SanDisk Sansa Fuze 8 GB MP3 Player (Silver) | 
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| Brand: SanDisk
Category: CE
List Price: $129.99
Buy New: $83.99
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Rating:  109 reviews
Sales Rank: 48
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Display Size: 1.9
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 3.1 x 1.9 x 0.3
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: SDMX14R-008GS-A57
Model: SDMX14R-008GS-A57
UPC: 619659049652
EAN: 0619659049652
ASIN: B0015KYV3Q
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED BOX , FAST SHIPPING
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| Features:
| • | Listen, watch, and play all day with 24 hours of battery life and room for up to 2,000 songs | | • | Watch your favorite video clips or share your photos on the 1.9-inch color screen | | • | Digital FM radio with 40 preset stations | | • | Voice recording with built-in microphone | | • | Expand your existing 8 GB memory with the microSD/microSDHC slot |
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Amazon.com Product Description
With the SanDisk Sansa Fuze, you can fuse your portable entertainment, featuring 8 GB of storage. Listen, watch, and play all day with 24 hours of battery life and room for up to 2,000 songs**. Watch your favorite video clips on the Sansa Fuze's 1.9-inch color screen. Measuring just 0.3 inches thin, the Sansa Fuze marks the next wave of music and video players.  Your portable music machine with 8 GB of storage. (Click image to view larger.) |  The MicroSD/SDHC memory card slot means storage possibilities are essentially unlimited. (Click image to view larger.) |  Smaller than a credit card and as thin as a pencil, the new Sansa Fuze MP3 player looks great--and has the brains to match. (Black player shown here; click image to view larger.) | Audio Player
Smaller than a credit card and as thin as a pencil, the new Sansa Fuze MP3 player looks great--and has the brains to match. With room for up to 2,000 songs**, you can listen all day long. Jam to FM radio with 40 preset stations, play with the built-in voice recorder, and listen to your favorite audiobooks wherever you go. And with 24 hours of battery life, you're free to listen, watch, and play all day--literally. Watch Your Favorite Videos
The Sansa Fuze comes with 8 GB of built-in memory enough to store 5 hours of video playback. Watch your favorite TV video clips from wherever you are. To ensure speedy file transfers, the unit features a USB 2.0 connection. Simply connect the player to a PC, and start dragging files from your Windows Media Player 10 or 11 applications. Expanded Capacity
With an option to extend the capacity, its MicroSD/SDHC memory card slot means storage possibilities are essentially unlimited. Expand your music collection, show albums of photos up to 4000 images*, and watch your favorite videos on those long trips. Compatible Formats
The player supports MPEG4 video files and audio files saved in MP3, secure and unsecured WMA, WAV, Audible, and Overdrive file formats. FM Radio
If you're feeling like a break from your own tunes, or want to dial in the TV frequency at the gym, use the digital FM tuner. Save your favorites on the 40 user presets. Voice Recorder
Use the voice recorder with built-in microphone to take memos, record meetings or lectures, or capture whatever else you might feel inclined to point a microphone at. When you're ready, transfer your files for listening on your PC. What's in the Box
SanDisk Sansa Fuze 8 GB MP3 player (silver), earphones, USB 2.0 cable, quick start guide * 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes; some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions; thus, it is not available for data storage ** Based on continuous audio playback at 128 kpbs MP3; video playback at 512 kbps/ MPEG 4; photos based on 1.7 MB average file size; battery life and performance might vary depending upon usage and settings; battery not replaceable.
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A Nice iPod nano Alternative December 3, 2008
Nix Cadavre (Michigan, USA)
I'm a Mac person. Most of my computing is done on a MacBook, and I have owned almost every iPod since the 2nd generation of the device, so for my review to declare the Sansa Fuze 8GB media device a "Nice Alternative" for the iPod nano (which I consider probably the best player available), that means something.
Physically, the Fuze is about the same size as the previous "fat" nano, though it's a wee bit thicker. While you do gain a little size, you also gain a moving, mechanical selection wheel (not a touch-wheel) and a back side that is slightly rubberized, so it isn't as slippery or prone to scratching.
You also gain three features not available on iPods: Memory expansion by way of a mini SD port on the side, FM tuner for those times when you may need to tune into the airwaves, and a built in microphone with recording function for taking voice memos or recording whatever sounds you may desire to keep.
When used in OS X, I will admit that the Sansa is-- Shall we say, crippled? Yes, that's probably the best word. It's not much more than a drag-n-drop mp3 player in OS X. There are some scripts out there for iTunes that automate the process of moving a playlist to the Fuze, but really, OS X is not the ideal place to use the Sansa Fuze, because you have so many limitations! You can't get video into it in this mode (at least, I've found nobody who has had success in doing so), and you won't get your iTunes album art to show up on the Sansa when you deposit it from your OS X partition into the Fuze.
However, one of the handy things about a Mac is that it can run Windows, and in that world the Sansa is as full-featured as possible! If you use Windows Media Player 11, you get album art, you get playlists, and you also get compression.
Yes. Compression. Much like the iPod shuffle, the Sansa Fuze (and WMP 11) will convert your music into a smaller bitrate before transferring to the player. I have it set for 192kbps (the highest WMP will allow with the Fuze) and in this mode I manage to get well over 1000 songs on the built-in 8GB memory, and that still leaves me room for over a gigabyte of video, photos, or music.
Yes, the conversion process makes the sync slower than an iPod would be, but the trade-off for more content on the device is worth it.
This leads me to one of my pet peeves with this device: The Sansa Media Converter.
No, you can't just drop videos into the Sansa Fuze. You need to use the Sansa Media Converter, and it's a dumb, buggy program. It's chintzy and cheap. I absolutely hate it because it does everything as if it's a throwback to the early 90s technology. Yes, it handles many codecs, but it's slow, clunky, and converts to a specific format that the Sansa requires to play videos properly. This should not be necessary. If Sandisk has any sort of brainpower in their PMP division, they'll write some firmware upgrades that allow users to just pop in videos in their raw format, instead of needing to go through the filter of the SMC every time.
That being said, the SMC *does* get the job done, and I have to be fair: The iPod has very specific codec requirements, too, and iTunes is a LOT slower at converting files than the SMC is. It's just that iTunes is a lot more stable, while the SMC has a habit of locking up when it's done converting. It also gives very little in the way of options. You want it to be high quality, low quality, or something else? Tough. You get two choices: "converted" or "not converted".
The radio works just as it should. I never really use it (that's why I have a PMP) but it's nice to know it's there if I ever want news, weather, or something different.
The voice recorder is also fine. Nothing special, but a nice add-on.
The menu display is rather dull, but then, I'm not gazing at the menu all day. It does the job, and at least allows you to change its color scheme a bit. The iPod doesn't even do that.
The music sounds very good, even after the conversion. Of course, my entire iTunes library had to be ported over to my Boot Camp partition, and it is in MP3 format instead of AAC (I made this switch once I realized that no other devices- PSP, PS3, or other audio players- would use AAC). For me, the switch to Windows being my media center for my PMP was fairly easy. I still maintain an iTunes library in OS X, but I just make sure to drag over all my music whenever I get new stuff, and I avoid DRM'd music like the plague.
No, this won't play your iTunes purchased music, but it will play Audible formats, so that's kind of cool. It also supports subscription-based services like Rhapsody if that's your cup of tea (not mine. I like to OWN my music.)
All in all, its a good media player with more features than an iPod, but less versatility than one. Considering the price is at least 25% less than the 8GB iPod nano (and often closer to 50% less when on sale) this is an excellent purchase if you're a Windows user, don't have a lot of protected music, or don't mind switching to Windows Media Player for your management needs.
If you're a Mac user, you'll probably have to weigh the limitations and heavy preference for Windows Media Player on the Sansa in your purchase decision. If you're up to the change, it's just as capable as an iPod (even moreso in some ways), but it is of course not going to be as polished an experience as the familiar iPod interface and connection with iTunes.
PMPs have come a long way. My first one was a 32MB device that could hold very few songs, and had no display whatsoever. Apple revolutionize the industry with the iPod, but SanDisk has done an admirable job of borrowing the iPod's innovations and making them work in different ways-- Some better, some worse, but all comparable to the original and for a lower price.
If what you want is value, then you'll be happy with the Fuze.
 Would be a great mp3 player but... November 29, 2008
MC
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Having had the Sansa e130 I was really looking forward to this mp3 player.
Unfortunately it has 2 problems, one of them sufficient to return it to the store.
First, minor inconvenience, it uses a proprietary cord, instead of a standard usb cord, so...its now one more cord to carry and if something happens to it...you pay.
Second, major problem, this player will NOT be even seen by your computer unless you have Windows Media Player in it (10 or higher to get some MTP somethin or other. It will not act like a flashdrive.
Along with this, of course, is the fact you now cannot also port it into your car stereo or anything else (read "not compatible" by Sansa tech) (makes you wonder if they made some deal with Microsoft).
Frankly I'm not paying $75-100 plus dollars for this.
Its too bad because this would have been a great mp3 player...
 Great Value with lots of perks November 29, 2008
K. A. Mcnamara (Kent, WA USA)
I love my new Sansa Fuze for several reasons. The price was very reasonable, lots less than the big name competitors. It is an 8GB unit and that can be doubled by added in up to an 8GB memory card. It has an FM Radio and has preset station functions. It is small and good looking. Lastly, it works great. I recommend this to anyone looking for performance, adaptability and value.
Great buy!! November 29, 2008
B. S. Lumsden (Oklahoma)
Bought as an early Christmas present for my adult children. They love the features and the ease of use. Only complaint from my daughter is the style of headset which will not stay in her ears. Had to buy a different style that fit down in her ears.
Great little player, one flaw takes a star away November 28, 2008
D. Buschatz (vagabond)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This player is well worth the money. I have owned 2 Creative hard drive players, and one ipod nano. The Sansa has sound comparable to the creatives, which is impressive and surprising, and better sound than the ipod which I thought, like many others, sounded "tinny". It is very easy to load music via Windows Media Player, and I like that I didn't have to add another program onto my computer to use this. I didn't even have to install this, xp did everything for me. I will use this only for music, so cannot review about video or picture viewing capabilities. But the screen is kinda small so I wouldn't use it for watching videos unless you are on a plane or something and want to kill time.
This player has one big "pro" and one big "con" that are exclusive to this unit.
Pro- it records FM, which is a bonus i didn't really expect. And it sounds good. So if there is a news program or a song coming up that you like you can record it and then have it, just like in the old days with cassettes. You have to change the name of the recording on the computer though. It records in WAV.
Con- like someone else said, the scroll wheel limits the searching through all your music to just one speed. So if you have a bunch of titles and want to get to one starting with m or n, it will take a while. Stupid mistake by sansa and the reason this good value player can't get a 5 star from me.
Lastly, i bought the clear plastic case for it and it is still small, like a stack of maybe 15 credit cards. Recommended.
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