Samsung YP-Z5AS 4 GB Digital Audio Player (Silver) | List Price: $279.99
Discount Price: $78.05
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Brand: Samsung
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Ultra-slim 4 GB flash memory digital audio player in silver; weighs just over 2 ounces
- Compatible with MP3, OGG Vorbis, WMA, and WMA-DRM10 music files and JPEG images
- Works with PlayForSure online music stores and subscription services such as MTV's Urge, Napster, Rhapsody
- Durable aluminum body prevents scratches and smudges; 1.8-inch color LCD screen
- Up to 35-hour battery life; connects to Windows PCs via USB 2.0
SIMPLY THE BEST MP3 PLAYER! [Posted on 2006-09-23]
I recently received the SAMSUNG 4GB YP-Z5 as a gift and after comparing with others, it has more bang for the buck. I recommend checking out Sam's Club first. So far, nothing beats their price. I thougt of getting the IPOD, but it was too expensive for the same 4GB and looked too fragile for me. The Z5 is sturdy and more stylish in silver. The first time I dropped it, my heart skipped a beat, but relieved after it kept playing like normal. The 4GB is more than I would ever need and anything else would be overkill and simply a waste of money. Yes, we have to spend that extra money on gas for the car... It holds up to 1000 songs, which is plenty. Additionally, I hooked up the Z5 to my speakers at home and I was impressed with the clarity and bass. Didn't think this compact MP3 player could put out so much sound, but it does... As far as battery life, nothing comes close. It goes on and on, just like the energizer bunny. The last thing I want to worry about is having to keep recharging it. I tried it out and believe this is a great selling feature. I'm not too concernced with the hype of IPOD but long lasting quality. Give the Z5 a try and you'll never go back. I'm looking for some accessories to go with it now.
battery would not hold a charge [Posted on 2006-10-03]
Slick little MP3 player, easy to use, but battery died if I went more than 48 hours without playing it.
This is my 6th MP3 player, and one of 4 I have in use, but I decided to rreturn it to the store.
happy with product [Posted on 2006-11-10]
tried player and very happy with results. would highly recommend this to others.
Where are the accessories? [Posted on 2006-12-17]
I had a 4 month ordeal trying to get an older, worthless iteration of Samsung MP3 player to work. Samsung really won me over with their customer service, as they eventually replaced the device with the pink version of this model. My daughter was absolutely thrilled to get the pink version, and I was absolutely thrilled to have the monkey off my back for getting her something that never worked.
Obviously, this thing has some good points.
The things that make this better than an ipod nano:
Battery life is really good.
You can drag and drop files onto the device as if it were just another folder on your system.
You don't have to install any bloated software that takes over your music files, renames them wrongly, stuffs metadata in them, etc (referring to WMP which is required by a lot of non-Apple products - iTunes isn't really bad, IMO).
It supports OGG very well. This doesn't matter to a lot of people, but if you think Apple audio format is good, you haven't heard this. Not for the non-techie, though.
Bad points:
The earbuds really are very poor quality compared to what Apple gives you with any iPod.
There are no accessories! Where is the charging cradle with AC?! Try and find cases, clips, etc. Just not available.
Playlists are very difficult to build and use.
Too many things end up in the 'Unknown' album since this thing can't simply list a folder name (which would be the group) when the tagging doesn't contain the group info. This is a programming weakness; if Samsung had half a clue how humans work, they wouldn't have released this device with this particular programming failure. It is one thing to know how your device works and yet another to understand how your market will use it.
No AAC support, as well as other music formats that sometimes make sense.
Yes, it works, but.............. [Posted on 2007-02-14]
the Audio Player works well - does its job as designed, we imagine - it's only a couple of loose ends that are annoying, really annoying
Microsoft redesigned the Windows Media Player - so the information provided does not line up with the actual computer view - the software cd was out of date, would not play and required a contact with Samsung - to date, they have not provided an up-to-date cd - we did download the manual via DSL otherwise, given it being 40-odd pages, we would still be waiting for it to finish downloading.
We were able, by trial and error, to figure out how it works as opposed to the iPod owned by my wife - who is much more capable than I am with Digtal Audio Players - what does this say about Apple and Samsung? - hmmm.....
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