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Saturday, May 3, 2008

Those Little 20$ eBay MP4 Players?

Last year I decided to get one of those no name eBay MP4 players that cost like $20.00. Not quite as cool as I thought they would be. First of all they look exactly like Ipods. This wouldn't be a problem if they were like Ipods. The programming on these little buggers is nothing like the programming on an Ipod. And also some songs can destroy the entire software that runs the songs and movies on the MP4 itself. Mine keeps restarting itself when I scroll over a certain song. Maybe 5 years ago these would have been the greatest thing on the market (and the most expensive to) but with all the new technology in the rise, its almost more worth it to just pay full price for the real thing. Now I'm going to write a pros and cons list just to help you make up your mind.

Pros:
1. They do have decent resolution to watch movies on.
2. They have a movie file compressed format so that 2 gigs goes a long way.
3. They look great. You could really fool someone into thinking you have an ipod.
4. They are cheap.
5. Some come with a built in speaker so you can listen without headphones.

cons:
1. Can be glitchy.
2. Hard to navigate.
3. Screens shatter on very small impact.
4. Lithium battery gets screwed up.
5. Just flat out cheap!

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