Touch Screen 4GB 2.8-Inch TFT MP5 Movie Music Personal Media Player

by Pyrus Electronics

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.8 x 0.6 x 2.2 inches ; 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0013GJIBC
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (218 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #341 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

A unique 2.8" QVGA TFT touch screen color display with a playing resolution of 320 x 240 will make watching your movies and viewing your pictures a pleasure. Listen to your favorite radio stations on the built-in FM radio tuner with 20 channel presets. The 8 preset equalizer including Natural, 3D, Rock, Pop, Classic, Bass, Jazz and User EQ presets enables you to optimize the audio output when listening to your favorite music or watching your favorite movies.

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361 of 372 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great MP4 for the Price, January 21, 2009

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Misty Burnett - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Touch Screen 4GB 2.8-Inch TFT MP5 Movie Music Personal Media Player (Electronics)

I bought this player for my 11 year old and have had great luck with it. We found that it was easy to load music, videos and games on from my computer - just a matter of copying files from the computer to the device. It is also easy to use once you get the hang of it. The screen is bright and crisp and it seems to be pretty durable. My daughter loves the internal speaker (no ear buds required) and the touch screen display. The only "wishes" that we have for it are - a place to put the little "pen" on the machine, and that the touch screen were a little more sensitive. Her best friend has an I-pod Nano and was jealous of all the features that this little player has and how well it works compared to the I-pod.

268 of 294 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DISAPPOINTED!!, December 5, 2009

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Sammy of NYC (New York) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Touch Screen 4GB 2.8-Inch TFT MP5 Movie Music Personal Media Player (Electronics)

I was a little skeptical about purchasing this player since it is made by a no-name company. Usually buying cheap things with no brand name has been disappointing for me but I decided to take the plunge and buy it based on the reviews I have read. I am very happy I took the gamble. This is really a nice player considering the price!

When I first got it I was impressed by the packaging. It looked nice and came with all the accessories. When I first held the player it felt alright--construction I think is above average but not as solid and durable as the Iphone. Why compare the body to the Iphone you ask? Well the answer is because it is made to look almost identical to the Iphone in terms of shape, feel, and overall look but obviously that is where the similarities end.

Now in terms of using it, I was very impressed by the wide varity of formats it plays. In the old days when I had other video players, they usually played a very limited formats or only one proprietary video format which required the dreaded and tedious process of conversion. This player is great because it easily plays a large amount of diverse formats with no problem at all. The mp3 player is also very easy to use--no conversion required.

Loading videos and music from my computer to the player is SUPER EASY! I love this. All you have to do is open the drive which corresponds to the player and copy and paste the video and mp3 files to the player. THAT'S IT! Nothing complicated. In fact, if you plug your player to your computer, your computer should open the player drive for you. How easy is that! Once loaded all you have to do is touch the video icon-to play a particular video file-and that is it!

Now for the most important and crucial part of the player: video playback quality and sound quality. I am happy to say the video quality is good but NOT great. I bet the resolution during video playback of an Apple multimedia player and other much more expensive players are slightly better, but they will cost you a lot more money than this player. Think $150 or more at least for a video player with higher quality playback and built-in 4GB. The sound is also good but not great.

The player also has a nice feature which I like which is a speaker. Yea the speaker is small and has somewhat of tinny sound but that said it is passable. The speaker is more of a convenience feature to be used in the event that you don't have your earphones. The sound with the included earphones are good but it will sound a lot better if you buy a good quality earphones like a Sony or Panasonic.

In terms of battery life, this remains a question mark since I just got this device and I really did not have a chance to really test it out in terms of battery life. I will update this review when I chance to really test it out.

Another aspect which I like to mention is about the durability of this media player. I don't know how many times you can drop it or abuse it before it stops working right. I know that the Iphone and other good products made by Apple are drop tested many times and are designed to take a lot of abuse and still work. I am a little concerned about this issue because cheap "knock-offs" are really disposable and are not really meant to last since they are cheaply constructed. So far I am happy with this player and I hope that it can take a lot of abuse especially since I have a baby newphew that likes to throw things!

Finally, what I like about this player is that it is EXPANDABLE. This may not sound like a big deal but it really is. The player comes with built-in memory of 4GB but you can add a mini SD card and expand the memory. In my research of media players I noticed most of them-including the very expensive ones-had fixed memory/built-in memory storage and that is it. That means that with other players if you have a lot of things you want to add in the future and if you reached the memory storage limit of the player, you either have to delete what you have stored or buy another player with more built-in memory. With this player you just simply add a memory card with your video/music files on it. You don't have to delete anything you have stored even if you have reached the storage 4GB limit. THIS IS A GREAT AND CONVENIENT FEATURE. Since I just got the player I have not had to use a memory card but it is nice to know that I could if I want to expand the memory storage capacity.

UPDATE:

After 2 weeks, I had to return this multimedia player. The battery life is very bad and it failed to stay on when I "turned it on"!!!! I sent emails to the company and they were nice and responsive. Eventually after trying everything they told me to return it back to Amazon for a refund. I contacted Amazon and I was able to return it with no hassle. I like that.

Do yourself a favor, DON'T BUY VERY CHEAP MULTIMEDIA PLAYERS!! Yea the price is great but you are playing Russian Roulette. You will not know what you are buying until you use it only to find out it craps out after several weeks. Stick to well known brand like Fuze by Sandisk which I purchased. Yea it will cost you a little more BUT IT IS WORTH IT! I use it all the time and I never had any problems. Remember, you get what you pay for especially in this case. DO NOT GET THIS PLAYER!

127 of 139 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Large Screen & Easy to Use, February 26, 2009

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J. Rogers (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Touch Screen 4GB 2.8-Inch TFT MP5 Movie Music Personal Media Player (Electronics)

This unit has a very large screen and it is very easy to see the video. I have a One Click YouTube downloader. Then I use the free software from CNET to convert it to the Media Players file extention. Then plug the Player into the computer and move the files over. I do not see how it can be any easier. There are lots of music videos on the internet ready to download. Even the expensive media players you have to covert to their format. In fact they can be more difficult to use because of copy protection that you do not run into on these units. If you want to download the music videos for free, then this is the one to get. It is like having a little TV in your pocket. Whatever is on TV can be recorded and played on your media player. Esp with the clear crisp digital image they have now. Just get a video capture card and your ready to go. Get some LG speakers and you can share your music with your friends and even look on the screen to see who is making the music. Plug them in at night and your ready to go the next day. Be sure to back up your files, because you never know when you will have to reformat & reload your computer or player. The small screen players are nice also. But this is a great deal with the large screen and the easy to use touch buttons.