I just found a list with the most cheap mp3 players sale by amazon this week:
Price: ~64$
Price: ~ 54$
Price: ~80$
Price: ~346$
We don't try to answer to this question because we cannot be objective but we can give you some information's about mp3 player gadgets and their capabilities.
First you need to ask yourself: I need only a simple mp3 player or I want more from my gadget ?
Yes, your gadget can play mp3 files but also, if you get the right one, can play video files. It depends on you if you want to get one with video playback or not. Anyway look at this gadget if it also know WMA, OGG files, because some companies are distribute their audio files in other formats not just
in mp3. Choosing a gadget who knows video playback can be more expansive than a simple mp3 player. Just look at this Apple IPOD mp3 players.
What disk/flash size of mp3 player do you recommend?
That depends on what do you want to do with it:
1. If you want one for workouts, a short commute to work, or a quick chill on the deck just look for this size's
512 MB aprox. 8 CDs
1 GB aprox. 20 CDs
2. If you want it for a travel or for a long go just look after
2.5 GB aprox. 50 CDs
4 GB aprox. 80 CDs
5 GB aprox. 100 CDs
6 GB aprox. 120 CDs
3. If you are a maniac and you want to have all your music on it just get this sizes.
20 GB aprox. 400 CDs
30 GB aprox. 600 CDs
40 GB aprox. 800 CDs
60 GB aprox. 1200 CDs
What else I should check before I get a mp3 player ?
Check the lifetime of batteries/accumulators, the bright of the display, recharging methods (some are rechargeable only through USB), storage (flash, microdrive, hardrive), displaying photos.
Before of all do a research before buy. Look at the next list of links and try to compare between them. Also look at what reviews have each product and choose the right player for you.
What do you recommend ?
Ipod Mp3 players
Creative Zen mp3 players
They have a variety of mp3 gadgets for different budgets and are the best players on the market. Good luck in your choice.
After almost 2 years Video Lan Project announced the new release of the VLC media player 0.9.2 (code name Grishenko).
It comes with a new interface for windows and Linux and many many new features.
VLC is known as a multifunctional media player with a lot of features and with a lot of built-in codecs. Also can play various streaming protocols.
With the version 9 of it brings some new codecs support;
AES3 (SMPTE 302M) support
E-AC3 (A/52b) support
VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
Flash Screen Video support
CamStudio Screen Video support
DosBox Capture support
Karl Morton's Video support
limited atrac3 support
Fraps support
Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
H.264 PAFF support
DNxHD / VC-3 support
NellyMoser ASAO support
APE (Monkey audio) support
RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
Dirac video support using libschroedinger
For the entire feature list just go here http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS
To download the newest VLC just go here: http://www.videolan.org/
