Best MP3 Players - Battery Level On Screen Display, MPEG-2 Video Format, Equalizer Controls Additional Features

'little slow and browsing large volumes'

'The player is a bit awkward to hold because the headphone jack is on the side, jabbing into the palm of your hand.'

'I had trouble even finding suitable video to use for my tests: The device supports only certain .avi files and variants of Windows Media (.wmv) files.'

'The main issue is the control pad--it's just bad.'

'Sluggish UI.'

'The video was grainy and exhibited poor contrast, and bright colors--especially yellow--appeared blotchy and badly pixelated.'

'an inconvenient two-line-and-a-brick-style power adapter.'

'Creative Labs second iteration of their portable media player, the Zen Vision, follows in the footsteps of their Zen Portable Media Center, which failed miserably when it was introduced.'

'The Creative Zen only comes in black, the control pad feels cheap'

'It is a little uncomfortable to use the interface'

'The Cowon A3 isn't the slimmest or lightest portable video player we've seen'

'The A3 is big'

'short battery life'

'It's heavy'

'the lack of a kickstand or built-in speaker is disappointing for a PVP.'

'the lack of a kickstand or built-in speaker is disappointing for a PVP.'

'the 405 relies solely on the contoured button navigation that lines the right edge of the screen.'

'The Archos 604 is limited to 30GB.'

'must purchase separate kit to get a power adapter.'

'Images are noisy, even with the settings cranked up to the highest quality.'

'noisy audio'

'The stock earbuds aren't particularly efficient and they don't sound all that great.'

'The earphone that comes in the package does not give you the full sense of the good quality of the sound though.'