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(I just have a few more questions and then I will shut up.)
Along with the screen, how is durability in general for this player/series?
To re-ask ceres' question, how are the transfer speeds on the new players?
Finally, besides price, would there be any reason to get the A818 instead of the A728? Or is there reason to wait longer for something in the future from Sony or another company that is already known about?
(I just have a few more questions and then I will shut up.)
Along with the screen, how is durability in general for this player/series?
To re-ask ceres' question, how are the transfer speeds on the new players?
Finally, besides price, would there be any reason to get the A818 instead of the A728? Or is there reason to wait longer for something in the future from Sony or another company that is already known about?
I only had the A728 for 4 weeks before I returned it, but I think the build quality is very good.
As for the price, i think the A728 is cheaper than the A818 if you use the BestBuy coupon this week. Besides, you get a bigger screen, but bigger form factor also, which can be an issue if you take it to the gym. I personally think the A728 looks more classy.
I don't think you can go wrong with either one.
Edit: I could be wrong about the screen being glass. Just found a new review.
Does anyone know where to get a replacement cable for a 728B? I bought it off a seller and she forgot to pack the cable and meanwhile I wait, I want to be able to use it, lol.
I called the Canadian Sony Store (I'm in CA) and they redirected me to Able Electronics Inc. and it would cost me 50.33 for one. I thought I misheard the rep at first, but nope. Who would buy a USB cable that costs 1/4 the player itself? WTF?
Is the cable similiar to any other cables used by any other Sony products? I wish they still used the standard USB mini-plug.
Last edited by berniebennybernard; 05-09-2008 at 12:32 AM.
@moseboy: movies look astonishing on the 820. ...such a level of detail!
for the WMPORT cable, look on ebay.
I'd like to know where to find a line-in wmport cable (used by S series I think) to hack it into a line out... I'm afraid they sell it in japan only.... damn...
well, I don't own any players to make a comparison, but of course it's not a 37'' lcd tv (although there is a pretty wide "brightness" range): if you watch movies like Van Helsing, no matter how well encoded they are, you won't see much detail. But I watched "Into The Wild" on it, and it looked great, as well as other action/adventure movies with bright scenes (Rambo and Indy would look great with jungle vivid colors).
Of course I'm speaking of movies watched indoor: don't even try looking at the walkman video playback when you're on the street.
Oh, and don't rely on the screen captures / pictures you find online: when you see it with your eyes it looks thousands times better, of course.
Zen and D2 both have 16.7M colours, everything else has 262K apparently (may have missed one or two) according anythingbutipod.com Not sure if it'd really matter though.
As far as the screen, I wasn't as worried about the color depth as I was about the contrast ratio. I mean, we're dealing with a 2.4 inch screen with a 320 x 240 resolution: Of course you're not going to get as much detail as a dedicated PMP with a higher resolution screen. But if the Sony is unable to reproduce a dark shade that's at least close to black, I will be quite disappointed.
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