Customer Reviews

Philips SA60 4 GB Flash Video MP3 Player with FM Tuner (Black)

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I researched many an MP3 player. There are other players that have features that I think are cool (alarm clock, ability to change colors and font, expansion slot, etc.) but these features cost more, and though cool I really don't need them.

The Philips Go Gear is just what I needed at an excellent price. I do not have an extensive library so the 4GB model is perfect for me. The player is really easy to use (I would consider myself moderately tech savvy.) The player shows both track time and elapsed time. It also shows the time and date.

This is a good looking player with a bit of heft so that it doesn't feel like a toy. I like the turquoise backlight, and you can set it for various time intervals. Additionally, I find the font size easy to read. The player is a bit of a fingerprint magnet, but I am not terribly bothered by this.

The sound quality is excellent. You can turn the volume down so that you don't hear the music (if you need to talk to someone.) or you can jam at max volume. I personally would love to be able to listen at a quieter volume when I am in a quiet space but this is not a big deal. There are also various built-in equalizers (jazz, rock, pop, etc.), and you can also set it to your own preferences.

WMP has been really easy to use. I love the sync feature.

I have great reception from the radio and I really like that you can set the radio for reception from Europe, Asia, and the US. Great for travel.

The included earphones are typical of most MP3 players. I prefer to use my own.

The battery life is adequate.

I personally can't imagine using the video feature often with such a tiny screen, but the included Philips video looked fantastic. The included Philips pictures also had great clarity. I definitely plan to download pictures to share with friends.

I think this is a fantastic player, and I am really pleased with it!

For the money, you're not going to find a better player out there. Great sound, great video playback, easy to use, simple interface (no click-wheel), and good battery life all add up to a great little player. Why didn't I think of Philips before?

This mp3 player is amazing, and for the great price it is at, you can't go wrong with it! Even if Apple is a better-known brand, I guarantee you that this mp3 player is better than most other Apple products out there! It has great features, great sound quality, and easy-to-read print!

Video- If you install the software that comes with the player, downloading videos onto the player is so easy! You simply choose a video that you would like on the player, add it into the software and convert it over to your mp3 player! I already have 3 videos on there!

Photos- Even easier! I don't have that many photos on my computer, so I don't have that many in my player, but if I did, my player would be overflowing with photos as it is so easy to put them on there and the quality is great!

Music- With the right music program, downloading music onto the mp3 player is very easy and I have a TON of music already on there! The sound quality is great and as I said before, it has VERY easy-to-read print!

Radio- Although I haven't listened to the radio that much, I have listened to brief listens of it, and from what I have heard, the radio quality is amazing and it has some really good stations!

Recording- Another awesome feature of the player is that you can record yourself talking (or singing or any other thing like that)! Although the quality of the recordings is not fantastic, it's still very good and it's another cool feature of this mp3 player!

Overall, I HIGHLY recommend this mp3 player, as many other ones out there are very overpriced and aren't worth all the money. This player is priced just at the right price and it has some amazing features and GREAT sound quality! Highly recommended.

I returned the second one today after it froze (locked-up) like the first one. After installing both music and pictures, 6 hours later I could not turn it on. I had no success with the reset on the player or the repair software that was installed from the CD that came with the player. I would be very interested if anyone else has encountered this problem because I liked many of the features and size of the screen because pictures are my primary interest, and I still like the player.

The SA6045 could be a great player, but the interface is not intuitive and needs a little more work. I use this player primarily for watching videos while commuting and it does OK with half-hour shows. The screen is a decent size and video looks good on it.

However, the player does not easily remember where you've paused when you shut it down or even when you use the menu functions. This makes it inconvenient to watch longer shows since you'd have to FFWD to where you left off. The volume capacity is also low. I have to turn it all the way up to hear anything over the regular noise on the bus. The FM tuner does not reliably capture any stations, at least where I live, which makes this feature useless.

Battery Life has been great, but the sound for music is just OK. The interface does not support album art and I have not used it extensively for music. Philips has updated the firmware once for this device, so I am hopeful that at least some of these problems can be corrected. However, for now, I would not recommend buying this player.

I was very pleased with everything about this player. I'm only using it for the music but the sample photos and the sample movie look great and it was too easy to load music and the quality of the sound is great.

Compared to the iPod Nano, the Philips 4GB is way overpriced.

After using one for about 30 minutes, I have come to the conclusion that the Philips interface is slow, there is no support for album art (surprising since the player supports photos and video), there is no equalizer, and the volume control has all the subtlety of a moose. The volume ranges from *quiet* to DEAFENING in 4 discrete steps. The overall look-and-feel is very bland.

For $18 more, the 4GB iPod Nano gives you:
* Better Volume Control
* Album Art (via 3D animated Cover Flow)
* Equalizer
* Video and Audio podcasts
* Calendar
* Contact List
* Games (solitaire, etc.)

Great little product, its great looking, simple to use and is of the highest quality

I bought mine from a local store because it was on sale, I didnt expect much of it as it mainly was going to be used in my car with a tape deck adapter since my car doesn't have a CD player.

But I ended up using it nearly every day because it was so great.

I abuse the thing too, I accidentally drop it nearly every time i have it in my jacket pocket and go to pick something off the floor, it gets tossed on my desk or bed.
Also about 2-3 weeks ago I got into a car wreck and had my GoGear with me, it was sitting in the center console and some jerk nearly hit me, I swerved and avoided them but hit an icy patch on the road and the car went sideways before suddenly gripping the road and rolling over 6 or 7 times.. the GoGear was flailing around the car hitting the windshield the dash.. my head (oww) and it was still working when I got out the car. Infact I took it with me to the hospital and listened to it whenever i had a chance.

And it still works!

My only beef with it is that occasionally if I use the radio and try looking for some station the auto tuner didnt pick up it might freeze

I made the biggest mistake by buying this product. It worked reasonably well for about two months until it crashed and never worked again. I called the manufacturer and did some research; apparently there is a glitch with this specific model. Unfortunately Philips told me there was nothing I could do. Money gone down the drain. Do not waste your time on this product!

I was really excited when I bought this player; I thought it would be awesome. I took it home after buying it and it was nice, cool UI, and it worked with Windows Media Player. The buttons felt plasticy, though.

Unfortunately, after a few weeks, the player got screwy. Windows Media Player had put an XML file named WMPInfo on my player that held information about it. My player got confused and starting calling my songs WMPInfo. When I tried to play them, it said "invalid format" or something like that. Also, it took forever to load the UI once it turned on.

Then it started getting crappy. Windows Media Player was trying to sync songs onto it - and failing!

Then something even worse happened: my songs started randomly stopping and skipping to different parts of the song. That was NOT WMP's fault, it was the player's!
This stupid player is now a paperweight. What a piece of trash.

Don't buy this. It's a ripoff.