Philips GoGear 4 GB Vibe MP3 Video Player with 1.5-Inch Color Screen
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
philips go gear vibe is the best mp3 player i have purchased yet long battery life it tells you when it is fully charged very good sound it is small and compact eazy to carrie around with a case that you can purchase or where it around your neck just buy a neck strap and hook it up to the clip by the usb port easy to put music and pictures and videos on well made very good investment philips is the only player i will buy very low prices compared to other player i have two people in my family who purchased other brands of players they did not last they went through at least 5 in less than a year parts broke off them or they just stop working for know reason at all they had bad luck with them i never had a problem with any of my philips player i'v purchased i'll never go to another brand i'm convinced i have the best player on the market for price and the quality and the small size it is hard to beat and you can down load books and listin to them its great
Color: black
Model: SA1VBE04K/17
Philips GoGear ViBE Portable AV Player (4GB) packs big entertainment in a superbly small design. Its 1.5” full color display shows off album art and folder view ensures easy file navigation and organization.
- Playback MP3, WMA or DRM music from subscription services
- FM radio with RDS and 20 presets for more music options
- 1.5" Full color display for easy navigation and album art
- Up to 25-hour music or 4-hour video playback
- Easy video downloads from the Internet to your GoGear
List Price: USD 49.99
Lowest Refurbished Price: USD 26.99
Best battery life ever
This is by far the mp3 with the best battery life I've had. I can have it playing Rhapsody subscription songs almost a whole day non-stop.
For some reason they don't use it as a selling point in the package. It also plays videos, which you have to convert prior to transferring to it, but it comes with an application that does it automatically, but I never use it for videos.
The one frustrating con it has, its the stone age buttons, particularly the "play" button won't do what you ask it to do the first time. Very frustrating. But if you have the patience, you hardly will find a better video player.
A decent MP3 player - not good for video
This MP3 player was useful for the time it lasted. After 6 months of consistent use it malfunctioned.
For the price its a reasonable product. You can listen to music, download pictures, watch videos*, listen to radio, and record audio. Its easy to use as well. The headphones it comes with sounded cheap, so I upgraded those quickly.
*However, if your looking for video, the Vibe isn't for you. The screen is too small to really enjoy video anyway, but even if you were able to get past that, you have another issue to deal with. The says it plays "video clips" and that's all it really does. If you want to watch something bigger than 200MB (in my experience) then your out of luck. Which means you couldn't download most TV shows, and of course no movies. I barely used the video function, but look elsewhere if that feature is important to you.
Also, as I said, it lasted 6 months. So longevity isn't one of its strengths.
Pretty Neat Lil Piece!
I bought this mp3 player as a gift for my dad, and of course I tested it out for him before I gave it to him. It is really neat. I was definatley looking for a mp3 player that could create playlists from the actual device. As compared to the one I currently have, you can only create on playlist, but the Phillips allows you to create 3 from the device itself. It is also very stylish. The usb cord is pretty short, but it does what it needs to. It is also pretty fast when syncing your music from Windows Media Player. Another thing, it allows you to view your selections by folder, but it creates a folder for every single artist, including if they are just on the track for one song. That's a lil annoying, so you gotta edit it on your computer to fix it after is syncs. Good luck with it. I would recommend it if you want easy use, style, good price, and ability to create playlists from device, and fast downloads.
