Samsung YH-925GS 20 GB Digital Audio Player Review

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(More customer reviews)Hardware look and feel is very polished, cooler than ipod, nice form factor and audio recording features not found on ipod.But software is quirky.Out of the box had to do a firmware upgrade over the net, and I mistakenly unplugged USB at the wrong time and hosed the drive and had to start over again, though had a similar experience with ipod too.One major annoyance is though it looks like a drive to Windows when you plug it in to the USB port, if you drag and drop MP3 folders over to it, they are stored but will not be recognized by the player, and wont play.Only files transferred with the sync from WMP or Napster will play.This is very annoying if you already have a large collection of MP3 folders and arent too interested in purchasing online right away.Another annoyance is it will only sync to one PC, if you sync it on a different PC, it may delete all the files!! This kind of fascist copy protection scheme is going too far, imho.Another major annoyance is the Napster signup, the default is to bill you 9.95 a month!It wasnt clear to me I had signed up for automatic billing till I got the bill.Sneaky!Napster has an 'all-you-can-eat' option for downloading given a fixed monthly subscription, but the fine print says if you ever stop subscribing then all the files you downloaded become unplayable!!What an amazing 'innovation' that is!! Is this progress?I think not.As far as the WMP interface, it works pretty good, though if I edit track genre info on WMP doesnt get updated to device, have to format hard drive and reload all songs apparently, to update new WMP genre changes. Overall the quirkiness is marginally acceptable, a little more than what I would expect for the third generation or so of this technology, e.g. it still reminds me of the early generation PDA quirks.

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Amazon Product Description The pocket-sized, 20 GB Samsung YH-925GS multimedia jukebox enables you to listen to and download your favorite digital music from subscription-based music download services. The YH-925GS supports MP3, WMA, Ogg, and is compatible with Secure WMA and Janus DRMs. Featuring a sharp 1-8-inch, 260K color TFT LCD, you'll also be able to view JPEG photos and album cover art. This slim, compact player is just 0.65 inches thick and weighs only 7 ounces.
The YH-925GS offers plenty of powerful audiophile features, including 3D SRS surround sound capability for an even more spacious sound and a built-in recorder that captures songs from your CDs and cassettes (or voice from a microphone) in MP3 format. The 20 GB hard drive will be able to store more than 300 hours of MP3 or more than 600 hours of WMA files (over 5,000 MP3 or 10,000 WMA songs). The YH-925 also acts as a USB host, possessing the ability to connect with compatible USB On-The-Go (OTG) digital devices (like printers or PDAs) to perform file-sharing functions without the aid of a PC. It offers a super-fast USB 2.0 connectivity for transferring files between the device and your PC.
The YH-925GS has an internal rechargeable lithium-ion battery with an approximate 10-=hour battery life. It's recharged using the included AC adapter, and it takes approximtely 3.5 hours to fully charge the player. Other features include Napster software (for ripping music from your CDs and purchasing tracks from the Napster online store), a loop repeating feature where you can select the start and end points, and equalizer presets including bass boost, SRS, WOW, TruBass, classical, jazz, pop, and rock.
What's in the Box The YH-925GS 20 GB hard-drive multimedia player comes with a belt clip, earphones, line-in cable, USB cable, USB adapter, USB host adapter, charger, installation CD-ROM, and printed instructions.
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