Inexpensive MP3 Video Player
If you value a budget over all the fancy features that can come with most Mp3 players, you should consider an inexpensive video MP3 player. The Coby 2GB Flash MP3 Player with FM and color display comes in black, has a 1.44-inch LCD screen, 2 GB of flash memory, an integrated FM radio and boasts an audio playing time of 10 hours. The compact design never gives this model away as a cheap MP3 player. It can play music and videos, show pictures and show text.
Shopping for an inexpensive MP3 player with video is not always a mission to land junk. In a tight economy or on a strict budget, high end fantasy MP3 players are not altogether practical. If your primary purpose is to just listen to music and be able to see images, you need a basic MP3 model with a cheap video player to meet your basic needs. All the bells and whistles are mostly for show, since you probably will not use them anyway.
Users who buy a cheap MP3 player and know what it is they are getting are not at all disappointed by the shortcomings of the gadget. Some reviewers for the Coby 2GB Flash MP3 Player, for example, know that one of the frustrating glitches in this model causes the playback mode to get stuck. Users have to remove the batteries and reset the player in order to continue listening to music.
Additionally, this inexpensive video MP3 player does not give you the flexibility to sequence songs and place them in the order in which you would like to listen to them. You must listen to them in the order in which they were loaded. It does not give you free will, but it does give you music.
The FM function on this Coby model seems to pick up one station. The player is also not compatible with iTunes. If you have already stored a lot of songs in iTunes, that music will be lost to you with this player. Toggling between menus also takes some guess work.
As an inexpensive video MP3 player, the Coby 2GB Flash MP3 Player does serve its intended function: playing music with just the basics. The 2GB of memory makes it easy to store thousands of music files, and the price (about $28) is one coveted feature that lets users get a moderate bang for little bucks.