SanDisk Sansa Fuze 8 GB Video MP3 Player (Black)
by admin, on Aug 16, 2009 | category: MP3 Players, Black, Fuze, Player, SanDisk, Sansa, Video | 13 comments
With the SanDisk Sansa Fuze, you can fuse your portable entertainment, featuring 8 GB of storage. Listen, watch, and play all day with 24 hours of battery life and room for up to 2,000 songs**. Watch your favorite video clips on the Sansa Fuze’s 1.9-inch color screen. Measuring just 0.3 inches thin, the Sansa Fuze marks the next wave of music and video players.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
SanDisk Sansa Fuze 8 GB MP3 player
Great product for the price. Really, the only upseting thing about the purchase was the company in which I bought the product from (Electronic Depot).
1.0 out of 5 stars
Great until it stopped working
I loved this player until one day when the control buttons stopped working after just 6 months of limited use.
This little player is a bargain. Your going to be hard pressed to find another 8gb player with these features at this price. Very nice build quality, above average user interface. Above all the sound quality is stellar judging by 320kbps tracks I used on it. Good soundstage, full & neutral.
That said the player does not come with software, which is fine as it will work with Windows Explorer or Windows Media Player as an MTP (media transfer protocol, for protected content such as Rhapsody) or MSC (mass storage compliant). Unfortunately it will not work with Winamp (my preferred media organizer) without rolling back Windows Media Player to version 10 (there is a conflict between Winamp and version 11).
My other gripe is that the expandable external memory (the MicroSD card) is seen as separate from the device’s own internal memory. What does this mean? If you have 8gb of internal and 8gb of external for a 16gb combined and want to put 16gb of media on the player you have to do your own calculations or simply try dragging and dropping media on the player or card until it tells you no more will fit. It would have been much nicer to simply bundle the player with a small utility for managing storage space so both the internal and external are seen as a whole if you like.
Finally, while I’m impressed with the build quality, the jog wheel is a bit frustrating. It works fine but is overly sensitive and too easy to turn. A bit of friction would have been nice. If the player is going into a pocket the wheel is going to get turned, activate some other menu item or adjust the volume randomly.
Lastly, a small gripe; the headphone jack in on the bottom. I’ve owned at least 6-8 players in the last few years, none have had this feature. I realize this is becoming more prominent as several of the Apple players have this feature as does the 4/8gb Zune. Frankly I find it frustrating, the only good argument for a bottom placed jack is when you are holding the device in your hand and looking at the screen (hence the cord is more easily held out of the way). However, it puts the cord in an awkward position for any other use such as in the pocket or clipped to the waist or arm, necessitating the cord go from the bottom to the top of the player. It could be argued in fact that most people aren’t buying these small screen flash players for video (the only realistic time you may want to hold the player for easy viewing) as the screen is too small to be very useful.
I began the search for the most versatile MP3 video player I could find at a descent price. Yes, my search included the ipod as well. When all was said and done, I choose the Sansa Fuze due to the amount of features, and they happen to come at a better price than the Ipod.
I wanted the ability to expand, in the event I fill my fuze, I can use the micro sd slot. The micro sd cards are relatively cheap and seem to be expanding is size all the time. I bought the 8 GB fuze and can expand as needed.
FM radio is a great feature. You may have all the music you want, but sometimes it is nice to listen to the news or hear new music. And just in case you hear something you like, it can be recorded and played back on your fuze.
The navigation is straight forward and things load very fast. The battery life is great at about 24 hours when listening to music. I have not watched many movies at this point so I can’t give an estimate for viewing time.
Sansa releases updates that are easy to obtain when they make improvements to the firmware. I suspect some of the reviews I read before I bought my fuze regarding slow load time were fixed with firmware updates.
If are looking for a feature packed MP3 player at a great price check out the fuze.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Value and decent MP3 player
Mine came today and it is really small – moving from dead ipod video 30gb – this one is light.
I got mine with 8GB of Extra memory card so it is 16GB player.
I never used to think I wanted a dedicated Flash music player, but there was a great deal on the 8GB Sansa Fuze this past Christmas and so I stuck one on my wish list.
I can’t get over how great it is. It’s got great sound quality, fabulous battery life, a slick (decidedly iPod-inspired) interface that lets me quickly select what I want to listen to with a minimum of fuss.
Really easy to use, too. I’m a Linux user, but I’ve plugged it into Windows machines too–I don’t need to go through any desktop applications, just drag and drop the music files to the player. File support is great too; it’ll play not only MP3s but Ogg Vorbis files (which make up a chunk of my collection) as well.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome SanDisk
I ordered a Sansa and got a really good price for it and I’ve had it for about three weeks and it is everything I wanted.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just Buy It
I read all the negative reviews and all the whining on Google, but my brother-in-law has had nothing but SanDisk MP3 players. He says he won’t have any other.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great sound, nice alternative to the Ipod
I consider myself an audio and technology freak so here are my pros and cons:
Pros:
1) it’s not an Apple product
2) comes in black
3) well priced…
2.0 out of 5 stars
nice player but short on options
The player itself is pretty nice, but the lack of good paper documentation for a “basic” startup routine for a new user is rather sad.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Customer Service is Pretty Bad
When I got the Fuze it seemed pretty nice. It downloaded most of my music when I asked and the sound was good. Unfortunately the Fuze stopped being recognized by my computer.
4.0 out of 5 stars
sweet little player
I love this mp3 player.I would have given it five stars but not crazy about the battery life.I believe you’re suppose to get 12 hours per charge,not the case but I still love it.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Get it
This is not going to be a lengthy review on this player. I’m just going to say if you want a good player at a cheaper price than an iPod and don’t want Apple’s bloated and…