COBY PMP3521 3.5" TFT Portable Media Player with 20 GB HDD

by Coby

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 1 x 3 inches ; 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000I5LHM2
• Item model number: PMP3521
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,398 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

3.5" TFT Portable Media Player with 20 GB HDD

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor quality and poor support, August 23, 2007

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Roman Smolgovsky "skier" (Foster City, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: COBY PMP3521 3.5" TFT Portable Media Player with 20 GB HDD (Electronics)

I am doing Underwater Photography and wanted to have an 'off-camera' storage+viewer; this product was cheaper than the 'professional ones' so I bought it.
Good things:
1. Plays almost any video format (including DivX)
2. Good size product - pretty small.
BAD THINGS:
1. Product works ONLY with CF Type I (thin) cards; CF Type II are too 'thick' for it.
2. Little 'joystick' that is used for majority of operations works very strangely. Having a Computer Science background, it took me a while to figure out how to work the device. Overall UI is OK, but...
3. No support to RAW format (honestly, did not expect it)
4. Takes FOREVER to load large images (at times you think it is hung).
5. Does not play some MPEG-4 (very few of them do).
REAL BAD THING(S):
I could not get the Video/Audio output to work! ANYTHING I TRIED - could not get the image/sound on TV. Not too much about it in the manual.
I called support - ABSOLUTELY NO ATTEMPT FROM COBY's side to help. Basically 'send us the unit; we will send you another one in a few month' - totally unacceptable!!!
OVERALL: RETURNED THE PRODUCT - VERY POOR QUALITY!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for a first media player!, October 1, 2009

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TX "dizneychik" (Texas) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: COBY PMP3521 3.5" TFT Portable Media Player with 20 GB HDD (Electronics)

I bought this for my 8 year old for his birthday, as I did not want to spend a lot on a media player that he might lose or break rather quickly. I am very happy with the product so far. It works perfectly with the movies I have converted to AVI for my Centro(DIVX codec)and the sound quality is great. I was able to copy over everything I needed to from my computer just like it was a portable hard drive. We took it on a trip with us, and the battery life is very good (5+ hours). In fact, it never actually ran out of power, we were just ready to recharge. It is about the size of a Nintendo DS, so my son used his DS case to carry it, since the case that came with did not have a strap.

Pros: Sturdy, 20GB drive, easy to use, good battery life, supports WMA and MP3, great price for what you get.
Cons: Video support is not clear in manual(No AVI files from camera?), not pocket sized

I would recommend this player for children that are not ready for an iPod, as it is pretty tough, or for anyone that wants an external hard drive that doubles as a Media Player.