Customer Reviews
Just Simply o.k.... 
2008-01-03
I bought myself an IPOD Nano (3rd Gen) for my birthday, and my 11 year old daughter just LOVED it! She has an mp3 player, but it's a very basic creative muvo. She really wanted something that she could put videos and photos on, like my IPOD. So I decided to get her the Philips for Christmas. I didn't want to shell out another $140 for another IPOD.
I looked for something in a lower price range and found this Philips. I was really on the fence about it, but went ahead and bought it.
All in all it's just simply "o.k". My dd is only 11, so it has enough memory for her and holds enough songs. But the display is so very basic, it doesn't list the song and the artist at the same time (which is something I would have liked) - but , oh well. The photo resolution is great! All her pics look wonderful so that's a plus.
The player says it's video capable -- my problem is I couldn't figure out where to get videos "from". Now I'm not exactly counting that as a design flaw, it may very well just be that I'm an idiot in that department. My dd made a video on her digital camcorder, and I tried using the included software (Philips Media Converter) to convert it and add it to her player. Didn't work. The software kept "telling" me that that type of file WAS the right kind to convert, it just wouldn't do it. I just kept getting a bunch of errors, so I gave up.
I've looked through the manual and looked through the website trying to figure out "how" to put videos on there and where to get them from - but it is absolutely no help, everything just points you right back to the Philips Media Converter software (which clearly didn't work for me). So, I don't know ...
When you are scrolling through your songs, it's actually quite slow. Sometimes you have to press a button more than once to get it to respond. To add a song to your playlist, you simply hit the "playlist" button - that's pretty easy, BUT you are limited to just one playlist.
Overall, I give it a 3. I'd much prefer a 2 1/2 but that's not an option.
When I read the description, I didn't realize it doesn't come w/ a wall charger (did it say that? Not sure, may just be me again) -- but it charges through a USB port in your computer. Not bad, not good, just is.
I think it's way overpriced considering how un-user friendly it was, I'm irritated that I can't put video's on it (again, may be my own idiocy - but seriously - you'd think Philips would be prepared for that), and when you are going through the menu or functions it's entirely too slow. I should have just shelled out the extra $70 and got her an IPOD Nano, and just bought everything off of Itunes - at least then she'd have video.
On the plus side, it seems rather durable, I'm not going to drop it or dump it in a cup of coffee to test that theory, you'll just have to take my word for it. Oh, and it does have a radio, that's a plus. Not many other pluses ... I'm trying to think of a few, but there just aren't any.
If you're looking for a simple player to just hold your songs and only want one playlist - then perhaps this will work for you, but if you want something w/ a little more pizzaz and more worth your buck, then move on soldier, move on ...
TXStateSenior 2007-12-25
No problems with playback. Good size, nice look and easily navigable menus. However, the player does not support the creation of multiple playlists;even if you create folders within it using the "J" drive and drag and drop files. Additionally, file transfer time seems slow using enclosed USB cable
Difficult to deal with 
2007-12-17
I like having so much space for my music, but it is so difficult to download my songs to it. It will go through my list and "error" on many of the songs...without rhyme or reason. And I won't even get into the video portion of the problems. Would not recommend.
Inexpensive MP3 player 
2008-04-09
Recently joined a gym and noticed most people were listening to music. I didn't own any small music player. I was hesitant about spending much money on one. After researching, I decided to purchase the Philips 2 GB MP3 player. It is extremely easy to use and works very well. The only problem I have had is learning how to cut it off. It didn't take long to master even that. I would highly recommend this product as an inexpensive way to stay in touch with the world of MP3 players.
Excellent picture quality 
2008-04-07
There are no complaints with this item. Nice design and great picture quality for videos or pictures. I really only wanted to listen to music but this player convinced me to download video because the demo video showed how detailed the pictures are. Looks good and is easily used. Good product for price compared to the ipod.
This player is great 2008-03-15
This player has it all! Better than the name-brand player in my opinion, because it includes radio--a feature that a certain seller of mp3 players will never include in their unit because they want to make you to buy music from their website, of course. This player plays windows media audio files in addition to MP3s, but not wma_pro files, so keep that in mind you windows media player version 10+ users. The unit does play video, not the greatest quality, only 11 frames per second, but only in a certain format, and there is a converter software included with the player, to convert (it can take much longer to convert the video than it does to watch the video...) from various formats to the format that is played on this unit. 2GB is great capacity when you are using 64kbps wma (equivalent to 4GB music in MP3 format). In addition to all these great features, it also records voice in a reduced bit wav format. Battery life is superb, easy to navigate, although the scrolling is a bit slow when you have lots of music on it. Very durable, and great sound quality. I am impressed that this sells for the small price that it does, because it is a much better deal than most other brands.
Philips mp3 2008-02-19
I bought this mp3 player to upgrade form the one i've had for 4 yrs now. I was and am really impressed with the quality of this product. The battery life is about 15-20 hours instead of the 10 hrs it says. Good product all the way around.
its cool but people will steal it from you 2008-02-15
its the coolest mp3 player i have ever bought in my years of mp3 player buys i have had it for 4 weeks now thursday i was at my job and one co worker took it out of my coat in our break room and went home with it so ladies and gentlemen when you buy this product item be careful keep it with you or leave it somewhere where it wont be stolen.
