SanDisk Sansa c150 2 GB MP3 Player (Black)

• Sleek, ultra-thin digital audio/image player with 2 GB of flash memory
• Compatible with MP3, WMA, and WMA-DRM10 music files (PlaysForSure)
• FM tuner with record capability and voice recorder
• 1.2-inch color TFT LCD displays album art, photo thumbnails
• Single AAA battery provides up to 15 hours of continuous play

I have owned three other Sandisk MP3 players and had no problems with any of them. Some of the issues in other reviews here can be solved by reading the manual.

Simply set to MSC mode and the player acts just like a removeable hard drive when connected via USB. Very simple to transfer or delete songs etc.

The 2Gb is reasonably good capacity... in fact, great capacity considering the price. The FM radio works fine, although a little trickier to navigate than some older sandisk models. Color screen is good, although a little too small to be practicable to view photos on. The song title can also take a little too long to scroll fully.

I had no trouble with sound quality or crackling or clipping at start of song. Sound quality is fine! Battery life also seems good for me. I have even ran some el cheapo batteries with it and had good life up to the stated specs (although this depends on how much you press buttons and have the screen lit up).

Voice recorder is handy, although I find I don't use it too much, your mileage may vary though. As a basic MP3 player and radio, I find it hard to beat given the price tag. I have no issues with size of the unit. Sure its not as thin as an Ipod Nano, but it takes one AAA battery which you can get anywhere. No need to have a power point to recharge.

I think some people expect perfection for a budget price!

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This is a player that does everything well but not spectacular. Some wma 64kbps songs skip while others don't. Same songs play fine in other players. Thumbnails of photos load very easily thanks to the included software. Amazon claims the screen is TFT. Well, that's news to me. Nowhere does SanDisk make this claim on the packaging or on the install CD. Comparisons to STN and TFT screens on other players lead me to believe that the screen is STN. Or maybe DSTN. No way is it TFT. This player is new and already being discounted heavily. You may want to wait for the right deal or splurge for the higher end Sansa E series which is a much better investment.

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I like the styling and the sound of this device, but the implementation is seriously flawed. Battery life is abysmal I took it on a flight to Seoul (12 hours) and chewed through 3 Duracells. One problem may be that the backlight turns on (seemingly at random) at the beginning of some songs, and there doesn't appear to be a way to turn this off. I'm on my second unit and it appears to be no better.

Audible functionality is also limited. It has no bookmark function (although it does remember your last place in a file). And the FF/Rew functionality is terrible the file moves ~1 second per second of button press for the first 10 seconds, than advances at ~1 minute per second of button press. There's no way to easily back up 10 or so seconds in the event e.g. you miss a word.

And even though this device has been out for a while, Sundisk has no FW updates on their web site, making me wonder whether these problems will be fixed. My advice: look elsewhere until Sundisk takes some action.

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I bought my c150 from JR Music World for 49.95 plus 6.95 shipping. Being an audiophile, I'm a little disappointed in the sound quality, not that it's bad, it just doesn't equal my iRiver T30 or my HP 5700 PDA for clarity, both of which cost more so the old adage, "you get what you pay for" applies here. I love the navigations on this unit; very easy to select songs, settings, FM radio. One thing to note is that right out of the box the unit is configured in the settings for "normal" volume range. I point this out because I think many who have bought this probably thought the audio level it puts out is too low. When selecting the "high" volume range, suddenly there is more than enough level for any situation. The earphones that come with the unit are good, but I have very sensitive ears (skin) which can not tolerate this type. After 20 minutes of these in my ears I'm in painful agony. I always end up using a different set of earphones like the Sennheiser CX300 which have a soft insert and great sound. Given the price, I think it deserves 4 stars.

I ordered this player and it was great for about a week and then it froze when I turned it on. The company that sells it, TIGERDIRECT, has not responded to my emails so I went directly to SanDisk. SanDisk gave me a promt response and sent me a label to return the product with free shiping. Another bad thing about this player is that it organizes your music in it's own way and has trouble figuring out artists even if you have the artists name on the song.