SanDisk Sansa e270 6 GB MP3 Player with SD Expansion Slot (Black)
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Customer Review: Sansa e270: High quality, lots of features, low price
Summary: 4 Stars
The Sansa e270 is a nice product worthy of your consideration. It is attractive and well built, although I would say due to the feel and action of the thumbwheel it may be slightly below at least the perceived quality of an iPod. It looks as good as or maybe even better than an Ipod though and appears to be durable.
The FM radio works well and is a nice option. The expansion slot is welcome, as I realize it doesn't take all that much effort to fill up 6 GB. Next time I'd probably go with the 8 GB model.
We also have the Altec Lansing IM510 Speaker System, which also works well. The combimation is plenty small enough to sit on a windowsill in the kitchen nicely out of the way. We primarily bought the system for this purpose, and it works perfectly as a kitchen radio/mp3 player.
The menus and controls are all easy and intuitive to use.
We haven't messed with the photo or video options yet. For me, the screen is small enough to make those seem more of a novelty than anything too practical. The quality of the screen is good though, so that's not an issue.
I'd recommend upgrading the earphones, if you're planning to use those very much.
Bottom line, the Sansa e270 works as advertised: about the same quality as an iPod, with more features and flexibility, and at a lower price.
Customer Review: A nice MP3 player
Summary: 4 Stars
I have been using this MP3 player for a while and I found it's a very nice one.
Pros: The sound is very good and clear. I never used a ipod so I don't know the comparison with ipod. But it's as good as, maybe better than other brands, like creative, phillips or SONY ones. It's easy to use, you don't even need to read the manual.
It is simple to use the included Sandisk converter software to transfer photos and video clips from your computer to the player. The screen is not big but pretty clear.
The battery life is very good. A fully charged battery can survive at least 15 hours (don't know that exactly, but close). It automatically charges the battery everytime you connect the player to your PC to transfer files.
It has a small size so it's easy to fit in your pocket.
Cons: The surface of the player is easy to be scratched. I bought a silicon case from Ebay so it's better now. But it already has a scratch mark on the screen now.
The earbud hurt my ears very much. I have to use another one from an older Sandisk player. But it depends on the size and shape of your ears. :)
It supports a few languages but not many. So if your song's title is Japanese or Chinese, it won't show correctly.
Customer Review: Amazing product! Been using for about 2 years
Summary: 5 Stars
I am absolutely shocked at the bad reviews for this product. I have had this and use it constantly for about 2 years. When I first got this, one of my kids accidentally cracked the screen, I called Sandisk customer support and they sent me a new one, which I received in 3 days. Then I had a problem with it and called customer support again, I had to update the firmware, which they talked me through. THEN my player was sitting in water for a couple of hours, the back of it was soaked. It STILL WORKED!, and is still working as well as when I received it. Yesterday I had the same problem with the firmware, which I called customer support for again, and they walked me through it. If your player just stops working call 1-866-SANDISK, they are wonderful. I love the way the sansa works, it is very easy to use. I just ordered the sansa view 16 GB mp3 player and I am going to give my son the Sansa e270. You can get it for about $170 which is a great price for 16 GB. I can't wait! There is a vehicle charger available for the Sansa e270. It is $29.95. Just search for it on Amazon. Amazing product, I have had absolutely no unresolvable problems with it or with customer support! 5 stars for sure. Love it! 2 years and still going strong. I feel like it will work forever! GREAT product!Customer Review: A Great All-Around Player
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this item last week with 6Gb. It's a great device. It has good display and great features.
The *MUSIC* that you want can easily be dragged onto the Sansa. The device automatically gives the playlists of artist, album, etc.
The converter that comes with the item is really amazing. It was a big hastle to put videos on my PSP but the converter makes it so easy to put it on the Sansa 270. You can put pretty much any type of *VIDEO* onto the converter and it will do all the work for you.
Im not a big *PHOTO* person but the converter in suposed to be able to do that as well.
The *RADIO* can almost always pick up channels very clearly and the recording of the radio is good quality as well.
The VOICE RECORDER is very good quality. It is much better than any recorder that comes on a cell phone.
The only few bad things about the Sansa e270 is that it does not come with a wall charger or car charger(i dont think that they even sell them) You can only charge the device by using the USB cord that it comes with to charge it in your computer. Also the Sansa does not offer a lot of storage space or accessories(but you can buy extra memory to put in your expansion slot)
I encourage you to buy this great item
Customer Review: Adequate but not good enough
Summary: 2 Stars
The Sansa e270 has the basic functionality which it promotes: plays music, plays videos, plays radio, and records. For basic use, it is sufficient. The player is also small and light enough to fit in your pockets, making it really handy to bring along to almost any place. Audio quality was also good.
But I wasn't pleased with it; firstly I wanted to watch some of my AVI videos on the player - I first had to convert it using the Sansa converter which came along with the package but it didn't work for my Xvid codecs. Then the player would also try to "arrange" my MP3s to fit its filing methodology, which just seemed to screw up my playlist. I could not find a lot of my music files after the "arrangement". I also found that I couldn't delete tracks on the player - I had to plug it into my computer and delete it using the computer interface. I also can't create different playlists of my own on the player, and for some weird reason, some playlists I created on the computer were corrupted on the player. What a mess! I have since then returned the player.
Ultimately, I would say the Sansa e200 series is a good series, worth its money. But for sticklers like me, it just doesn't cut it. I'm going to try other players.