Archos 5

Archos 5

Creative Zen Vision

Creative Zen Vision

SanDisk Sansa View

SanDisk Sansa View

Sony A820

Sony A820
General
Dimensions: 127.5 x 78.3 x 12.9 mm 124.0 x 20.0 x 74.0 mm 108.9 x 49.5 x 8.8 mm 50.2 x 93.9 x 9.3 mm
Weight: 250.0 g 238.0 g 82.2 g 58.0 g
Colors: Gunmetal Black While Black Black, Pink
Price: $350 / $400 / $440 $250 $150 / $200 $270 / $320
Storage
Memory Type: Hard Drive Hard Drive Flash Flash
Capacity: 60GB / 120GB / 250GB 30GB 8GB / 16GB 8GB / 16GB
Hard Drive Size: 2.5" N/A N/A N/A
Expansion Slot: Other microSD, SDHC
Compact Flash type 1 & 2
Screen
Display Type: LCD LCD LCD LCD
Display Size: 4.8" 3.7" 2.4" 2.4"
Display Resolution: 800x480 640x480 240x320 320x240
Display Color: 16.7m 262k 64k 262k
Touch Display: Yes No No No
TV Out: Yes Yes Yes Yes
*TV Out with optional dock. TV Out Requires Dock
Supported Formats
Audio: MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV MP3, WMA MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, Audible MP3, WMA, AAC
Video: MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, WMV, H.264 MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, WMV MPEG-4, WMV, H.264 MPEG-4, H.264
Photo: JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, GIF JPEG, TIFF JPEG JPEG
Other: PDF, Flash N/A 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 M-JPEG Linear PCM Audio
Battery
Battery Type: Non-Removable Non-Removable Non-Removable Non-Removable
Audio Life: 12.0 hours 13.0 hours 35.0 hours 33.0 hours
Video Life: 4.0 hours 4.5 hours 7.0 hours 9.0 hours
Controls
Control Type: Touch Tactile Tactile Tactile
Dedicated Volume Buttons: Yes No No Yes
Dedicated Tactile Buttons
Recording
Video Recording: Yes No No Yes
Audio Recording Format: WAV N/A WAV N/A
Audio Recording Options: N/A Voice Voice, FM 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 N/A USB Cable, Software, User Guide Premium Headphones, Headphone Extension Cable, Proprietary USB Cable, Dock Insert. *8GB version is bundled with Bluetooth headphones.
Available Accessories: GPS Cradle, DVR Docking Station, Portable DVD Dock, Battery Dock, Mini Dock, Helmet Cam, TV Tuner N/A Cases, Dock, Speaker Docks, and many other Made For Sansa accessories. Cases, Docks, Speaker Docks
Music Browsing & Management
File Browsing: N/A ID3 Tag ID3 Tag ID3 Tag, File Folder
On-the-go Playlists: Yes No Yes No
On-the-go Deleting: Yes No Yes No
Bookmarks: Yes No Yes No
32 bookmarks, unlimited fully editable M3U playlists
Data Transfer
Transfer Protocol: MTP/MSC User Select MTP MTP/MSC OS Select MTP
Connection Type: Proprietary Connection Standard USB Proprietary Connection Proprietary Connection
OS Compatibility: Windows, Mac, Linux Windows Windows, Mac, Linux Windows
Wireless: Wi-Fi N/A N/A Bluetooth
Audio
Audio Enhancements: Custom EQ Custom EQ, Preset EQ Custom EQ, Preset EQ Custom EQ, Preset EQ
Audio Features: Pan N/A N/A 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 N/A N/A N/A
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