SanDisk Sansa e200 (2 GB) Digital Media Player

I've tried an I-Pod and their okay, but if you want a player that is both compact and versitile, and easier to use, get a hold of one of these players. You can listen and preset FM stations. It plays MP3 and WMA files. You can watch video on it. It records both voice and radio broadcast. It also has a port for adding additional flash memory cards if needed. A silicone cover is available for it(I found one at Best Buy) which I highly reccomend buying to help protect the player from those inevitable drops and bumps. This player sounds and works excellently. I reccomend it over the I-Pod.

bought it three weeks ago and was immediately impressed with the number of features available on this unit. The size is perfect for carrying in a pocket and the battery has a pretty good lifespan of roughly 4 hours. My only complaint is that the menu system is a bit diffucult. I'd recommend the unit.

I bought the sandisk sansa because of the quality that sandisk has. It has worked beautifully and fits my needs perfectly. I would buy one for someone else in a pinch! I love it! It has a great size screen, it has a heavy feel to it, looks nice, and is very easy to use. A great plus for me was that it has a built in mic for recording purposes. I use it often. Other mp3 players do not offer that, and they also do not offer a microsd expansion slot. I think my sansa is a lot better than an ipod. But that is just my opinion. I hope this review is helpful! I hope you find what you are looking for!

it was great and was just what i was looking for. the deleivery was just as good. i was so surprised to get it so fast even right after the holidays. the whole thing was just great and easy and fast!!!!!!!
thank you

On the second day it would'nt any videos just music and pictures and it was NIB...........................................................................................................................................................

Really good features, just wish it was a little smaller and lighter. It has a lot of compatible cool accessories that can be purchased for a reasonable price.

Not much to dislike about the Sandisk e200 series flash-based media players. Once you load the free Rockbox firmware it opens up many more options. The factory firmware works fine too and with Rockbox installed you can still load the factory firmware by holding down the left direction button near the scroll wheel. It's also very easy to remove Rockbox and go back to only using the factory firmware.

Likes: Decent screen at 220 by 176 pixels is fine for viewing pictures, and converted video. With the factory firmware you have to use .mov format video, with Rockbox you can use a higher frame rate mpeg2 format which makes for a much smaller file size while maintaining a higher quality picture.

Plays movies just fine. Things are tiny but the screen is bright and displays over 64 thousand colors, a typical industry standard for players this size. Rockbox does a much better service to this player by offering mpeg2 video and the ability to bookmark where you stopped playing the movie or to jump anywhere you want within the program. Several very nice display and audio options. The factory .mov format is fine for folks that just want to watch short video clips. I had a tough time with converting video to the specific factory format, even with the included software. Mpeg2 format was no problem.

FM radio: picks up stations fine, allows presets, records audio from the radio

Voice recording: great for when you have ideas on the go and don't want to forget. The built in mic works just fine.

Playlists: you can synch up your music and playlists w/ Windows Media player but I use Media Monkey which is many times better than WiMP for audio. If an MP3/media player can't receive playlists from popular computer-based audio players then they aren't worth getting.

Size: not as thin as the ipods but you can stuff four of these in your shirt pocket. Much sturdier case than an ipod. Plenty small enough!

MicroSD expansion: Very nice way to carry more video, pictures, music, any file. The down side is the max size the factory firmware can handle is 2GB. The upside is that Rockbox can handle 4 GB and probably much larger. There are 16 GB transflash cards out currently but not sure if there's a limit for Rockbox.

Battery life: I can go about 20 hours for just music and about four for video between charges.

Dislikes: The buttons are too tiny. I don't have big hands but people with big hands will have a little more trouble than on some small media players. The scroll wheel is okay but if you have Rockbox loaded and are reading books (I've read several on it) your fingers get tired after an hour or more.

Connection: While I like the idea of a bottom connector so I can put it in a docking station (there are precious few available) I would like to have a USB connctor that's industry standard. Luckily the cables are cheap on eBay (about 10 bucks).

No DivX or Mpeg4 support. The processors (it's a dual core) are supposed to be able to handle DivX in the hardware. Not sure why this wasn't implemented. Maybe licensing costs?

Playlists don't synchronize to the MicroSD card. Only music sent to the on-board memory can utilize playlists. There's possibly a way to do it on the PC setup.

Final thoughts: I'd keep buying these, especially an 8 GB model if only just for the Rockbox support. With Rockbox and an e200 Sansa that's about all you need in a small, well-built MP3 player with lots of nice extras.

This item may store your music but everything gets our of order. If I could I would return it for my money back.

Its very easy to use. You do not have to load any software unless you have to convert pics or videos. Works with Windows media player. I like the idea of being able to add media cards to expand the capacity. Also allow me to change music around without removing or reloading the player. Good price...good value for the money. Good solid MP3 player.