Philips HDD120 Audio HDD MP3 Player (20 GB) Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this product at Best-Buy as an exchange item for a Rio Karma jukebox because they didn't have any left in stock.
Let me focus on what's good about this player first, as that will be very easy to cover...
I have to tell you, this has to be the best looking jukebox, and I don't particularly like the iPod.
It has optical / analog input for recording and it also has a built-in mic!
The white/black contrast lcd is to die for, with very nice magnesium casing (nice dark colors too).
But aside from looks, this thing has nothing that beats any other mp3 player..
There is no way to directly start playing songs.You have to first select a playlist or a category, or even the "all tracks" to start playing.If you ever turn it off and then turn it on.. its time to do the same thing again.
I can hear it spin when I try to play a song, and I can feel it rotate the drive reader when it goes to the next song.
Within an hour of handling it, my fingerprints were so over the place and so noticeable, it was driving me crazy.
To add to it, there is no stop button, it never gets as loud as I want it, and it has very crappy visualizations for the songs.
The power button is the play button.What kind of user interface design is that?
The software that you have to use with it crashes everytime I try to use my existing mp3 archive.Even after updating, it does the same thing.To make it work, I had to manually copy my favorite songs into some prespecified folder...Took forever..
I would definitely want my Rio Karma back over this thing.Don't waste money over it.It doesn't come with any fancy features that might interest you.Its just a hard drive with mp3 playback and a good looking cover.That's it.

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Product Description:
Philips small hand held 20 GB Hard Drive, Juke Box, USB 2.0 connection, head phones, In-line remote, and carrying case.