in my opinion,sandisk should stop improving there flashplayers with more capacity and maybe have improve the sound on the videoplayback,or a mechanical wheel that doesnt make noise.

/\|ex, there may be an issue with the video(s) you're refering to. The .mov's of music video's and cartoons (ren & stimpy, south park) I have on my e260 are outstanding, in a few cases louder than some 192kbps tracks I have on it. The cartoons in particular are very loud.

This is just outstanding....I've only had my e260 (4GB) since the first of May, and I want to trade it in for an e280, which has twice the capacity for only about $50 more....

Uh, I don't get it Lacene. What's being "louder than some 192kbps tracks" got to do with "improving the sound on video playback"? I would think the two qualities would be totally unrelated....

Maybe this will make Samsung update the Z5F to 8GB. Gotta be able to play the better-sounding, smaller files of OGG.

Well, when you SanDisk lovers have had your device fail - well, maybe after the second or third time - you might be singing a different tune. I was an early SanDisk adopter - I'm now on my third player (two warranty replacements) and now the headphones on the most recent replacement (Jan 2006) just failed. Sigh. Good thing that I have a couple of spares!

giorgitd are you talking about the newer E200 series players or the older sandisk players which had problems? because i have heard nothing but positive stuff about the e200 series no matter where i have looked.

Good company, but probably worse than an iPod. Seriously, they need to rework their players. Lancecn: Volume and Bit Rate are completely unrelated.

DLF & giomthfgue, I meant to say "louder and clearer" than some 192kbps tracks......ie. my point: the audio quality of the video conversions were outstanding. I guess I should've asked what /\|ex meant when he/she said "improve the [sound] on the videoplayback", as usually I interpret improving sound to be improving the volume, but it could also mean improving the overall quality of the audio. But my point still remains.

@giorgitd: "Well, when you SanDisk lovers have had your device fail - well, maybe after the second or third time - you might be singing a different tune." Who's the SanDisk lover?? I don't know if I'd have the patience to try a player three times. There's no option for a refund??

Sandisk needs to really make their players more reliable if they expect people to buy this and keep it. Many of the comments posted on this site under the Sansa e200 series review talked of many issues that people had with this player. Also, they all seemed to have their own individual issues with the player. I know someone whose player was downloading "viruses" off of the internet automatically, and mine had a memory issue a week into owning it. Sorry Sandisk, but my devotion now rests with iriver. (The clix is incredible).

i know for sure that /\le)( isnt talking about it being loud but the video sound is somewhat muffled.this is the the ONLY downside i have with my player.other then that its almost perfect.

is there an expected date for the us?

is there an expected Date for the eu?

Today i discover a masiv price-reduction of the 2GB-Version at amazon.de. May be, this is a hint, the 8-GB-Version is near at all.

i farted.
i bought a e250 for my friend. she loves it, and has no problem using it. I wanted to give her something expandable, because in 3 years adding a 2gig mem card will be like gold.

If it plays .aac, I'll buy it. 70% of the mp3 player-buying public uses an iPod, and they won't want to convert thier entire library to buy this. Looks wonderful but for that.

I've got the e260. I LOVE it. I wish you could play "all songs" sorted by artist, but other than that it's the best deal out there with all the features you get.
I would recomment upgrading the earbuds though. Nothing fancy, I got a $50 pair of Sony's and am perfectly happy. No issues to date and have had this for 4 months.

From reading all the reviews about the Sandisk sansa e200 series mp3 players I only have one question. If you do not have a usb connector for the sansa e200 series can you use the usb connector for the Ipod with a sandisk sansa 260?

Are the headphones good. I getting an 250 for christmas, and i was wondering if i should go head and buy headphones for it

Are the headphones good. I getting an 250 for christmas, and i was wondering if i should go head and buy headphones for it

is there a trouble shooting hot line. my computer won't detect it being plugged in. Hp pavilion t840a

Brad,
Try to disconnect and hook the player up again. It may have been plugged in early.

I loved my Sansa e200 that I bought on Boxing Day until it crashed a few weeks later.. My computer wouldn't detect it, and would go into a blue fuzzy screen shortly after I would turn it on when it was in the 'updating data' process. So I took it back, they replaced it, and now this one is doing it, too. I suspect I have downloaded a song with some sort of virus in it. Is that possible? Anyone know if this is fixable? I'm so sad. I really want it to work. :(

mine just did that too!! I pluged it in and it kept getting disconnected somehow and then it went blue and fuzzy and i don't know how to make it stop!AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Im so MAD!

ok there is a number you can call they are really nice and walk you through everything.you can find it on the sansa website under contact us!

Dude- My Video Just Keeps Fizzing out and whenever I try to delete the foriegn files that spontaneously show up, The Goddamn thing shuts down or freezes!!!!!!!!!!

Have mine for 3 days, if I change the songs too quickly, it craches and reboots. Arghhhhhhhhh!

yeah mine freezes constantly...and its frustrating that there's no driver anywhere for older operating systems

I love and hate the thing.
It always freezes, and
won't play any videos all the way through. (it starts them for a split second, then cuts it off. It makes some songs not play, and put it within 3 feet of a magnetic applaince and it screws up.

o please help i really want this thing to work whenever i plug it in the screen goes all blue and fuzzy what should i do ..................................................and now on pressing the menu button it doesnt even start.............................

My e280 has files that are multiplying. They have no designation as to what filetype they are. They,re just taking up space and am having trouble connecting the device to my computer too. Somebody help!!!!

Will the new iPod nano accessories (cases, skins, etc) fit the Samsung e280? Seems as my local retailer only wants to carry accessories for ipod :/