in voice recorder, and listen to your favorite audiobooks wherever you go. And with 24 hours of battery life, you’re free to listen, watch, and play all day–literally.

Watch Your Favorite Videos
The Sansa Fuze comes with 8 GB of built-in memory enough to store 5 hours of video playback. Watch your favorite TV video clips from wherever you are. To ensure speedy file transfers, the unit features a USB 2.0 connection. Simply connect the player to a PC, and start dragging files from your Windows Media Player 10 or 11 applications.

Expanded Capacity
With an option to extend the capacity, its MicroSD/SDHC memory card slot means storage possibilities are essentially unlimited. Expand your music collection, show albums of photos up to 4000 images*, and watch your favorite videos on those long trips.

Compatible Formats
The player supports MPEG4 video files and audio files saved in MP3, secure and unsecured WMA, WAV, Audible, and Overdrive file formats.

FM Radio
If you’re feeling like a break from your own tunes, or want to dial in the TV frequency at the gym, use the digital FM tuner. Save your favorites on the 40 user presets.

Voice Recorder
Use the voice recorder with built-in microphone to take memos, record meetings or lectures, or capture whatever else you might feel inclined to point a microphone at. When you’re ready, transfer your files for listening on your PC.

What’s in the Box
SanDisk Sansa Fuze 8 GB MP3 player (silver), earphones, USB 2.0 cable, quick start guide

* 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes; some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions; thus, it is not available for data storage

** Based on continuous audio playback at 128 kpbs MP3; video playback at 512 kbps/ MPEG 4; photos based on 1.7 MB average file size; battery life and performance might vary depending upon usage and settings; battery not replaceable.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars sansa easy to use mp3 player
I bought this as a gift. It has been very easy for the recipient to use. Syncing with windows media player is a breeze. The ability to add files through the folders is also nice. Recipient runs with the player and says the jogging does not cause any loss of sound. I will probably buy one for myself as well.

5 Stars Great deal for the price
I was shopping around for a decent MP3 player and chose this one. I have only owned one other mp3 player before this one, and that was a very old model that only held a few songs. I found this player to be very easy to use and even easier to load with music and videos. It uses a simple drag and drop system. No software is needed for this device except if you want to add pictures or video. In that case, Sansa has a free software program for converting videos and pictures.

The sound quality is good and the FM radio works pretty well. The album system could be better, in letting you create your own albums on the device. What Sansa reads is the album listed on the mp3. You need to label your mp3s accordingly for the device to recognize albums.

Overall it is a very good deal for the price. I have about 900 songs plus a few music videos on mine. I don’t use the cheap earpieces it came with, I use my own headphones. It is a good idea to purchase a cover for this. There are plastic ones on Amazon, but I have has better luck with silicone covers which you can get cheap on ebay.

I would definitely recommend this player. In fact I just bought the silver one for my husband for his birthday.

5 Stars WOW
My first MP3 player was a COwan D2 which I hated cause I really could never figure out how to convert and transfer the music. The SansaFuze is a wonderful product. Easy to use and great sound quality. My husband has an iPod and frankly SansaFuze is, in my opinion, superior.

5 Stars It’s great! It works on Ubuntu. Plug and Play!
It didn’t me long to figure out one of the best things about this product. I can only speak for Ubuntu users, but you have never seen a more plug and play device in your life. Those of you Linux people know what I’m talking about. You don’t have to worry about software or anything. Just plug it in, put your tunes on it, enjoy.

From what I understand, this is also the same with Windows and I don’t know about Macs, but for those nonconformists, this may be twice the size of a nano, but it’s still half the price. As for Zune users, try plug and play with that thing on anything other than a Windows machine.

Give open source products and products that work with open source a chance. You may be pleasantly surprised.

4 Stars A very good deal with a couple of drawbacks
This is a great little device. The storage capacity is equal to an i-pod Nano, greater if you use the available micro SD slot, and 8 GB is a lot of music. The sound quality is good, the interface and controls are mostly self-explanatory and easy to use, the battery life is impressive and the FM receiver is surprisingly sensitive. I wish it shipped with a complete manual, or at least something a bit more detailed than the fold-out quick start guide. The manual is available online but unless you print it out, you’re stuck sitting at your computer while you read it.

The biggest problem for me was the earbuds that come with the player. The sound is decent but they’re one size fits all, and they don’t–they’re too big for my ears so for me they’re prohibitively uncomfortable. Also, I somehow popped off the foam cover on one of them while trying to accommodate my ear to it, which rendered the set pretty much unusable when I couldn’t find the cover.

As it happens I already had a set of very good and very comfortable earbuds so I wasn’t stranded by the supplied ones, but anyone who has a similar problem with the fit and has to spend money on a high-quality replacement may come close to doubling the cost of the player, potentially putting the total cost of the system up in the Nano range, at which point you’re just as well off going with the big brand.

The one arena in which the Fuze pales next to the i-pod is creating a playlist. With the i-pod you just drag songs to an i-tunes playlist and sync it to the i-pod (so simple a caveman could do it!). Maybe there’s an equally easy way to make playlists for the Fuze, but I haven’t found it yet (anyone know?). What I’ve been doing is creating a Windows Media Player playlist, saving it as a m3u playlist and then manually (more or less) adjusting the list to match the SanDisk directory structure and copying it to the player. It isn’t terminally difficult but it’s annoying.

The earphone and playlist issues aside, this really is a good deal. I bought it to replace a stolen Nano and I’m happy that I did.

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SanDisk Sansa Fuze 8 GB Video MP3 Player Silver

With the SanDisk Sansa Fuze, you can fuse your portable entertainment, featuring 8 GB of storage. Listen, watch, and play all day with 24 hours of battery life and room for up to 2,000 songs**. Watch your favorite video clips on the Sansa Fuze’s 1.9-inch color screen. Measuring just 0.3 inches thin, the Sansa Fuze marks the next wave of music and video players.

Your portable music machine with 8 GB of storage. (Click image to view larger.)

The MicroSD/SDHC memory card slot means storage possibilities are essentially unlimited. (Click image to view larger.)

Smaller than a credit card and as thin as a pencil, the new Sansa Fuze MP3 player looks great–and has the brains to match. (Black player shown here; click image to view larger.)

Audio Player
Smaller than a credit card and as thin as a pencil, the new Sansa Fuze MP3 player looks great–and has the brains to match. With room for up to 2,000 songs**, you can listen all day long. Jam to FM radio with 40 preset stations, play with the built-in voice recorder, and listen to your favorite audiobooks wherever you go. And with 24 hours of battery life, you’re free to listen, watch, and play all day–literally.

Watch Your Favorite Videos
The Sansa Fuze comes with 8 GB of built-in memory enough to store 5 hours of video playback. Watch your favorite TV video clips from wherever you are. To ensure speedy file transfers, the unit features a USB 2.0 connection. Simply connect the player to a PC, and start dragging files from your Windows Media Player 10 or 11 applications.

Expanded Capacity
With an option to extend the capacity, its MicroSD/SDHC memory card slot means storage possibilities are essentially unlimited. Expand your music collection, show albums of photos up to 4000 images*, and watch your favorite videos on those long trips.

Compatible Formats
The player supports MPEG4 video files and audio files saved in MP3, secure and unsecured WMA, WAV, Audible, and Overdrive file formats.

FM Radio
If you’re feeling like a break from your own tunes, or want to dial in the TV frequency at the gym, use the digital FM tuner. Save your favorites on the 40 user presets.

Voice Recorder
Use the voice recorder with built-in microphone to take memos, record meetings or lectures, or capture whatever else you might feel inclined to point a microphone at. When you’re ready, transfer your files for listening on your PC.

What’s in the Box
SanDisk Sansa Fuze 8 GB MP3 player (silver), earphones, USB 2.0 cable, quick start guide

* 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes; some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions; thus, it is not available for data storage

** Based on continuous audio playback at 128 kpbs MP3; video playback at 512 kbps/ MPEG 4; photos based on 1.7 MB average file size; battery life and performance might vary depending upon usage and settings; battery not replaceable.

User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars Lacks easy PC interface
It comes with Rhapsody software, which isn’t particularly easy to use. You can’t use iTunes to manage content on your player, which isn’t surprising. Windows Media Player works but even that has it’s drawbacks in ease of use. iPods are much more user-friendly but are about twice as expensive. With the Fuse you can’t sort songs that are on the player, you have to sort them in your library and then import them into the player which is not convenient. This is a secondary player for me (I also have an iPod Classic) so it won’t be used as much.

5 Stars Fantastic
I bought this for myself a middle aged woman to listen to books on tape in the car while traveling for work. It works perfect. Then my kids started borrowing it. Then we did the research we decided that buying Rhapsody and 3 Sansas for each one of my kids was much less expensive than songs for $1.29 on Itunes. The Ipods are in the drawer. Then kids have fun together looking for unlimited downloads. The Fuze is just like our Ipods, just cheaper!!!

4 Stars nice mp3 player for the price
I got this for a gift. It is my first mp3 player. Transferring songs onto it from the computer is super easy. Just a simple click and drag. Downloads are very fast. My computer recognized the player quickly after it was plugged in. I wish the cables for charging and downloads were a different design. The Sandisk plug is big and tricky to unplug when you have the headphone jack inserted. Overall I am loving this player.

5 Stars love the product
I bought this to keep my e-books and songs in a different catagory, I had another mp3 player and I would be listening to a book instead of a song and had to pass the book, to get to a song. It was easy to download everything into it.

5 Stars the best
this is te best mp3 ever i just got it for my son and he loves it. If you have a choice between iopd and sansa choose sansa.

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Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player

Combined with a My Passport portable drive (sold separately), this player is the most convenient way to play HD movies or user-generated videos, listen to high-quality digital music and show high-resolution slideshows of your family photos on your TV. Also works with popular USB drives, and digital cameras, camcorders, and portable media players that can be recognized as mass storage devices. Designed for My Passport, works with many other USB storage devices – Play content from most popular USB drives,and digital cameras, camcorders, and portable media players that can be recognized as mass storage devices. Full HD video playback and navigation – up to 1080p – Experience the spectacular picture quality of HD video and crystal clear sound clarity of digital audio. Use the included remote control to navigate through your entertainment choices using our crisp, animated HD menus. Collect without limits – There’s no limit to the size of your media collection; just add more USB drives for more space. Access two USB drives simultaneously – Two USB ports on the player let you connect two USB storage devices and access them simultaneously. Media Library feature aggregates the content on both drives into one list sorted by media type. HDMI and composite video connections – The High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) port lets you connect to the highest quality HDTV or home theater. Additional composite (RCA) outputs ensure compatibility with virtually all television sets. Hassle-free playback of HD movies, home videos, digital music, and photos on your TV

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars A Great Media Player
Compact and convenient unit. Plays almost any file type out there currently. The HDMI output provides excellent resolution on a big screen TV. I purchased this Media Player to connect to my Network Attached Server, instead of running a game unit (like PS3 or XBox 360) that would connect to my PC first. An excellent way to quickly access all media files on my NAS and view on a TV.

5 Stars Great Replacement for the Take TV
I purchased Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player as a gift for a friend. He had admired my Sansa Take TV. He has had the product for a few weeks now and he loves it. The display is simple and easy to use. I highly recommend this product if most of your media is digital. The only recommendation I would make is that you should buy a dedicated external hard drive as the load time for the Western Digital Media Player is fairly long.

5 Stars great media player
Great product, easy to use, and quality of movies played is very crisp and good. liked the versatility in the video format supported. Had an issue in being able support digital audio while using a projector. Used my lap to play HD video to get the audio working. Nonetheless, I would highly recommend this product for versatility, portability and easy to use.

5 Stars Good product
Good product to quickly view the images and videos on TV. Works fine with Hard drive that has Windows format but not with Mac – had to buy another Hard drive exclusively for this.

Also the sound quality was not great. While the videos sound good on my PC, they sound too loud and with lot of noise. Not sure if hard disk’s problem or player’s problem.

Overall good product – well imagined.

5 Stars Unbelievable VIDEO abilities, best than the rest for AUDIO and PICS
Unbelievable VIDEO abilities, best than the rest for AUDIO and PICS

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I waited until I installed the latest software ( 1.2.0.2) to give a documented appraisal on this little and cheap Item.

in a Word: for less than 100 dollars, Its a STEAL of a GIFTED product; NO OTHER under 1000$ qualifies for competition !

Pros : Reads brilliantly a huge range of encoding and encapsulating video formats.

Cons : Some lagging in responding to the remote commands. Nothing, given the price !

Whish List: a (reasonably) more expensive version with a LAN (ethernet) port to connect to my (home) network)

PS: I still do not believe in WiFi as a fan of HiQuality video. my opinion will chqage someday!

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= VIDEO: On top of all the “classic” video formats, i confirm that this device plays nicely ( and surprisingly )

—- AVCHD in 1920*1080i (.MTS files) from Sony and Pana camcorders or Premiere rendering

—- MPEG2 encoded for HD BluRay coming from TMPGencExpress

—- MPEG2 in 1920*1080p at 35 Mbps ( which is my favorite intermediate codec for quick editing of both my AVCHD and CANON .Mov files)

The only HiDef files which are not quite handled are the 1920*1080p 35Mbps .MOV produced by my CANON 5D MkII video.

The video is there, but the Audio isnt. NB: Even my 2.4Mhz CoreDuo processor (Eithe Sony or Apple) cannot render the video without lost frames!

= AUDIO: Excellent restitution, but the interface is too slow to entice you to re-sell your iPod…

= PICTURES: same story, excellent output, but you lack your Mac( or Windows) mouse to browse through your collections..

= ERGONOMY: very easy to understand and use, with a somewhat sluggish response( you never know whether your remote command was acquire dok by the system…Easy improvement for th enext Firmare updtaes, which by the way, are effective and easy to install!

A remarquable achievement from people which were not involved in Video nor User interfaces yet !!!

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