Customer Reviews

Disney Mix Max - Ice Blue Chrome

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I bought this toy 9 months ago thinking it would be good to upload videos on for my 9 year old to watch while on the go. The mix max itself is very lightweight, looks metallic but definitely I had my doubts at first. The biggest disappointmet was the lack of movies to buy from disney. They were always sold out at the store or online. I did do some research and found out successfully how to get my own dvds onto this thing. There is a software that you can download online for about $25. Anyway it was called ImTOO DVD ripper Platinum or ImToo DVD to Pocket PC Ripper . There is a free trial version for you to try before you buy. I did, and basically you insert your DVD into your computer and this software converts it to wmv files which is what the mixmax uses. Then you save the file onto your computer and drag the file onto an SD card. Now uploaded onto the SD card, you insert the card in your mixmax and wala, you have your own dvd movie of your choice on the mix max. The files are small, but I did download "Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone" into a 1 gb card with room to spare for I guess one more movie. The quality of the movie was very good, sound wise and picture wise. All her friends are amazed at her mixmax and want one now.

Just got our MixMax so don't have anything to say about the device itself, but I do want to share my experience loading music from iTunes via my Mac OS X onto this device. IT WAS HARDER THAN I EXPECTED! After 12 hours of attempts (starts and stops) and many phone calls to Disney, to Apple, etc. I can finally say I did it successfully. I got the songs my kids want onto a MixMax. Yeee Haaaw!

Here's what finally worked.
1. Create your playlist in iTunes
2. Go to the web and download "NoteBurner" I tried several other programs without success. This one worked. Follow their online guide.
3. Create a virtual burned CD on NoteBurner. What this does is convert files from .m4a to .mp3
4. Drag and drop onto the MixMax
5. Eject MixMax (I know it says "Do Not Remove" on the screen of the MixMax, but according to Disney, go ahead and do so)

PS: Step negative one is to throw out the "READ THIS BEFORE USING..." and the itty bitty CD that comes with the device. These do not apply to Mac. Remember that when instructions tell you to "right click" use "control" and click.

I've read that transferring video is harder.

This is the second mix max I have purchased and my 3rd daughter wants one now also. It is definitely a brilliant product the film quality and sound are great! It means quiet journeys in the car now as they each watch what they want and we don't have to listen. BUT you do need to be good with a computer to be able to get the films into the right format!

I would not recommend this for a child. It is not age appropriate. It only reads WMV files but even the one type that it can read it does not. It also does not come loaded with ANY content. What makes this Disney besides the mouse Icon. This would be a great oportunity for Disney to load this with some software from Disney?? Minu USB cover is not connected? It falls right off??.. Lost it already...

This player is great for kids. It will play music and also movies. It is compact enough to be easy to carry and they can use it for a good amount of time before it needs charged.

We purchased four of these at seperate times for our four daughters and only 1 of them is still working. We used them with the Jam Stands and I think they were shorted out somehow. One of them was even still under warrenty, but the company won't replace it since we purchased it (NEW) on ebay. I am not impressed at all!

my son loves this. this is the older version of the mix max. unfortuneatly you have to format every video before you can put it on the mix max. it only holds a few hours of videos. our daughter has the newest version and it holds 28 hours it think. way more and you don't have to format the videos. but they don't have the newer version in blue or any boy friendly color other than the pirates of the carribean, which i couldn't find at this price. my son is only 5 and he loves that it is blue and doesn't mind that he can only have 6 or 8 cartoons on it at a time. it's a hassle for me though because i'm the one who has to format everything.

I do not own one of these, but considered buying one. The price is pretty much the same as an ipod nano. For the build quality, the price is too high.