In Category: Consumer Electronics News Archive on January 25, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Most of you who visit here on a regular basis know what the Cowon A3 is straight off the bat. For those casual onlookers lets just say the A3 is an all singing all dancing portable video playing machine. While we wait with bated breath for the official DAPreview/iAudiophile.net review here's something to wet your appetite courtesy of Cnet.So what's the good and bad of it? well Cnet's Donald Bell has this to say: The good: The Cowon A3 portable video player offers outstanding audio and video format support; a sharp, colorful screen; the most attractive Cowon user interface we've seen; built-in video output; video and audio recording capabilities; and superb audio quality.The bad: The Cowon A3 is cursed with a clumsy joystick interface; a highly reflective screen; no support for DRM-protected media; and archaic music sorting. It's also a little on the chubby side.The bottom line: The Cowon A3 portable video player is a fantastic value when judged on the merits of its file support and integrated video-recording capabilities. Personally I'm not completely blown away by the Cowon A3 based on what I've read at iAudiophile, however the unit would still be top of my list if ever I was going to get a portable video device... Cowon just has to work hard at improving that battery life and adding some decent ID3 tag sorting.http://reviews.cnet.com/portable-video-players-pvps/cowon-a3-60gb/4505-6499_7-32775599.html?tag=nefdprod.rev
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