Tuesday, July 7, 2009

SanDisk Sansa View 16 GB Video MP3 Player (Black) Review


This device has been nothing but trouble. I ignored the user review comments about firmware glitches and bought it right after it came out. Soon I was having trouble; playlists mysteriously disappearing after being downloaded from Rhapsody, songs becoming scrambled between lists, etc. etc. I would download a play list and go back to find only half of the songs still in memory, even after I'd played the list successfully several times. The download times are ridiculously long.
We finally persuaded the third world Sansa tech support automatons that there was a problem, tried all their suggested remedies and downloads at length to no avail, and convinced them to replace the unit. The replacement has had similar problems. It definitely has difficulty communicating with Rhapsody. Today I noticed that the excellent graphic display was showing the artist, album name and album cover art for each song but with an incorrect song title (another song on the playlist). This problem dissappeared as soon as I unplugged the player from the aux jack in my truck.
My son has a Zune, my wife has a cheap Sirius Mp3 player, both of which work fine all the time. I suggest you look elsewhere if you are considering a Sansa 16 particularly if you are a Rhapsody subscriber.

Buy it here now!

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