gigabeat S beats ZVM in CNet Prizefight!

[zip22]

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Originally Posted by manhattanproj well, not really. the zvm is 1.8" and the gigabeat is 2.4". the gigabeat definitely has a wider viewing angle, thus the widescreen as referred to by the reviewer.

no.

ipod 2.5" 320x240
vision:m 2.5" 320x240
gigabeat s 2.4" 320x240

 

[TenaciousO]

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Originally Posted by zip22 no. ipod 2.5" 320x240 vision:m 2.5" 320x240 gigabeat s 2.4" 320x240

Thank you.

 

[manhattanproj]

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Originally Posted by zip22 ipod 2.5" 320x240 vision:m 2.5" 320x240 gigabeat s 2.4" 320x240

i stand corrected. you are right. zvm does have a 262k 2.5" and gigabeat is 2.375" with 65k.

 

[austonia]

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Originally Posted by manhattanproj here is the thing tho: cnet gives the gigabeat a pretty high rating, higher than both the ipod and zvm, whereas dapreview gave it a lower rating than the zvm and the ipod.

keep in mind that we do not have a coherant scoring system from reviewer to reviewer... each editor does it his own way.

i will say that most of us at dapreview would take the ZVM over any PMC based device as there is no custom EQ, videos have to be converted to WMV, etc