Cowon O2 32 GB Video MP3 Player (Black)Cowon O2 32 GB Video MP3 Player (Black)
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- 32 GB capacity for about 8,000 songs
- 18 hours of audio or 8 hours of video on a single charge
- 4.3-inch, 16.7 million color digital TFT LCD screen with 480 x 272 pixel resolution
- Supports MP3/2/1, WMA, ASF, AC3, FLAC, OGG, M4A, MATROSKA(MKA), TTA, APE, MPC, WV, and WAV audio formats
- Supports AVI, WMV, ASF, MP4, MATROSKA(MKV), OGM, MPG/MPEG, DAT, and MTV video formats; JPG, GIF, PNG, TIF, BMP, and RAW image formats
 Sleek minimalism marrying cutting-edge technology with simple, sophisticated details. Click to enlarge. |
 Navigate with ease using the 4.3-inch touchscreen LCD. Click to enlarge. |
 Sample UI screens. Click to enlarge. |
 Also available in white and pink versions. Click to enlarge. |
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A quick glance at the O2 will make you want to pick it up--it's nearly all screen, with its 4.3-inch, 16.7-million color touchscreen TFT LCD. This makes for quality viewing and easy navigation. Surrounding the screen are various input/output options, the volume control, power switch, and speaker on the back.
You'll also notice a slot for SD cards, which lets you expand your 32 GB capacity on the fly. Of course what really counts is what you can pack into all that storage...
Enjoy Video in Nearly Any Popular Format or Codec
Anyone with an extensive collection of digitized audio and video knows that things are far from cut and dried. Depending on sources and preference, you might have a slew of different formats on your hard drive. With a lot of media players, you might spend hours just converting everything to the proper format for playback on your device--more waiting, less watching. Not so with the O2, which boasts native support for AVI, WMV, ASF, MP4, MATROSKA(MKV), OGM, MPG/MPEG, DAT, and MTV video formats.
And then, of course, don't forget the compression codecs. Everyone's got their favorite way to squish video down to a size that makes sense for portable players. The O2 can handle DivX 3.11/4/5/6, XviD, MPEG-4 SP/ASP, WMV 9/8/7, H.264, M-JPEG, and MPEG 1 video codecs, along with the following audio codecs for the accompanying soundtrack: MPEG1 Layer 1/2/3, WMA, AC3, OGG Vorbis, FLAC, BSAC, True Audio, WavPack, G.726, and PCM. Quite a list, but it's one that any media geek would be happy to hold in his or her hands.
Regardless of file format and codec, you'll enjoy up to 8 hours of continuous video on a single charge. Whether you're on a transatlantic flight, a subway commute, or just hanging out at some coffee shop, you have plenty of video time at your disposal.
Support for Your Digital Music Library
Just as with video, everyone has a unique approach to digitizing their music libraries. Some are happy with low-bitrate MP3s, and others insist on lossless compression formats like FLAC for a higher-quality audio experience. No matter your preference, chances are you'll be covered here as well--the O2 gives you up to 8 hours of continuous audio on one charge, and will play back MP3/2/1, WMA, ASF, AC3, FLAC, OGG, M4A, MATROSKA(MKA), TTA, APE, MPC, WV, and WAV audio files, with full support for the following audio codecs: MPEG1 Layer 1/2/3, WMA, AC3, OGG Vorbis, FLAC, BSAC, True Audio, WavPack, G.726, PCM.
Whatever you use to tag your files with artist info will show up on screen as well, with support for various meta tags, from all versions of ID3 to Vorbis comment or APE tag. LDB lyrics files also are supported for the lyrics-obsessed.
Getting the sound you like is no problem either. In addition to a 10-band graphic equalizer, the O2 features four "JetEffect" audio technologies to help you improve your sound:
- BBE is a sound effect that refines the sound quality.
- Mach3Bass provides deeper, tighter, and more musically accurate bass frequency.
- MP Enhance restores and enhances the harmonics lost through compression.
- 3D Surround provides the three-dimensional surround sound effect.
View Your Photos, Documents, and More
The O2 also happens to be a powerful photo-viewing device, and as with audio and video, it doesn't limit you to just a few formats. Share your favorite JPG, GIF, PNG, TIF, BMP, and even RAW images on the go, and personalize your device by setting your wallpaper to your favorite JPG, PNG, BMP, or TIF image.
The O2's text viewer lets you view pretty much any text file, and you can add support for all kinds of standard docs, whether it's PDF files or various Microsoft Office formats (DOC, PPT, XLS). And since the product supports true-type fonts, you can adjust the font size, character spacing, color, and properties to your preference.
Microphone In, AV Out
Use the built-in microphone to take voice memos, record lectures or meetings, sing melodies, or whatever tickles your voice-recording fancy.
The composite output (cable sold separately) lets you enjoy your O2 content on most TVs, whether NTSC or PAL video.
What's in the Box
Cowon O2 32 GB Video MP3 Player (Black), Earphones, AC adapter, USB 2.0 Cable, Manual, Stylus/Mini Holder, CD, Quickguide
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- Publisher: Cowon Systems
- Label: Cowon Systems
- Studio: Cowon Systems
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57 of 57 people found the following review helpful:  Good but not excellent PMP from Cowon, By Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Cowon O2 32 GB Video MP3 Player (Black) (Electronics) I've always been a fan of Cowon. I think they typically make great mp3 and video players, and their D2 is my favorite mp3 player of all time. When the O2 was announced, I knew I would be buying one. Overall I'm satisfied with the O2, but there are a few rather glaring problems with the player that cannot be ignored. Cowon has always been better at making hardware than writing firmware to support it, and this trend continues with the O2. Things that should be there aren't, and things that should work better don't. There is a lot to love about the O2 anyway, but it just feels like Cowon keeps just missing. I'm still waiting for that perfect PMP that I know they're more than capable of producing. I'm hoping that as the firmware matures for the O2 that they fix some of the problems and make this a good PMP into a great one...Read more 12 of 12 people found the following review helpful: Excellent player, This review is from: Cowon O2 32 GB Video MP3 Player (Black) (Electronics) The good
=========== - The large display is lovely - watching movies is sheer pleasure. - Awesome sound for music files + plenty of options (via EQ, BBE, 3DS, MPE etc.) for enhancing/fine-tuning the sound. Very pleased with this. - I've only used the .avi files (typical of whats available on internet :) - all played smoothly regardless of size. No problem with .srt subtitle files either - works fine. - The touch screen works perfectly with the provided stubby stylus which dangles from the player (instead of having its own housing). So no chance of losing it and always available (instead of the usual stick-thin stylus typically provided with PMPs which you need to push-in/take-out from the housing everytime you want to use it). Simple & effective. - I can use it as a simple external storage for my misc files - no issues. My 16GB Transcend SD card works fine with this so I've effectively 48GB of storage. - It has crashed only once since I've...Read more 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful: Very close to getting everything I need right, but there are some problems, By This review is from: Cowon O2 32 GB Video MP3 Player (Black) (Electronics) This player caught my interest about a month ago and I had been waiting for it to be available ever since. Overall I really like it, it feels well made and the price for what you get is hard to complain about. The ability to connect to a computer and transfer anything to it, even use it as a removable hard drive, is something I wanted and this does that happily.
For video playback it will play almost anything I want to throw at it, but not everything. Support for all the videos it says it supports can be a bit hit or miss with some MKV and H264 files but almost everything else has worked with it so regardless of the limitations it still makes playing videos less of a hassle than other players I've used. Video quality is pretty good too, I don't feel there is much of a need for a higher resolution on a screen this size for something I am taking on the go. Brightness and motion are good so as long as it has no trouble handling the encoding of the video it...Read more |
