The seemingly endless development of high definition digital-audio & video media player devices, means we really are advancing into the realms of affordable technology that was once only foreseen in futuristic TV programmes such as star trek, deep space nine and Babylon 5 to name just a few.
As the technology involved in these media players will continue to advance in the coming years, so too will the amount of affordable high definition media players become available at relatively low prices.
This section is designed to highlight information which will help make sure you chose to spend your hard earned money on the right ones.
Choosing the right WALKMAN or MP3/MP4 player for example, especially at the right price, is getting more and more difficult as the credit crunch bites and many providers are offering all sorts of seemingly fantastic deals.
Even if you were to take advantage of offers at stores like Lidl (who recently sold a decently priced 30GB Player for £49 and even a 1GB MP3 player at less than £10.00) you may not realise that what your paying for is not really a bargain.
The problems though usually come with what you can actually download onto these players especially if you do not want to use converters to convert the medium into SVCD, VCD or compatible MPEG files.
For example a Sony walkman is compatible with the BBC IPlayer, which means free downloads of BBC content forever, which alone makes a compatible mp/4 player literally worth its weight in gold.
To download from the BBC IPlayer you will need a media player that supports Windows Media playback (look for the “PlaysForSure” logo on the packaging) such as
- The Sony: Walkman E and S series
- The Philips: GoGear SA52 series
- The Archos Internet Media Tablet
- The Samsung: YP-P2, YP-Q1
- The Nokia: N96Creative:
- The Creative Zen X-Fi & other Creative Zen media mp4 or mp3 players.
Though the price on a particular advertised player may look good and the specs may seem reasonable you don’t always get what you expect, so choosing a supplier who has a returns guarantee is always a good idea.
