ok, give me a reason NOT to get the Istation i2 over any other DAP

james.miller

james.miller

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30gb istation i2 - £239.

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the Specs:
Mechanical specifications
• Size : 123.0mm X 76.8mm X 21.5mm
• Weight : 246g (including standard size battery)
• Material : Plastic with aluminum bezel

TFT-LCD (Touch Screen)
• Size : 3.5” diagonal, 72.00mm X 52.12mm effective display area
• Pixels : 320 X RGB X 240 pixels
• Color : 262,144 colors

Battery
• Type : Lithium Polymer
• Standard Capacity : 2700mAh (charging time : 4 hours)
movie playback : about 7 hours
• Larger Capacity : 5400mAh (charging time : 9 hours)
movie playback : about 12 hours

Hard disk drive
• Type : 1.8” Toshiba
• Capacity : 30GB

Video specifications
Bit rate : up to 8Mbps (720 X 480, 30 fps)
Frame rate : up to 30 frame/sec
Algorithm : GMC supported
Video OUT : CVBS and S-Video, NTSC and PAL
Subtitles : .smi / .srt files
Sound effect : AC3 (5.1 channel) via SPDIF, DTS audio

Video formats
• DivX( V3.XX – V5.XX ), Xvid all versions
• MPEG1 (VCD) / MPEG2 (DVD) / MPEG4
• ASF, WMV can be supported via transcoding

Audio specifications
• Audio format : ID3 Tag, MP3, WMA, AAC, AC3(5.1 channels), OGG(upto q10), 3D SRS WoW, Trubass, FOCUS, SPDIF output(AC3, DTS out)
• Bit rate : up to 320kbps
• Output power : 35 + 35 mW (earphones)
700mW (built-in speaker)
• Signal to noise ratio > 95dB
• Total harmonic distortion < 0.05%

FM specifications
• Frequency range : 76 ~ 108 MHz
• Recording format : MP3 / 128kbps

Photo Album specifications
• Picture format : JPG, BMP, PNG
• USB host : directly connected with digital cameras
• Size : over 1,600X1,200

USB specifications
USB Host - OTG
• Download : 2.0 High Speed, 20 MB / sec
• OTG Host : 2.0 High Speed, 6 MB / sec
• Class : Complies to USB mass storage class

Power specifications
• Current : typical 500mA at 3.7V

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ok so,
- this comes with a remote
- its a big, 3.5" touch screen that users say is very visable
- plays damn near everythign (at a decent framerate for video - 720 X 480, 30 fps is supported)
- its got usb-otg, so i can plug my fuji camera in and transer the files over, using it as a storage device.
- it has 35wm per channel :cool:
- 7 hours playback for movies on the standard batter, so music is more..... 12 hours movie playback with the larger battery
- it has spdif, and outputs dd5.1&DTS over the spdif :eek:
- it has tv out

god the list goes on. anyway, guys you tell me honestly, what is there to hold me back from getting one over an x5l or a vision:m, because this unit is looking absolutely stonking
 
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Flamin heck, that thing is lovely. Sod the price tbh, it's feature packed. Got that url above bookmarked to read tommorow as I'm heading off to sleep now.

I'm in the market for a H10 replacement, and have been looking at the Vision:M for a while now as theres no high capacity iriver U10/Clix atm. That istation does look too good to be true though, theres got to be some cons about it :)

I don't like the battery life, but then again it is powering a large screen as well.
 
ive just ordered it;) only con as far as i can see is that there's little in the way of firmware support for it now. Sounds like the company are pretty much like iriver in that respect - release a new product and forget the older products ever existed. i believe there arent many issues left to fix on the device, if any. but ill be able to tell you soon in about two days hopefully:)

video, DD/DTS, 35w/m per channel (twice the output of our h10's kainz), 30gb storage and touchscreen. had me sold. I got the high capacity battery with it aswell

Had this unit for a while now - Extended battery - absolutely - watched 2 films [3 hrs approx] - on 45 % brightness -
and 45 mins of music -
not even one bar came of the battery display.
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im guess that's pretty good then
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cant wait:D

I don't like the battery life, but then again it is powering a large screen as well.
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well, 7 hours movie playback (standard battery, 12 on the extended) isn't bad, not when the zen is rated for 4 hours.
 
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Berserker said:
Looks damn good to me. Puts my Archos AV7100 to shame in supported formats (I do wish the Archos at least supported ogg), but I win back a few points with a 7" screen and 100GB disk. :D
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You show off :D im getting impatient, i want it now lol. still, they just emailed me and told me its been shipped, so its on course for tomorrow morn:)

Dear James Miller,

Your order has been updated.

Order Number: *****
Detailed Invoice: https://www.<competitor>.co.uk/shop/account_history_info.php?order_id=*****
Date Ordered: Wednesday 21 June, 2006

Your order has been updated to the following status.

New status: Shipping

Please reply to this email if you have any questions.


Products
1 x i-STATION i2 30GB Media Player I2-30GB £239.00
1 x PMP1000/i2 5400mAh Super Battery ACCI2BATT5400 - Colour: BLACK £24.99

Sub-Total: £263.99
Next Working Day UK Courier Delivery: £0.00
[email protected]%: £39.32
Total: £263.99
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:cool:
 
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here's a pic of all the kit that comes with it:

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  • pc software cd, incluiding conversion software
  • instructions on using the software (instructions for the player on the cd)
  • the wired remote control
  • cleaning cloth
  • carry pouch
  • the standard battery
  • the player
  • usb cable
  • s-video output cable
  • 2 sets of earphones, one with a straight jack the other with a right-angled jack (why 2 sets....i dont know)
  • covers for the earphones
  • usb host cable, for plugging in cameras ect
  • wireless remote

after a few hours use, i can say this player is very good indeed. its not perfect, but i expected as much. There are little niggles, such as there being no user-definable eq, but its minor - the sound quality more than makes up for it.

first impressions of video playback are very good. They load in 5-6 seconds with the latest firmware. its nice and smooth, the detail is is good and the screen is nice and bright after adjusting the factory settings.

Build is good, though i wouldnt pay the £34-odd rrp that the wired remote commands, its feels far to cheep - good job it came free with the player.

i'll have a better in-depth review up son. stay tuned folks.

the first thing you should do lol

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That looks schweeeeet! :D

Anyone know if the hdd in it can be upgraded yet?

Got an 80gb drive out of my laptop doing nothing at the moment. ;)

Simon/~Flibster
 
almost decided on a creative zen vision :m, my finger was hovering on thebuy button, i search zen vision m in the sound city forum, see this thread and now i hate you cos im in a PICKLE
a review i saw said the screens rez lets it down, is this true, whats it like after having it for a month
 
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