If you choose the first MP3 player, then it is desirable to decide why you need it.
Player as a gift [First consider this option, so as not to be distracted.]
The practice of giving gifts to beloved (and not so) girls shows that giving a branded player is best, and Sony and Apple products are best suited for this. It is usually not much more expensive than Chinese brands of the third category, it works for a long time and is not nearly buggy. The main thing - do not run into a fake.
Player favorite. Players can be divided into 2 categories:
- playing only sound
- Players with additional features, which often include video, games, phone functions, and sometimes reading books.
Players only for music, conditionally divided into several categories 1. Special small players
Worn on a clip or lace, sometimes do not have a screen. As a rule, the most comfortable category in everyday wear. Traditionally distinguished by low sound quality, because a good sound chip often simply doesn’t fit in there, with a low output power, which is why there is no particularly loud sound.
2. Small players.
Small, often thin devices with a small screen, this includes a very beloved iPod Nano in the west. Carrying is often required case or pocket. It has a sufficient sound quality, relatively small size and large memory capacity, allowing a couple of days to continuously listen to music. They can sometimes play simple games like Tetris or Arkanoid.
3. Large players with a hard disk of several dozen gigs.
Nowadays, a rather rare category, will be massively supplanted by players with the ability to watch videos. They are large in size, comparable in size to a PDA.
If you need a player for the subway or sports, then the players of the first 2 categories are preferable. Some small players are equipped with pedometers (built-in vibration sensor), which can be useful for jogging.
Players with gaming features That in the market at the moment is essentially only one: Sony PSP. You can find out about it in the appropriate section of the forum.
Video players The question of whether or not to watch a movie on a device with a 2-4 "screen is certainly interesting, but for some it suits them and they watch movies.
At the moment, there are 16: 9 screen players on sale, which allows you to watch movies shot for standard screens without distortion. If you are a big fan of movies, then these players are for you.
There are also players with a 3: 4 screen, but watching movies on them is less pleasant because of the distortion. Some manufacturers do not equip their players with video support with large amounts of memory, so think before you buy a player with a large screen and 512 MB of memory, or even a couple of gig, it will get very little there!
Players with phone functions From a practical viewpoint, it is convenient and beautiful, in practice, an effective way to stay at a critical moment without communication due to a planted battery, has been tested more than once.
PDA Player Archos likes to make people happy with such devices. A thing specific to use, as a rule, PDA functions are performed badly, the price is high. But suitable for all-in-one lovers.
Players with a 3.5 "CD or DVD drive as a carrier Favorite toy company Sony. They are characterized by high sound quality and a large size for a pocket player.
but did not receive mass distribution.
Mass distribution did not receive a connection with the cheapening of flash and Winchester players.
Soft So beloved and intensely discussed and abused topic of using software to fill music.
The software appeared not just like that, but because of the weakness of the processor of the player and the attacks of the recording companies.
From a technical point of view, software is useful, because When listening to music with Cyrillic tags or unicode tags, they may not play correctly, i.e. krakozabrami. This is the traditional problem of all players, allowing you to upload music, as on a flash drive.
The lack of software is convenient, but sometimes fraught.
iPod The most popular player in the west, often scolded and often laudable.
Buying an iPod, learn the most important thing - Apple does not manufacture players at all, Apple makers produce fashionable toys.
If you have encountered an iPod with a bad case, then either it is heavily used, or it has been subjected to coarse power effects, or it is a Chinese fake, of which it is now unmeasured.
The sound quality is average and 98% of listeners are satisfied. Most of the others either repeat after the others, or have a musical ear.
Brands The player often acts buying good old English law, "We are not rich enough to buy that cheap things." In the shops of Chinese players in bulk, which are bought in China "Piglet for a bundle." Some work long and delight owners, some die in a week. Typically, the average "podzabornaya" Chinese player is six months or a year, then break. With players of the old brands, you often have no luck so often the choice of a new player. They are often 3-4 years running with no problems, and then to be thrown away because of the battery life.
Hearing injury If you believe otolaryngology, it is not uncommon. Unfortunately, the great strength of sound often produces mechanical injuries to the eardrum, the auditory nerves, and people gradually crash. If you feel sorry for your ears and do not want to use a hearing aid in old age, then buy noise-canceling headphones.
Headphones Often there is criticism of the default included headphones. On the one hand, it is fair, on the other - not, because These headphones are not designed for good sound.
P.S. The variant is crude, the criticism is accepted.
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