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 enlarge | Brand: Philips
Category: CE
List Price: $199.99
Buy Refurbished: $79.95
You Save: $120.04 (60%)
Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 17379
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Native Resolution: 1.7
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 7.4 x 1.6
MPN: SA9200/17
Model: SA9200/17
UPC: 609585112087
EAN: 0609585112087
ASIN: B000H1ZYMQ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Factory sealed with 90-day manufacturer's warranty, superb sound, continuous sharp, clear and crisp images, large 2GB storage capacity, a must buy!!!
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 Superior MP3 player September 3, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've owned several MP3 players over the years, including two iPods (a mini and a shuffle), and this Philips thing is the best one yet. Really easy to use, superior sound quality, feels great in your hand and sits well in your pocket due to its light weight. Slick design, shiny black front with beautiful blue LED controls, and a smooth black backside. Makes iPod users jealous because the Philips looks so much cooler than their bland, generic, "everyone-and-their-mom-has-one" style.
Just couldn't stand by and say nothing after reading these reviews! April 20, 2007
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
SERIOUSLY, Do you all have the same mp3 player I have? I have a Philips SA9200/17 GoGear Super-Slim 2GB MP3 Player... what exactly do you other guys have?
Because, I've seriously had nothing but a blast with this sexy mp3 player! Heck, it gets 3 stars for the blue LEDs that are activated by touch and follow your fingertip - n i c e!
Sound quality is better than EXCELLENT! You know people are looking for something to complain about when they complain about sound quality on an mp3 player. You can buy an el cheapo mp3 player and it'll have decent sound because of the format alone. Maybe that person had a bad set of earphones OR had them in his head upside down b/c you get acceptable sound from $10 earbuds, cmon!
I seriously think Apple must have an online team of review grunts b/c this same thing happened when the Creative line of mp3 players came out with both guns blazin'. There were far too many off the wall reviews aimed at discrediting the whole Creative line. However, Creative got past that biased crap and I'm more than confident Philips will too b/c this thing is top shelf in every respect.
I haven't gotten into the pictures and so forth yet but something is telling me since that was the ONLY gripe from the one reveiwer (and b/c he couldn't figure out how to load pics he gave it 1 star) it's probably just something you have to learn the process to and from then on it's easy going. All I can say is that it's been better than I expected in every respect especially with navigation and battery life - two really important aspects of any player like this.
I've owned two nano's and a mini. One nano was lost/stolen, sold the mini, and my first nano died on me (or I killed it) but I couldn't get it to power back on one day. I liked them all to be honest but I'd put this up against an ipod any day of the week!
jblz
 Terrible experience April 17, 2007
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Utterly terrible experience - will not play songs after the first 3 seconds. Why would I roll back to WMA 10? Good grief. Customer service despicable - they will service it but want me to send UPS with a tracking number - all I want to do is throw it in the river and kiss my $100 goodbye. If I could rate it below zero - I'm not sure how low I could go.
 A handy gadget April 10, 2007
I purchased this mp3 player on a whim. I had put off buying an mp3 player for years. Didnn't want to join the ipod nation - too much trouble. This toy met my expectations. The controls are indeed sensitive, but you get used to them. It also requires media player 10, not 11 - if you want to take advantage of the pictures. This is probably the most annonying part. Otherwise it is a winner.
Maybe the most elegant mp3 player on the market today. February 20, 2007
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
I just picked mine up for $135.00 at Office Depot, literally, because of how it looks. It makes the iPod look silly, casual, and plain in comparison. All gloss black, with well-designed navigation shapes that illuminate a warm blue when active, and disappear completely when inactive.
The navigation is INCREDIBLE. I've used a few iPods, and prefer the layout and interactivity of this Philips's navigation. It's got one button for forward (down a level), one for backward (up a level), and then a single line down the center for scrolling, which is highly-accurate (touch-sensitive).
My favorite part is that you can download album art OR CREATE YOUR OWN IMAGES (200 x 200 pixels) that will display while playing any particular album (or song if you configure it).
Battery life is excellent. Fonts and design are above average. Price might seem a little high, but I actually find myself THANKFUL that I spent the money and got the most attractive mp3 player I've seen to date.
Usually kind of anti-Philips, but this product is a serious home run.
Also, don't pay attention to the fact that it says Windows Media Player 10 compatibility ONLY, you can browse and use it as a pretty high-speed hard drive from My Computer easily and effectively. So, I use iTunes as my player and manager, and then just drag the album folders from my iTunes installation folder right to the Music folder of the device in Windows Explorer, and it's super fast. Then, just create a .jpg named Album Art.jpg (with the space in the filename) and put it in the same directory as the album, and whala, that's what'll show while songs from that album play.
Anyway, INCREDIBLE PRODUCT. I haven't been this excited to use a consumer electronic device since I bought my first PDA.
Final notes:
Surprisingly smooth, fluid, and classy navigational animation. I was IMPRESSED by an mp3 player. The headphones seem pretty sweet too, loud, crisp, and portable. I'm not headphone expert though. But this is my 4th mp3 player.
5 effing stars. Well-deservedly.
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