Should I get a sansa view 8gb or a sandisk sansa e280? Which is better and why? I don't care about the features like FM and things. Is the sound quality better? Its 20 dollars difference. I know that the view is thinnner. But anything else. Is there a reason why I should buy the view instead of the e280? Thanks for your help! Should I get a sansa view 8gb or a sandisk sansa e280? Which is better and why? I don't care about the features like FM and things. Is the sound quality better? Its 20 dollars difference. I... » Read More Should I get a sansa view 8gb or a sandisk sansa e280? Which is better and why? I don't care about the features like FM and things. Is the sound quality better? Its 20 dollars difference. I know that the view is thinnner. But anything else. Is there a reason why I should buy the view instead of the e280? Thanks for your help! « Show Less
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I don't know about the sound quality. I bought the E280 instead of the view because the E280 has a replaceable battery. I like it a lot so far. I had an iPod mini previously.
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Oh this is easy. You can run Rockbox on the e280, and I do not believe it has been ported to the View. If you are getting it primarily to listen to music, you will want to learn about Rockbox, and how to run it on the Sansa. Rockbox is a free gift from music lovers to music lovers. It is a bit technical and not for the faint of heart! Be bold, and ROCKBOX the e280!
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I don't use audiobooks- try asking here, in the appropriate section(s): http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/
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I have a different model, but same line. It played from a 500GB usb drive fine. The thing is it has to be formatted to FAT32 or it won't read. I use a 128GB flash drive on two different Pioneer AVH models fine as well. According to the manual there are file and folder limits though (I think 15K file/1500folder, not positive though), so 256gb may be overkill to be honest (I do have 10K+ mp3 on my 128 with room for more). I only tried the 500GB out of curiosity.Also a note on the 160gb iPod working... that's because it runs off the iPod o/s, making the size and format irrelevant. It also runs much slower than using a usb drive as a result. I have a different model, but same line. It played from a 500GB usb drive fine. The thing is it has to be formatted to FAT32 or it won't read. I use a 128GB flash drive on two different Pioneer AVH models fine as well. According to the manual there are file and folder limits though (I think 15K file/1500folder, not positive though), so 256gb may be overkill to be honest (I do have 10K+ mp3 on my 128 with room for more). I only tried the 500GB out of curiosity.Also a note on the 160gb iPod working... that's because it runs off the iPod o/s, making the size and format irrelevant.... » Read More I have a different model, but same line. It played from a 500GB usb drive fine. The thing is it has to be formatted to FAT32 or it won't read. I use a 128GB flash drive on two different Pioneer AVH models fine as well. According to the manual there are file and folder limits though (I think 15K file/1500folder, not positive though), so 256gb may be overkill to be honest (I do have 10K+ mp3 on my 128 with room for more). I only tried the 500GB out of curiosity.Also a note on the 160gb iPod working... that's because it runs off the iPod o/s, making the size and format irrelevant. It also runs much slower than using a usb drive as a result. « Show Less
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Is this still the case? The Device Center at Audible suggests that the Sansa e200v2 series is compatible. I'm looking at buying a player that will run Audible files and prefer this one if it is compatible. Thanks!
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I have two Sansa players and have been very happy thus far. Owned an older Zen model, most unhappy, and because they've never had an FM radio, refused to purchase an Apple player.
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Sandisk has been for me a good value and the right feature set - I've owned several, including the Express, the Fuze and the m200 series. As previously noted, they all have FM radios and the navigation on all of them is pretty much the same thing. Cannot speak to video quality; audio is fine - I've found that for me, the audio is so much affected by the earbuds or earphones used that it makes sense to get good ones.
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I have tried both the Sansa and Creative. I got my Zen because the Sansa did not have the bookmark feature. Creative's bookmark feature is nice but the products are not reliable. Before I purchased the Zen I saw the review that said it crashes. For those of us who listen to books, the crashes are a major problem. The Zen crashes whenever you fast forward or reverse. I used my Sansa for a year and reset once. I have reset my Zen so many time that the reset button no longer works. If you choose to disregard this warning be sure to keep your receipt.
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Works fine on Windows7. Sansa/Sandisk description is not complete. I just purchased A Clip Sport. I like it much better.
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I'm not sure. I would caution that my experience with sansa mp3 players has been mostly negative. I had earlier mp3 players without a touch interface and these were pretty good. The players with touch were so dreadful that I'd never buy another Sansa device.
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Quick question can I use more than a 2gb card for my Sandisk Sansa e250 2GB MP3 Player?
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It more or less increase storage capacity by 2GB. On your computer, the sansa and the microSD show up as separate drives, so you have to drag and drop music onto each separately. However, the sansa merges the microSD so all the music shows up together when your listening.
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I have a Sansa that has no trouble with vista using the windows meida player. I love it I was thinking about the zune but from these post maybe not I should just stick with the sansa since it also has the sd slot for expansion.
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Is there anyone who can answer alpinecow's question? Also, I heard that the Sandisk Sansa will not play chapters in proper order. Is this still the case?
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Because you are using it for movies, you must get the 8gb model, the 4gb will fill up too fast. The 4 gb model is ok for a moderate sized music collection, most of those 30 or more gb players are usually mostly empty for most people, but not for movies. Since a 3g shuffle was just introduced, I would strongly recommend waiting for an update for the nano, im betting a 16 gb model is coming, frankly I'm surprised the current nanos don't come in a 16gb model, I think they are just trying to sell more ipod touches, which i cannot recommend unless you have a huge pile of cash to get rid of.
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Hello: Could you tell me what MAC you have please? I can not get my Sansa e280 8gig device to connect with my G4 emac. The screen of the Sansa says connected but nothing showing on my Mac. It did show as a volume a few times. Why only a few times I don't know. I have the USB mode set to MSC. Thanks for any help.
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I am very happy with my 2GB Sansa. Just updated the firmware (very smooth application downloaded from Sandisk site).Sleek design, not as cool as Nano, but very close. Ubercool video which Nano doesn't have, which works surprisingly well.Bigger screen than Nano too. Micro SD slot a great plus. And it also works like a storage device, so you can take files with it, something Nano doesn't do.Go for the $129 (at time of writing) 4GB model.
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David S. is right. Sansa supports up to 32GB with standard exFAT formatting (which is how most are pre-formatted when you buy them). But Sansa will also work just fine with a larger card formatted to FAT32. There are a number of free programs that you can use to reformat a larger memory card to FAT32.