RCA Lyra Slider 8GB Digital Media Player (Black)

This player is AWESOME in several regards.

1. The ease of use is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. It is a plug and play device. Plug it into Windows XP, Vista, or higher PC and the computer knows how to deal with it, and gets the software needed from the ROM in the slider itself. No CD to misplace or lose. Would be PERFECT for someone like me that uses a Netbook without a CD or DVD drive

2. Porting MP3s over to the device could not be easier. Go to My Computer Log into the hard drive, directory. or thumb drive and select one or multiple directories click on the option "Send to" feature and choose the Lyra Slider as the destination, sit back and relax while the directories, files in those directories, and sub-directories are copied into the Lyra verbatim. I copied at least 90 hours of audio into the slider (14 hours of music, and five unabridged audio books. In other words I threw every MP3 file I had into it and only had it half full. the 2000 songs is a low estimate in...Read more

I bought a unit back in January. I waited to write a review until after I had a few months of use.

The first thing I noticed about the unit was that it was super light weight and kind of cheap feeling. The buttons are stiff plastic and make an awful heavy clicking sound every time you search through the menus or playlist. All I wanted it to do was play music, I didn't care about the features nor the bells a whistles. It did this fine with excellent battery life for about two months.

After a month, the unit began to experience quirks. While listening to a song, the unit would randomly shut down. The problem eventually persisted until I could no longer listen to a song all the way through. I mailed it back and after a month, I finally received a new unit. Not more than a month later, I noticed the same problem happened a couple of times. I waited and the issue did not get worse as it had last time so I chalked it up to an anomaly.

So then two...Read more

I could not see paying the prices for most media players, and when I saw this I was skeptical. But, I was pleasantly surprised at the qualiity of both sound and video. It is well worth the asking price. It may not be "cool" to buy the old-fashioned RCA brand name, but don't be fooled by names!