Not compatible with Rhapsody, UI shaky
593140
This is a nice concept, badly executed.

Despite the claim if being 'PlaysForSure' compatible, it didnt' work with Rhapsody's 'to-go' service. I'm not sure whose end the problem is on, but that's frustrating.

The UI is ok, but at times it's slow and lags in response time. The thumb scroll mechanism is sometimes unpredictable and hard to use.

The headphones that ship with the unit are defective and only play songs at half-volume -- you'll have to substitute your own. (This wasn't just my unit -- this is true for everyone, I've seen the problem in other reviews.)

I would save my money and look elsewhere.
1844327
Well I bought my Sansa Fuze about a week ago after much debating between the iPod nano and this one. The main reason I got the Fuze is its support with Rhapsody which offers unlimited music service for one monthly rate.
However, it seems I will have to take this one right back. The music sounds great (much better than previous Sansa models) but I have been viewing the video, and it simply does not look too sharp. The biggest gripe is that the sides of the screen has begun to take nasty colors. It started with a corner getting a orange smudge, then spread out to the other sides of the screen. To make the matters worse, since the video stays in letterbox format, the orange smudges are extremely visible when seeing video. My other complaint, although a small one, is the bland look of the menu. It would be real nice if you could customize it, but you simply can't. It's a real shame too because this is a great player, but it looks like I will be taking it back and getting an iPod nano and using my Sansa clip for all the newer music that comes out through my Rhapsody service.
237733
The software installed the package twice. Up load files slow down from 500MB and stop at 1G. Unstable SW and mediocre appearance
1711104
Returned for refund to seller.  The manufacter's original adapter that came with my Creative Zen Vision:M does a seamless job transferring DRM (digital rights management)-enabled audio tracks from Rhapsody to my player (requires Rhapsody-To-Go subscription level).  However this cable, purchased as a spare, chronically reported errors for approximately 10 percent of tracks.
2822285
I wrote Cirago for a firmware update, and there is none available.

This thing freezes continuosly, and the Factory recommends "scan and fix for hard drive errors". I did it and the failure continues.

Nothing like my Argossy media player (2yrs old and still Works perfect).
2925656
I have bought 2 Ipods for my two sons and have watched them fight the file format issue since we have a PC instead of a Mac. When it came time to buy a portabile music player for myself, I set the following criteria:

1. Must be compatible with Rhapsody which I have been using for years.

2. Must not have a hard drive

3. Capable of handling the large number of WMA format music I have converted from CD.

4. Price / valuable ratio must be good.

I finally broke down and bought a Sansa E270 last week. I have been listening to it nearly non-stop.

The pros:

It fit my criteria listed above.

It is easy for me to use (at 47 I don't want to fight technology)

The sound is great when I substituted higher grade noise canceling headphones for the earbuds it came with.

While it doesn't handle the thousands of songs I had hoped it would, it handles as many as I need and syncing with Rhapsody is easy.

The cons:

Face plastic scratches very easily

Ear buds furnished with it are worthless

Software bundled with it was hard to install on one of my computers

Doesn't come with wall charger.

Summary:

I bought a wall and car charger and rubber case on Ebay for it for less than 10 bucks, they work well. I really like being able to move my Rhapsody music easily over to the Sansa. I didn't realize that I had to change my Rhapsody subscription from $9.95 a month to $14.95 a month, but it is worth it to have all the new fresh music available from Rhapsody each month.
856904
Didn't work for me. Some driver conflict with Windows 10 64bit. Uninstalled drivers, reinstalled, updated to the latest version, no luck. Worked for 10 min then showed some error written in Chinese and locked computer. Tried bluetooth, USB connection - no difference. Sometimes it can't wake up and I had to restart PC, sometimes working flawlessly for a while then quit without any error at all. Nice package and slick look. Good price. Returned and got myself Wacom - no problems whatsoever, everything working as should. Just 3 times more expensive. Oh well, you pay for quality.
1443822
I have only made a few experimental/learning videos with this.  My impressions are that it's fine at this price/size and I think the many extensive reviews areon target.  In the hope of sparing others a few hours of frustration, I wanted to mention the struggle I had trying to install and use the included Arcsoft Mediaimpression for Kodak software under Windows 7 (64 bit), and a no-cost alternative.  I loaded and installed Mediaimpression and then downloaded and installed the latest update.  Afterwards, most times when I tried to open the program the flash screen would come on and nothing further with the program showing as "not responding".  Sometimes, with a clean restart, I could get it to open, open a couple video files, and seem to be working..only to freeze later.

In this price range camera, I didn't feature spending another $50+ for editing software.  And the only file format this camera produces is .mov (Quicktime) and not all software works on that.  Easy solution: Windows Live Moviemaker (free with Windows 7) works fine with this format and does basic editing nicely.  So assuming this problem is limited to Windows 7 users, a solution is at hand.
4356592
Well, I'm a bit disappointed. I'll give you the bad first, and then the good (there's not much on that though).

I was hoping to be able to have this unit wirelessly send my iTunes to my downstairs stereo system so I don't have to be in front of my computer to listen to music all the time. I'm a Mac owner and do feel that they are a lot easier and reliable computers but, this unit only works on Windows.

Most things these days work with Mac too. They may not have all the bells and whistles that the windows version does, but they do have some compatibility. This item...nothing at all! Plus, you have to use Rhapsody for your music, you can't use iTunes. I know i'm a Mac person but hey, iTunes is the dominant player out there and I personally do not know anyone who uses Rhapsody.

Philips is a great company and they put out great products. When I opened the package up I liked how the design of the graphics were and the way they packed it was nice too. I was getting very excited to having this player hooked up. Next, I liked the overall design of the unit. It totally matched my computer. It has that clear plastic outer shell with a black front and a black and white lcd dot matrix looking display (small LCD rectangle, very small about  3.5x1.5). The unit is about 7.5 long so its pretty compact though.

It looks easy to connect to your stereo system with simple red and white RCA plugs and comes with a remote. I'm going to go to a friends house and hook it up to his windows machine and see how that process works as well as how it all sounds using Rhapsody. I'll update this review in a few weeks.
1656300
It is difficult to synchronize it with Mac, even after synchronization it is always conflicting and not working properly
1820350
The window containing the words the speaker says (tutorial slides/pages) which also contains instructions for interactive use gets jammed in the corner.  You need to constantly grab it with the mouse or optical pen and pull it out of the corner to advance the tutorial.  Very annoying.  Also, sometimes the items you need to click on are outside the bounds of where your mouse is responded to.  The only choice is to skip the slide.  It may be that these problems only occur with windows 8.  I contacted the vendor numerous times and I get no response regarding these problems.  You can work around them as I do.  For about $30, even with the annoyances, it's not bad.  Maybe it works better with Windows 7 or XP.

Besides the technical problems, these tutorials are pretty low level.  The interactions pertain to some of the features and capabilities and are not deep.  About what you would expect for $30.
4384856
The fonts are fuzzy.  I have spent a day troubleshooting both the monitor settings and my computer settings.  I've read the user manual, which lacks good explanation for the various functions.  Additionally, and even more infuriating, is that my mouse is now jumping around and my webpages freeze up when I go to print a page.  Not sure if the monitor is doing something in the background.  I am returning this monitor.
335298
Game looks choppy, not good quality and keeps freezing up
2167766
The T10 looks great, works well, and my music sounds excellent.  The problems are:
1 - The EmoDio (a.k.a. Rhapsody) music program is horrible.  If you're used to iTunes, you will definitely find this program lacking.
2 - Playlists... You can't make a playlist on your computer via EmoDio and have it transfer to your player.  You have to go to each individual song on your player and tag it if you want it in a specific playlist.  Plus, you have playlists numbered 1-5 and can't rename them or delete them from your player.  I mean, how are you going to remember what number playlist is for what?
3 - Help... Samsung's site seems to be a work in progress.  There is little information that can help you resolve any issues you may have with the player or the music software.

I must stress, though, that the quality of the player is excellent.  The graphics are great & movie quality (although it's a very small screen) is brilliant.  Plus, the touch pad's arrows light up... cool touch.

Supposedly you can download different wallpapers and different themes for your selection screens, but every time I have tried to download them, I have failed miserably.  But this is not to say that you will have the same problem.

All in all, a good player.
4005383
I was really excited to try this product, but after hours and hours of frustration, I finally gave up.  On the surface, the GUI interface is very slick and it seems like Studio 8 could do everything I wanted (record analog video, edit, and create VCD's).  It has nice editing features that are fairly intuitive.  However, the application locked up or crashed regularly (I installed v8.8).  You can use the auto-save feature to help minimize loss of work.  When it was running, I was constantly encountering little quirks and made the user's experience frustrating.  Plus, it was painfully slow on my PC (P3, 1GHz, 384MB RAM, WinME).  Pinnacle should reduce the GUI 'fanciness' and work on making it run faster and smoother.  It seems that it would be a great product, if it worked as promised.  My recommendation:  Wait for Studio 10!
4388732
I love the DMS1 - setup was a piece of cake and using it is really easy.  The best part is the ability to stream Rhapsody!  Omnifi's tech support is very responsive as well.  After trying over solutions - I cant recommend this enough!
2898607
I honestly liked this product; decent games, very nice graphics, and most importantly my 2 year old loved it.
However, I could not get the sound to function properly; when it works at all it is choppy, cuts off words, and sometimes even sounds like a broken record.  I thought of keeping the software but it the sound is just too annoying and you need it to play the games.
I believe the problem is that I'm running Windows XP, and since this Disney software is a few years old it does not run properly on XP.  There's actually a disclaimer in the instructions saying they cannot guarantee compatibility on Windows 2000 (XP is based on Win 2000.)  The manual mentions to update all drivers on your computer, all mine are brand new for XP.
For what it's worth, after exhausting the manual and the included product troubleshooting, I found a pretty good troubleshooting page on Disney's website at: [...]