Samsung YP-Z5QB 2 GB Digital Audio Player (Black) | List Price: $229.99
Discount Price: $189.99
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Brand: Samsung
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Ultra-slim 2 GB flash memory digital audio player in black; weighs just over 2 ounces
- Compatible with MP3, WMA, and WMA-DRM10 music files and JPEG images
- 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
Great for those new to the MP3 arena. [Posted on 2006-11-20]
This is my first MP3 player and I knew nothing except that I wanted to be able to listen to music. I love gadets but hate trying to figure them out. This one is so simple to use. I signed up for [...] to get my song choices from and it was a piece of cake to load them into the player, just click and drag. The screen is wonderful with great color. The size is comfortable to handle and I love the volume control on the side. The earbuds have a wonderful sound. It is easy to charge. All you do is hook it into your computer overnight and it's ready to go. The battery life is truly amazing. You can easily get 35 hours+ of listening time each cycle. I'm now buying my two daughters this player for Christmas.
Disappointed [Posted on 2006-12-01]
Update as of April 14, 2007. I recently bought Zune and Zune just like IPod does act as a hardrive (You have to use through proprietary software). Since Samsung does, I would change the two stars to three stars. The screen in Zune is nice but there are no movies in the Zune Marketplace which seem like a waste. Overall, if this little player could do video and had better navigation buttons I would give it five stars.
Original review:
This is my second Samsung (I had two ipods before Samsung). I loved the the first Samsung. Why did they have to change good things about it such as the software or navigation controls? The nice screen is a waste since you can't use it for video. The controls for scrolling up and down are frustrating since you have to press them very lightly. The only reason why I am not giving it one star is that the external design is beatiful.
failed to work out of the box [Posted on 2006-12-16]
Did my research and read many good reviews. Had good experience with Samsung products before and decided to buy this one. It is probably a good MP3 player in principle, but I never had a chance to enjoy it - its touchpad controls were so miscallibrated that I couldn't even play a song or enter any of the menus. Called up Samsung support and found out that there's no way to re-calibrate the controls, and the player had to be replaced. Decided to return it, as I no longer had any confidence in the product. But it looks cool. Will get a SANDISK Sansa now.
Review after 2 days --- good so far [Posted on 2007-03-26]
Hi,
This thing works fine with Windows Media Player 11. (most of the reviews below call out Windows Media Player 10 ).
I moved some ripped files over and album art moved over automatically. When the song plays the album cover appear. Very nice.
Manual is unreadable. Litteraly. The install disk detected Windows Media Player 11 instead of 10 and aborted. I needed to get into the install disk directory to find a WORD 9 player then naviagte to the manual before I could read how the controls worked. Good thing no drivers needed -- media player recognized the device, downloaded something, then played just fine.
I still haven't found out how to move photos over for the screenshow. Looks like a nive feature though. The screen is very nice. BIG for tired eyes.
Sound quality is excellent through high end headphones. I haven't tried the ear buds yet.
Pretty good for the price [Posted on 2008-03-17]
I've had this mp3 player since about September of 2006. It's easy to use and very lightweight and small which makes it perfect to use when jogging. The biggest problem is the buttons are very sensitive and I began having problems moving up the menu about six months after I bought it. Now all the buttons are on the fritz. Sometimes they work sometimes they don't. I don't think I did anything major to get them to stop working other than heavy use. As far as battery life, it seems fine to me. It's still on it's original battery and if I charge it for four or five hours I can still get several hours of play from it. And of course you can use it with any of the music services unlike some of the other big name products where you have to go exclusive to their service.
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