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SanDisk Sansa Fuze Plus video review

#159 | 5:35 |

Gadget TV

Monday September 27, 2010

We sometimes forget that not everyone is prepared to pay the price premium for the latest iDevice. Call it blinding by gadget lust. For people in the market for an inexpensive MP3 player that's expandable and doesn't necessarily feel like a budget player, SanDisk has updated its two year-old Fuze player with a larger screen, capacitive touch navigation and an improved roster of video and audio file formats it can play. It's a compelling offering, perhaps even for iDevotees.

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Show Notes

SanDisk Sansa Fuze+
$80 - $120

- Avaialable in five colors: Black, red, purple, white, blue.

- Available in three capacities: 4, 8 and 16GB.

- Effectively PC-only.

- 2.4-inch QVGA (320x240) screen.

- Capacitive touch pad for menu navigation. Swipe or tap to move through the new "filmstrip" menu system.

- Aimed at the budget market.

- Handles video, music, pictures and podcasts.

- Manage the device with Windows Media Player on the PC or manually on the Mac. Rhapsody software included.

- Supports podcasts but doesn't have podcatcher software.

- Much improved audio and video support.

Audio formats
MP3, WMA, Secure WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, Audible, Podcasts

Video formats
H.264, WMV. MPEG-4 and Flip Video with the Sansa converter software

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