Despite having been busted at the CeBIT show for alleged copyright infringement, Meizu makes some stylish media players that compete with a host of 2, 4 and 8GB Flash players with 2-3in screens.
The Mini SL is not a brand new design, but it has recently been given an improved screen, some new firmware and has shed a few …
...and its been a fantastic little bit of kit for the year or more I've owned it.
I'd agree with the comment above in theory, but in practice given that you charge it from the PC USB, its a breeze to just drag albums over. I have never really understood the need people have to carry 30,000 tracks around with them every single place they go, 4gb has been more than adequate to the point I seldom have it filled up at any time even including the odd converted movie. Which brings me to my next point. Have the sync issues been sorted out as the playback on the 4gb had a habit of going out of sync, most people got around it by splicing the film (a forum member posted a superb script for linux users to convert and splice the movie all automagically)?
All in all, would I buy another if/when this one packs up... absolutely :]
This is primarily a music device with video on the side and a small screen, if you want a video device with music on the side get an Archos or similar (which I also own :)). For the Miezu I normally re-encode at 15fps (from 29.97fps movies) and its perfectly adequate (ie,can't really notice on the small screen)... this isn't a home cinema setup, its a portable player with a limited amount of memory, reducing the file size is A Good Thing(tm).
The original review seems to mark down the UI controls, I certainly never noticed any problems with it other than getting used to a new device type settling in period (my Archos by comparison is pretty clumsy regarding the UI imo)
That's the fella that has the SD slot and the flac and great sound ... oh and I've watched 3 films on mine and still had anough battery power left for music on the 3 hour flight home.
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Meizu Mini Player SL 8GB media player
Despite having been busted at the CeBIT show for alleged copyright infringement, Meizu makes some stylish media players that compete with a host of 2, 4 and 8GB Flash players with 2-3in screens. The Mini SL is not a brand new design, but it has recently been given an improved screen, some new firmware and has shed a few …
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Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 13:11 GMT
Steve Foster
Memory Card Slot? #
Fitting a memory card slot seems like an obvious thing to do, then you can simply make one device and give users "unlimited" capacity.
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 20:04 GMT
John
20fps #
srsly? 24 is bad enough at the source.
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 20:04 GMT
John
Got the 4gb model... #
...and its been a fantastic little bit of kit for the year or more I've owned it.
I'd agree with the comment above in theory, but in practice given that you charge it from the PC USB, its a breeze to just drag albums over. I have never really understood the need people have to carry 30,000 tracks around with them every single place they go, 4gb has been more than adequate to the point I seldom have it filled up at any time even including the odd converted movie. Which brings me to my next point. Have the sync issues been sorted out as the playback on the 4gb had a habit of going out of sync, most people got around it by splicing the film (a forum member posted a superb script for linux users to convert and splice the movie all automagically)?
All in all, would I buy another if/when this one packs up... absolutely :]
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 20:04 GMT
E
Looks just like #
Not that I really care - I do not believe UIs should be protected or copywriteable or patentable - but it looks just like my Creative Zen.
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 20:04 GMT
Les Matthew
Not just Cowan #
that support ogg and FLAC now?
Posted Wednesday 21st May 2008 07:42 GMT
John
Re: 20fps #
"srsly? 24 is bad enough at the source."
ya rly!
This is primarily a music device with video on the side and a small screen, if you want a video device with music on the side get an Archos or similar (which I also own :)). For the Miezu I normally re-encode at 15fps (from 29.97fps movies) and its perfectly adequate (ie,can't really notice on the small screen)... this isn't a home cinema setup, its a portable player with a limited amount of memory, reducing the file size is A Good Thing(tm).
The original review seems to mark down the UI controls, I certainly never noticed any problems with it other than getting used to a new device type settling in period (my Archos by comparison is pretty clumsy regarding the UI imo)
Posted Wednesday 21st May 2008 13:01 GMT
James Smith
Cowon D2 #
That's the fella that has the SD slot and the flac and great sound ... oh and I've watched 3 films on mine and still had anough battery power left for music on the 3 hour flight home.
The best player hands down! Nothing comes close.
Period
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