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Posted at 8:58 AM on Wednesday 04/15/09 by
Ben
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eCost.com has the refurbished SanDisk Sansa View 16GB MP3 Video Player for $73 + $10 shipping = $83 shipped. Access Internet music stores and subscription services, such as Yahoo! Music Unlimited To Go.

  • Sleek, ultra-thin digital audio/image/video player with 16GB memory
  • Expandable MicroSD/SDHC card slot for additional storage
  • FM tuner with recording with 20 presets; bright 2.4-inch color TFT LCD
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      matthew - Posted 10:17 am PDT 04/15/09 (1304 Posts)  Report Spam

      Want to see some VERY UNHAPPY people? Check out the Sansa View's owner forum:

      http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/board?board.id=view

      I think their primary concern is that the last firmware update was the middle of last year, and yet there seem to be numerous bugs (too many to list).

      My 2 cents: I bought a refurb last year, and it seems to hold battery power well, sound is great (not quite as good as the Clip), video is MP4 (easy to convert with Any Video Converter) and watchable in 30-60 minute increments, cover art is good. Problems? My two main gripes are (1) it has an incredibly slow fast-forward function (scans in 10second jumps...WTF), which is a huge pain for podcasts, and (2) track lists are very buggy (items sometimes repeat many times).

      Owners at the forum complain endlessly that there is no true folder support, that is, you have to make a playlist if you want to organize your tracks by artist, genre, etc. Can't just drop into folders and navigate to the one you want.

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      RKLE - Posted 11:13 am PDT 04/15/09 (8910 Posts)  Report Spam

      I had a sansa 230 and it drained batteries like crazy.

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      dave_c - Posted 12:15 pm PDT 04/15/09 (16742 Posts)  Report Spam

      ^ different battery, the 230 used 1 x AAA right?

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      Chrisman - Posted 12:27 pm PDT 04/15/09 (3166 Posts)  Report Spam

      I bought the 8GB refurb a while back, and have been happy with it. My Nano still blows it away in sound quality and overall 'sexiness', but it was 4x as much money. This has FM receiver for the gym, and can be tossed around more than #5's wifey.

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      hurl3.0 - Posted 12:47 pm PDT 04/15/09 (2469 Posts)  Report Spam

      #4, i am your father

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      ratpatcat - Posted 1:45 pm PDT 04/15/09 (14 Posts)  Report Spam

      i have a 8gb refurbbacons full i put a little card in it i've got 1800 plus songs.i'am not sure if this card is really working its for a phone do anyboby know?

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      matthew - Posted 2:07 pm PDT 04/15/09 (1304 Posts)  Report Spam

      #6 I forgot to mention my 16GB has a 4GB microSD card in it. Works fine.

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      Crash And Burn - Posted 9:11 pm PDT 04/15/09 (3054 Posts)  Report Spam

      I got this from ecost at Christmas time. No problems here. It's not perfect but for the price I find it to be a good value.

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      RKLE - Posted 10:51 am PDT 04/16/09 (8910 Posts)  Report Spam

      How long does the battery last on this?

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      eneref - Posted 5:57 am PDT 04/17/09 (342 Posts)  Report Spam

      The battery on this one is shorter than the battery on the E series by quite a bit. Probably about 6-8 hours of continuous audio play maybe? Much less if you're mucking about with the screen.

      Love this for car trips and flights. I'd never buy another item from eCost, but this is a great device.

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      DurableAlloy - Posted 1:46 am PDT 04/23/09 (22 Posts)  Report Spam

      If you find the older e200 (or e200R) model available, grab one and install the latest stable Rockbox build. I own one and it eats my girlfriend's iPod for breakfast.

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