This absolutely rocks.. I emailed tech support about the video out option back in sept and they replied back saying there wasn't a video out option.. guess they did it to surprise us with it.

How's the resolution support for the video out? Can you store and play videos in higher resolution out of the video out like the Zune 2?

Can you use this same hack with the e200 series?

The e200 doesn't have the necessary hardware to output video.

i hate to say it but the ZVM doesnt only do headphone jack.

that means, not through headphone jack on player but yes through sync a-dap.

also, it can use a cable jsut like what you are doing with the View.

It's great to see info about the video output, but I'm wondering if there are any reviews yet of the View as a whole? I haven't found one.

I am waiting a bit to see what happens with the video out situation and the firmware gets a bit more settled. I am writing parts of the review at the moment.

asked the customer service guys some more simple questions, about battery replacement, and they told me that the battery cannot be replaced without breaking the player, so its one time battery life for 1 year after which you can throw it out if the battery stops.
Hello Customer,

Thank you for contacting SanDisk Technical Support.
It is impossible to remove the battery from the view without destroying the player.
And we do not have a service center but all of our devices purchased new have a one year warranty if the player stops working we will replace it.

Sincerely,
Robert J.
SanDisk Technical Support

well those who plan to buy this good luck...I feel its top brand, but battery cannot be changed then its glory till it burns out.

Does anyone know if this player has unicode support?

Great product whithout a review ?
Is there a prevision of a review ?

does anybody know if there meanwhile is an official solution to use the video out "function"? maybe not from sandisk itself?

It should have the video out because if it didnt, it wouldnt have the NTSC and PAL functions, or the slide that was shown on the View's screen at the time.

Here's a link to the TV cables for those people who would rather not build one.

http://www.daydeal.com/product.php?productid=19284

Also, I would like to see Unbox and Overdrive as a categories on the comparison page

I love this about sandisk players.

I had an older one without radio, but it turned out that since it was sold in some places with radio, it actually did contain the radio, and it was only a matter of installing another firmware with a little trick.

I guess they just make one player, put different firmware and sell them as different models. It's probably cheaper that way, than to acutally build different models.

That's some crappy soldering!
You need a smaller tip for that iron.

My profuse thanks to Melanie -- got my Sansa View AV connector on daydeal.com, and it works great -- even fairly good vid quality on our big-screen TV. This is going to be major when I go on road trips for work -- most of the hotels/motels have component inputs now.

There are cables that accomplish this. I bought one on eBay for around $6 that does video and left/right audio.

what about video in????

I am glad I visited this site (1st time). I was getting ready to purchase the 32 Gig View but I had no idea that the battery life could be as little as 1 yr. and not replacable. No thanks.
Thanks for the helpful info.

Im here looking for battery info because my daughters 16gb view has a bad battery. Her's is 2 months short of a year... I have had great luck with earlier sansa models but this sucks. If any one finds a source for a replacement battery, please post it.