Cowon D2 2GB Portable Media Player (Black)
- MP3 Player
- Photo viewer
- Movie player
- Video recorder
- FM radio
Cowon D2 2GB Portable Media Player (Black)
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- Publisher: Cowon
- Label: Cowon
- Studio: Cowon
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 6 reviews
- Sales Rank in Electronics: #25069
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Summary: Don't by Cowon products... 2008-09-06
Comment: I have been thoroughly disappointed with their products and lack of customer service. They average about 2-3 weeks to return an email for customer service issues. I finally got through to a representative and was advised to send the product back to them, at my own expense and they emailed back about 1 month later stating that there is no problem with the item. When I emailed back with a detailed description of the specific situation I encountered (item stopped powering on or charging through the USB port) they ceased communication. I still haven't heard back from them, but will never buy their products ever again. They are terrible both at manufacturing and caring for their customers.
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Summary: Enjoying this 2008-05-18
Comment: I got mine refurbished from JetAudio for $95. At that price, its worth buying. The audio seems to be about as good as it gets for this kind of device, the display is bright and clear (and small). The touch screen interface is prosaic. It is great that it shows up as a usb drive on the desktop and that it supports a wide range of nonstandard codecs. The 50 hour battery life is also great. The form factor is interesting, but not compelling. It's thick, so its the Chunky candy bar of media players. The touch screen, of course, is fragile, and its odd form factor means, no readily available case. At the $150 range, I would probably get something else (with wifi). (If it recorded in stereo, that would justify the current price). Give the thing its due, it may not be as sweetly designed as some Apple stuff, but they have succeeded in creating a reference quality media player.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: excellent for both movies and music 2007-12-28
Comment: The are really only 2 potential drawbacks to this excellent music and movie player. The player is extremely light and portable but the screen you are looking at is 2.5 inches. That's pretty small, so be sure you dont mind a screen that size fir video. The only other possible drawback is that viewing movies and TV shows means first converting them with the software provided with the player. If your computer doesnt have the proper codecs already installed, the conversion will fail. for techies who know about codecs this isnt a drawback at all, but for others it might prove frustrating to try to get video files to play on this device. If you are like me and download lots of videos that others have made, you need lots of different codecs and versions of each codec. So I can honestly say I have given this player a good test of its ability to convert and then play a variey of different video source files. This is easily the best portable multimedia player currently in the marketplace of this size. Perfect for commuters who might want to watch a movie rather than listen to music. The touch screen interface is simple and straightforward and the display is very bright. You might have trouble viewing in direct sunlight but that is true with any LCD display on the planet. There are plenty of professional internet reviews out there if you google around and it has been getting high marks just about everywhere. If you download and watch a lot of movies and TV, this device is quite impressive. It doesnt hurt that you can insert standard SD memory cards to increase its storage capacity.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Best personal music player yet 2007-08-27
Comment: I've had 4 music players, including an iPod and Rio Carbon. This one is the best by far. Unquestionably the most powerful and accurate amplifer I've ever heard on a personal music player. If you are an audiophile this is the one for you. Tons of other features too, but music is the best.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Amazing device! 2007-04-25
Comment: After about a couple of years looking in the market for a digital audio player (DAP) I finally found everything I wanted in the Cowon D2. Part of what was really important for me was the Ogg Vorbis and FLAC support as a big part of my collection is in those formats (Besides MP3, WMA and many other common formats).
I don't like hard disks in mobile devices, so I was looking for expandability and was really amazed to found that the D2 is one of the first devices to fully support SDHC cards (4GB to 32GB!!).
Including FM radio and video playback at 30fps are other of the characteristics that makes this device even more desirable. And don't forget the touch screen! And the 50+ hours in music... Also the amazing audio processing engine that Cowon is famous for... There are a lot of stuff I could be writing about regarding this amazing device, but let's just say now for a quick review that the wait for the 99% perfect digital audio player is for me over.
Some friends say that if Cowon releases a DAP just like the D2 but with WiFi access (For retrieving your music collection across a wireless network or just quick checking a RSS feed, or controlling the device via a web interface... The possibilities are endless!), there would not be need for any other DAP in the market.
For a tip, I'm also using this device in Linux, and using MPlayer's mencoder for transcoding any playable video to one supported for this device, for those interested in knowing if this device is multi platform compatible, it is just a USB Mass Storage device, no needed applications or middleware is required to transfer data from or to this device.
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