Economy player that works well.
919785
Obviously a cheap item, but it works fine and does everything claimed. No instruction book included.
1959362
I debated getting a single-CD player that could handle mp3's but my wife and I have a decent CD collection. This yamaha is well built and works for our needs. I don't use the remote as I have tweaked the settings to my satisfaction and programmed our receiver remote to run the CD player. I like the play-xchange feature so the kids can keep listening to music while we swap CDs. Also being able to adjust the output volume is a nice feature, so after some experimenting, I simply maxed it out so that the volume level of CD player is close to that of the iphone, DVD player, TV, Apple TV and tuner.
1154388
After looking for some digital way to carry my music I decided on this player. It fit the price (under 200) and offered some expandable memory via the disks. I wanted an Ipod or other large capacity player, but the price was to high and the issue of durability of the hard drive and internal battery was a downside. Flash based players only have a limited memory (upto 1gig) and offer no expansion. So, there's the MiniDisc. So far I have about 25 CDs recorded in the AtracPlus 48kbs format and about half of the 1gig disc is full. I tried the higher settings, but didn't notice enough difference in quality to give up the disc space. I also run this with a FM modulator (Belkin), so higher quality would get lost anyway.

Read the reviews and you would think the software (SonicStage) stinks. I have had no problems. It's not the best, but works. I have a newer PC and the file conversion from the CD to Atrac takes about 5-10 min per 1 hour CD.

As for the player itself, I like the ability to see the file data (the included support for GraceNote is very nice and accurate). I can get the song or CD I want quickly. The shuffle feature works really well! This was a major issue for me as I wanted it to randomly play songs from all of my CDs (like my own radio station). The time between songs is almost non-existant, the next song seems to already be cued up. I would highly recommend this player!

Also, I did try a portable CD player with MP3 compatabilty, but the speed was VERY slow. So, don't try that option.
4352738
Excellent economy phone. Good for light to moderate use. I have mine running very lean on marketplace apps and one can tell that it could use some more processing power on what it is running. For the price it does exactly what I need. I look forward to getting a faster Windows 10 phone when they come out. Also be aware it does not have an LED flash. 44
585894
This player is of a good quality, got it recently so far the player's features are just as it was outlined, met my expectations. The only thing is the display for the radio, its a bit old school but thats not a big issue if your not too picky. USB Capability is excellent, major reason I bought this deck. If you looking for a relatively priced unit, this is the way to go with your features that will meet your expectations.
172678
Great little player.  Plays a variety of formats with no problems
3428246
These are great little players, performing well above the posted price. Outstanding sound quality and able to play just about any format you throw at it. Excellent amplifier stage for the price point. Well built, solid feeling, stand-out player. Separate line out and digital output as well as USB DAC capabilities. My only criticisms are a not very bright screen in daylight that is somewhat low resolution and limited onboard playlist capabilities. Not enough to cost a star though. Love it.
1762149
This portable player actually works pretty well.  The sound is kind of tinny, but for a reasonably priced item it's surprisingly decent.  The one drawback is that the songs on your micro chip can't be selected by name.  It's assigned a number and you would have to know what song the number is assigned with.  Otherwise a good portable player.
2903969
I bought this player for the bedroom and it's fine. I have this as the only stand alone and a Playstation 3 (better value, but a pain) as the player in the home theater. I like this player and give it 4 stars. Only 4 because of the trouble with the 2 year old Philips plasma and HDMI issue. I'm pretty happy with the quality of the Netflix download service on a 42" screen. Falls apart in dark and high motion like most MPEG downloads.

While I've got your attention, let's get a few things straight:

1. Blu Ray is slow.
2. Blu Ray is very sensitive to dust,scratches, and fingerprints.
3. Your BluRay player may not play all BluRay discs. Sorry if you opened it before figuring this out.
4. If you have a TV that suuports HDMI but not BluRay, you may have to use Component cables. You did know that HDMI was cooked up for digital rights management, not quality, right? Apple had to have something to do with it . . .
5. The online update works fine on mine but takes forever. By forever I mean 10-15 minutes. This is on a internet connection that's fast enough to not buffer video.
6. You can't tell it's in High Def on anything less than 50".
7. They haven't found a good use for BDLive(The internet tie in).
1147907
I've had many players before, they all had something I didn't like. This one has it all.

Here are the things that I liked.

The buttons on this really work well. Not spongy like some I've had.

The power is unmatched with the larger battery. In fact, the unit's size is almost entirely because of the AA size battery. I have some old rechargeable nihm's that again have a use - they were so weak and wouldn't recharge fully that other devices couldn't use them. This player will use them, although they come up as partially drained - which is what I'd expect.

The menu system is easy to use, and no mindless icons - actual english words. Maybe I'm old, but I have never liked icons. I can read and words are much easier to figure out than some unintelligble icons.

The display is bright, has 3 settings for how long the backlight stays on. The contrast good, can be read with the light off. It has just the right number of pixels which makes the text very readable.

I use only mp3 files and it will display the folder, title, etc. You can set up 7 levels deep, 299 folders, and 999 songs total, which is fine for 2 gigs. You can navigate to any folder and choose folder play. If you want to play a set of folders, place them in a folder of its own and choose that parent folder to play.

Simple things like the plug isn't  recessed which makes all my headphone, and other mini jacks fit nicely.

The fast forward and fast reverse even let you back up from a song to the prior song and thereby start reversing at the end of a song. It even will circle around to the last in a playlist and start reversing that. It's these little things that were thought out fully.

You can set an audio beep feedback for pressing buttons - or turn it off.

The buttons are well placed and can be found by touch given little ridges on the faceplate.

Hold button works great.

Has a nice little hook for adding a necklace (not included).

Small, lightweight. With a couple of rubberbands I can mount this on the top of my bose headset and go nearly wireless. Ok, so I'm a little weird but I think that bose should have an mp3 option for their headsets anyway. But this solves that for me.

It has plenty of volume, and you can hold down the keys to get it to change fast. It has 25 levels.

Did I mention the display font is nice, upper/lower case plus some special characters.

It's got a surround effect and one called remaster - though I can't tell what remaster does. Surround through headphones seems to give the stereo separation a boost.

Ok, CONS:

The battery compartment seems a bit fragile. But I just use a rubberband to keep it closed. I think with some rough use this might be a weak part.

No multi-level custom EQ, but it does have a few standard settings (rock, classic etc.)

That's it!
4931381
This player works as described but the buttons are a little stiff.  It is not difficult to figure out the controls...just different from what you may be used to.  For the price, it's a good deal.
2955359
An excellent performer at a reasonable price.  It does what it says it will do. The on-off switches are handy and add to the reliability of the device.
4176711
The player was promptly sent and works great. I am happy with it. 3D disks work ok. I love the fact that it plays mp3 cd's also. I use it more for music than for video.
4590313
I already owned two of these players, so I thought I knew what I was ordering. I use them to shuffle through many individual pieces at random in a given category, i.e., jazz, pop,Christmas, Hawaiian, etc. and play them through a whole-house (and garden)hi-fi system. Each player provides 8 self-assignable "categories" of music. By the time I discovered that 16 categories was not enough, the price had risen to more than I was willing to pay for another player. When I found this used one on Amazon for a reasonable price I bought it. I thought they were infinitely stackable, but found that only two can be stacked. Fortunately, I was able to connect #3 through the "Auxilliary" input of my amplifier. I can label each CD so that its title shows up on a screen on the player. The instructions say that you can plug a computer keyboard into the player to type the labels, but one is not supplied and I have yet to find one of mine that works. There are many other features, such as fade up/down and other programming. I expect this unit to provide the same reliable service as the ones I have bought in the past.
2813702
Plays fine all functions operate properly.
4874003
I bought this player in a good deal on e-bay and have been using it for about 5 months now.

The size of the player is just enough to slide it into the shirt pocket.  The screen in this player is big enough.  Double the size of an iPod.  The resolution is a bit low for such a big screen.  It looks pixalated when watching the player very close to the eyes.  But does not matter, the picture is clearer when at a distance.  The interface and the two way buttons on the right are easy to use.

It has got a tiny speaker.  The sound from this speaker is not loud enough but is good to hear in a silent room.  The headphone provided with this unit is of very low quality.  I'm using a Sony MDR-EX51LP headphone which sounds great.  The equalizer in this unit is not very effective.  It does not produce a sound that of a Creative, but the bass in this unit is good.

The unit is capable of playing only a few formats of video out from factory.  Incase you want other video compatiblity, the plug-ins need to be purchased seperately and installed on the player.  I have installed both the Podcast and Movie plug-ins in my unit.  Even then the player does not support some video formats like older versions of WMV like verion 8 and below.  It only supports WMV 9.  This I feel is a major drawback since most of the videos I download form the internet is of WMV8 format and it is not supported by the player even with the plug-ins installed.

The unit comes with a USB cable to connect to the PC.  The connector on the player side is a propretory connector.  Other universal USB cables could not be used with the player.  But, with the DVR Docking Station universal USB cable could be used.

One of the excellent feature of the player is its cabability to record video from any source and playback video.  The DVR Docking Station (to be purchased seperately) is required inorder to make use of this feature.  With the docking station, I'm able to record video from TV and charge the unit at the same time.  It is also useful to playback the recorded video in TV through the video/audio out in the docking station.  I'm not sure if the travel adapter could be used to record video from TV.  But the DVR Docking Station does it all and it also comes with a remote control to operate the player.  This unit also records sound through a tiny inbuilt microphone.  The sound quality of the recorded audio is good.

The player comes with a leather sliding case which is decent.  But you will need to take the player out of the case to watch video and adjust controls.  The case does not have a window to expose the screen or the buttons on the player.

And also when I try to play a MOV video file from a DVD, there is no option to change the language.  It just plays the audio in some language which is not default to the region of the DVD.

Overall this player is good for its video recording and playback capabilities.  This is something that the iPods, Creative Zens and Others cannot do.  Highly recommended if you are looking for this feature in a multimedia player.
1117064
This player is a delight- with an optional 2 Gb micro-SD card installed it stores about 130-140 CDs ripped at 192 Mb.  The earphones are somewhat flimsy but that's a minor detail since I can buy better ones, while the sound quality of the earphones provided is very good.  The player itself is a joy.  I haven't used the photo or movie features and only use it for music playback.  I strongly recommend this to you if you want something small, reasonably priced, and easy to use.