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 Excellent Value January 3, 2009
L. the L. (Ireland)
Centon 2GBMP3-003 2GB moVex MP3 Player (Red)
Unbelievable value. $16!
(I'd been holding out to get a 2GB mp3 under $30 - now there are loads available but this one I think is the best value $10 cheaper that it's equivalent in other brands).
Quality of MP3 downloads is excellent.
Volume goes really high so quality of playback is really good.
LCD is small but that's fine for me.
6 equalisation settings options on it (you pick one).
Rewind, FF function are good enough on it.
Repeat function is on it which is great.
Loading a song is simple, no software, just connect to USB and quickly downloads.
As an extra a voice recorder is there too.
Lasts good enough on the one AAA battery and I've been using it for a lot for about 10 days.
Don't have that many songs on it yet so the lack of a search (typing in the name of a song to find it) could be annoying in the future but not in my books for a $16 player.
2GB of songs (24hrs)!
Did read that they are made in a sweat shop in China... this is probably true for the vast majority of electronic equipment being made unfortunately. This is why it's cheap .. this is really sad.
No Fault to find relative to price. Unbelievebale value in my books.
 MP3, Thumb Drive, voice recorder, no wires December 27, 2008
J. West (USA)
I wanted a voice recorder and got this little device so the MP3 Player and Thumb Drive were bonuses. I works fine and sounds good. Make no mistakes, it is inexpensive, so don't throw it around and maybe it will last. But for $15, who cares. Two negatives,
the screen is pathetically small and difficult to read. Also no manual so download one from the Mfg site. And the manual is not well written. I am happy with it.
Best deal out there on an MP3 player September 9, 2008
Noah Britton (Boston, Ma)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've had this for about 2 months.
Positives:
+Very easy to use. It works well with either Windows Media Player or as a Flash drive .
+2 GB is plenty of space for anybody. That's over 24 hours of music, and no one will ever listen to more than that in one sitting.
+The best $20 you'll ever spend. Even if it breaks tomorrow, it's still a better deal than a $200 iPod that breaks after a year (do the math).
+The microphone is useful for spoken or low-volume recordings
+It doesn't even need to go in my pocket, it fits in one of my belt loops.
+I can easily go between folders with the little thing on the top left (ignore other reviews that claim it's difficult to choose songs)
+The headphones that come with it are actually very good and way better than the $20 ones I bought to replace them after one of the ears went (this always happens as I listen to my mp3 player for hours every day)
Negatives
-It runs on a AAA battery. This is touted as a positive because you don't need to bring a specific charger on vacation, but this is actually a negative because you have to either keep buying batteries (which offsets your savings on this) or use rechargeable ones which require a charger. I've chosen the latter and have been satisfied with it. It's no better or worse in this area than other mp3 players that use chargers.
-The mic isn't great. I recorded a concert and, although it's better than cell-phone quality, it doesn't have very good compression so it distorts somewhat.
-The battery connection is a little weak on all batteries besides the one that comes with the mp3 player, so if you put tinfoil on the edges of the battery it will last a little longer. The batteries last around 8 hours if you leave it on shuffle the whole time (choosing songs uses the backlight which eats the battery faster).
-Like all mp3 players, it's made in a sweatshop in China
All in all, a very good product (so far). The 4 GB one did not exist when I ordered mine. I might have chosen that for an extra $7.
Beats the shuffle! July 11, 2008
Y. Fillon (Boston, MA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have owned this mp3 player for just about a year now (gift from GF) and it is still working and I had no problem what so ever with it.
I am going to adopt that pros/cons layout that everybody uses:
Pros:
-Drag and Drop! No software needed, open Windows explorer and drop your mp3s. You can even use it as a USB memory stick and load any type of files on it! Very useful.
-Sound equalizer, to allow you to tune up to the particular style of music you like
-Will display song name/band etc... on the (small) screen
-Battery like is good, especially considering that it uses 1 AAA. I use rechargeable ones
-pretty sturdy... had it for a year, nothing broke etc...
-DIRT CHEAP... if you tend to loose or break your electronic gadgets easily, this is your cheap mp3. I exclusively use it for work out, and I am not worried about dropping it or loosing it.
Cons
-Loading songs on it seem pretty slow... I suspect it is a USB1 type of port
-design is not so sweet... but heh
-As mentioned in one other review, cannot search for songs, but this is not unlike the Ipod shuffle (so it is not really a Cons!)
-no accessories available as far as I know (and I don't care)
-*added later* forgot to mention that the headphones provided are absolute junk, horrible design, sound and comfort
Conclusion, for the money, it is GREAT, and I would choose this one over a shuffle anytime of the day.
 Worst mp3 player ever March 18, 2008
Jessica Young (Chatham, IL United States)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Unless you plan to memorize what order every song is in, you will be forced to flip through EVERY song until you find the one you want to listen to! No fast forward or rewind option. I don't think they could have made the display screen any smaller. What a waste of money. This piece of junk is going right in the trash.
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