Seems to be an issue with the 3.5mm audio jack on these players.
By and large the cheap chinese earplugs seem to work ok.
I tried plugging in some better quality Philips and Seinheiser and sometimes you would only get sound out of the right hand and sometimes vice versa. to get sound from both sides I often had to pull the jack plug out a little way. This can be quite annoying
I think I'm going to end up chopping a plug off a pair of cheap chinese earphones (god knows I've got enough of them laying around) to solder on to my better earplugs, I think there is a size/spacing difference in some of the 3.5mm jack sockets.
So to summarise:-
Good:
PlayFX very good sound quality.
Plays unconverted video(very good)
Handles id3 tags much better now (I only use mp3)
Even scrolls the track name now instead of chopping it off!
Can easily backup firmware (you're gonna need it!)
sort by artist, track, album etc
can do playlist (I never use them).
Modding the UI is a doddle.
Bad:
Crashes sometimes(Rockchip has had some "help" from Microsoft, my old Rockchips never crashed!)
There is a virus in the firmware partition (easily fixed)
FM radio reception is rubbish compared to old Rockchips
Audio never resumes from the track where you left off of (both my old Rockchips managed this if I did a "soft" shutdown)
No video resume
Mine had a problem with the 3.5 jack socket, (could have been a one off) probably due to lack of precision in manufacture rather than a faulty socket.(edit seems to have fixed itself now)
Build quality seems ok, not too light, not sure about battery life yet, but seems ok.
If stuff like this bothers you then it might pay to steer clear of these players and pay the 20 or so dollars extra for a better player, say Teclast, S-Flo or Onda
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