Archos 5

Archos 5

Cowon iAudio Q5W

Cowon iAudio Q5W

Creative Zen

Creative Zen

Sony A720

Sony A720
General
Dimensions: 127.5 x 78.3 x 12.9 mm 138.8 x 88.5 x 20.0 mm 83.0 x 55.0 x 11.3 mm 50.2 x 93.9 x 9.3 mm
Weight: 250.0 g 380.0 g 65.0 g 58.0 g
Colors: Gunmetal Dark Navy Black Black, Pink
Price: $350 / $400 / $440 $550 / $600 $80 / $130 / $200 / $250 / $350 $200 / $300
Storage
Memory Type: Hard Drive Hard Drive Flash Flash
Capacity: 60GB / 120GB / 250GB 40GB / 60GB 2GB / 4GB / 8GB / 16GB / 32GB 8GB / 16GB
Hard Drive Size: 2.5" 1.8" N/A N/A
Expansion Slot: SD, SDHC, Other SD, SDHC
SD/MMC support
Screen
Display Type: LCD LCD LCD LCD
Display Size: 4.8" 5" 2.5" 2.4"
Display Resolution: 800x480 800x480 320x240 320x240
Display Color: 16.7m 16.7m 16.7m 262k
Touch Display: Yes Yes No No
TV Out: Yes Yes No Yes
*TV Out with optional dock. TV Out Requires Dock
Supported Formats
Audio: MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV MP3, WMA, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WAV, APE MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV MP3, WMA, AAC
Video: MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, WMV, H.264 MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, WMV DivX, XviD, WMV, Other MPEG-4, H.264
Photo: JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, GIF JPEG, BMP, PNG JPEG JPEG
Other: PDF, Flash TXT, PDF N/A N/A
With optional software plug-in: AAC, AC3, H.264 HD support: MPEG-4 (ASP 720p) & WMV HD (MP 720p) MPEG-2 MP@ML up to 10 Mbps (up to DVD resolution) and AC3 stereo sound (5.1) H.264 up to DVD resolution with AAC AAC and AAC+ stereo audio files AC3 stereo audio and 5.1 sound files (via SPDIF output of DVR Station) also MJPEG. Supports MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 through transcoding. XviD and DivX supported up to 320 x 240 max. resolution. Linear PCM Audio
Battery
Battery Type: Non-Removable Removable Non-Removable Non-Removable
Audio Life: 12.0 hours 13.0 hours 25.0 hours 33.0 hours
Video Life: 4.0 hours 7.0 hours 5.0 hours 9.0 hours
Controls
Control Type: Touch Touch, Tactile Tactile Tactile
Dedicated Volume Buttons: Yes Yes No Yes
Dedicated Tactile Buttons
Recording
Video Recording: Yes Yes No No
Audio Recording Format: WAV WAV, MP3 WAV N/A
Audio Recording Options: N/A Voice, FM, Line-in Voice N/A
*Audio and video recording is optional with docking station Records with optional dock
Accessories
Included Accessories: Earbuds, cleaning cloth, proprietary USB cable, dock insert for DVR add-on USB cable, USB host cable, Stereo headphones N/A Premium Headphones (MDR-EX082), Headphone Extension Cable, Proprietary USB Cable, Dock Insert
Available Accessories: GPS Cradle, DVR Docking Station, Portable DVD Dock, Battery Dock, Mini Dock, Helmet Cam, TV Tuner N/A N/A Cases, Docks, Speaker Docks, Bluetooth Adapter
Music Browsing & Management
File Browsing: N/A ID3 Tag, File Folder ID3 Tag ID3 Tag, File Folder
On-the-go Playlists: Yes Yes Yes No
On-the-go Deleting: Yes Yes Yes No
Bookmarks: Yes Yes Yes No
32 bookmarks, unlimited fully editable M3U playlists
Data Transfer
Transfer Protocol: MTP/MSC User Select MTP/MSC User Select MTP MTP
Connection Type: Proprietary Connection Standard USB Standard USB Proprietary Connection
OS Compatibility: Windows, Mac, Linux Windows, Mac, Linux Windows Windows
Wireless: Wi-Fi Bluetooth, Wi-Fi N/A N/A
Audio
Audio Enhancements: Custom EQ Custom EQ, Preset EQ, BBE Custom EQ, Preset EQ Custom EQ, Preset EQ
Audio Features: Pan Pan Volume Limiter Volume Limiter
DDSE Sound Enhancer, Dynamic Normalizer, Clear Stereo, Virtual Acoustic Sound Engine
Miscellaneous
Radio Band: N/A FM FM N/A
Additional Features: N/A Operates on WinCE 5.0 Professional N/A N/A
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