Monday, March 2, 2009

Digital Mp3 Player Reviews & Guide

By Anne Ahira

If you have been slow to keep up with emerging technology trends then a Digital Mp3 Player may be new to you. As with any new technology, it can take a bit of trial and error to figure it out. Let's see if the learning curve can be shortened.

What is a Digital Mp3 Player?

A digital mp3 player is a little gadget that you are able to amass song, photo, plus even video files on. The most ordinary variety of digital mp3 player until lately would only amass plus play music files. The gadget runs by allowing you to transfer files from your notebook to the player. Within digital mp3 players include an imbedded program which decreases the huge file into a smaller one, the compression rates tend to be around 10:1. The information is then stored in what is known as flash memory.

Flash Memory?

Flash memory is a memory chip in digital mp3 players which maintains data with no demanding a power supply. It is also better suited to continuously modifying or renewing data. Without getting too technical, the main thing is you are able to erase plus record recent information much quicker than with a conventional hard drive, moreover it is also much smaller.

This makes it a ideal application for the digital mp3 player, mobile phones, digital cameras and so on.

Size of Memory

Now that you know a little about how a digital mp3 player works, it is important to know about the various sizes of flash memory that is available.

Computer storage has always been measured via the metric system, below is a list of the units:

Bit Byte Kilobyte Megabyte Gigabyte Terabyte

There are a few more levels; however, for a digital mp3 player the largest unit currently used is gigabytes. To choose the correct size for your needs you should examine how you will use your digital mp3 player.

For the casual user that purely wants way in to their preferred music two gigabytes is a great place to start. The newest mass-market digital mp3 player can have as much as eight gigabytes. Also, there are special devices that go as high as 160 gigabyte, and they have a price tag to verify it.

Music Only or Video

A person new to using a digital mp3 player may want to start small as indicated above. The simple digital mp3 player will plug into your computer via a USB port and most will allow you to drag and drop files from your computers media player. The main exception to this is the Apple I Pod, in order to put music on this device you will have to use the I Tunes software that comes with your digital mp3 player.

If you are a more advanced user or you simply must have the newest technology then a digital mp3 player that contains video playback, picture storage, and even games may be more to your penchant. It should be said that these should be more technically challenging than a simple digital mp3 player can, but they are nice.

Deduction

Newbie's may want to stay with the basic digital mp3 player. At two gigabytes, you can amass hundreds of songs, more than adequate to go through a day or even two. One last note on a beginner digital mp3 player, pick the one which has a digital display in order that you can thumb through your songs. Digital mp3 players such as the shuffle do not include the facility and it must be irritating to get through a hundred songs before you discover the song you wanted to listen to. - 15615

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