4GB Dane-Elec Meizu Media Player

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The fabled Meizu player that a few people on here were lusting over a fair few months ago, is finally available in the UK!
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From what i can see, the 4Gb model retails for anywhere between £100 and £130.

Looks cool.

 

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The Cowon D2 from what I understand is a far better portable media player than this Meizu. For a similar price - the Cowon D2 4GB retails slightly more but it has far superior sound quality along with a much better battery life. The Meizu's shell also mimics some of the "already existing" brands. The D2 on the other hand does not and boasts a touch-screen with expandable memory. Although D2 is aimed at the top-end market whilst Meizu is lower-midrange.

The Meizu has a touch screen afaik? (unless im confusing it with something else), and has a slick GUI iirc.

 

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The Cowon looks nice. Ive gotta admit, its peaked my interest.
Thanks for pointing it out.

Whats the biggest SD card around? Is it still only 4Gb? Because if 8Gbs come out, then i might seriously consider getting one of those Cowons.

 

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8GB SDHC cards do exist but the current firmware seems to support up to 4GB standard SDs at the moment. There have been several beta firmware versions which may allow 8GB SDHC but I'm pretty sure Cowon will release a stable revision for these cards soon. 8GB SD's are pretty expensive though. If you get the 4GB model + 8GB SD = You'd end up with a 12GB "Flash" MP3 player.

I think your getting confused. The D2 doesnt have ANY memory built in. It requires a SD card for its memory.

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How very odd. The Cowon website makes no mention of built in memory. Yet a google search brings up a few sites that say that there are 2Gb & 4Gb models?

 

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Check my previous post.
Its odd that the Cowon site doesnt mention the build in memory? .
I might see if i can source the 4Gb version, get a 4Gb SDCard, and then have an 8Gb player to play with.