how good can i expect this to be?

gam3r · #1 (**permalink**) 17th Sep 2006, 10:28 am

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWN:IT&ih=003

I bought that there for the price stated+shipping+insurance and i was wondering if anyone had a similar one.

What quality of video should i expect, poor? It says it plays MpegI and II is this right?

thanks, im a noob

admin · #2 (**permalink**) 17th Sep 2006, 11:08 am

gam3r,

Always good to ask questions.

I've got a similar player.

It can play majority of video files, however, the catch is (also stated on the auction) that it needs to be "converted to AMV (Software included)". It won't play MPEG I/II in it's native form, needs to be converted to .AMV firstly.

Quality of video is not too bad. Since you have a 1.8" player too, it will actually be quite good cause the picture won't be so squashed up. Just remember that you are converting a video file from it's native form to one that conforms to the .AMV format, so you will loose the quality from the original.

Hope that helps.

Hit · #3 (**permalink**) 17th Sep 2006, 11:29 am

Is that one real :S
Only 14$ for 2GB
Cant beleave thats real

#4 (**permalink**) 17th Sep 2006, 11:54 am

its not £14, it actually came to around 40 after shipping and insurance and that.

Thankss for the replies guys

So would a episode of lost/prisonbreak/24 etc be watchable if i converted it from divx to amv? or would it be almost unbearable?

gam3r · #5 (**permalink**) 17th Sep 2006, 12:12 pm

Sorry guest is me, i didn't realise i wasnt logged in :shock:

#6 (**permalink**) 17th Sep 2006, 3:27 pm

I have another model, but the screen is 1.8'' as the one you ask for, and I've been watching almost all the season of Scrubs while travelling by bus, and I found it very comfortable... also the compression ratio is very good, so you can have a 700MB movie converted into a 250MB .AMV file...

If you want to watch videos, I think its a very good option

gam3r · #7 (**permalink**) 18th Sep 2006, 6:06 am

thanks guys for the replies again!cant wait til this thing comes. it looks like it will take awhile

it says the battery life is 4 hours, is that true?

Hit · #8 (**permalink**) 18th Sep 2006, 7:15 am

Well maybe but i load my battery and i can do one week with it as:
1. i dont always got my mp4/mp3 on
2.Screen gets black when playing a sound for an minute so that saves power too

gam3r · #9 (**permalink**) 18th Sep 2006, 9:24 am

thats pretty good then thanks! Hows the sound quality on these things? Stock earphones are rubbish i suppose?

Hit · #10 (**permalink**) 19th Sep 2006, 8:16 am

Well at my mp4/mp3 player i got fucking bad earphones(They always fall of my ears)
But i baught some and the sound is amazing!!