Cowon iAudio A3

Cowon iAudio A3

Creative Zen Vision W

Creative Zen Vision W

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iriver clix

Sony A820

Sony A820
General
Dimensions: 133.4 x 78.5 x 22.0 mm 76.2 x 22.9 x 134.6 mm 69.0 x 15.0 x 46.0 mm 50.2 x 93.9 x 9.3 mm
Weight: 280.0 g 275.0 g 70.9 g 58.0 g
Colors: Silver Black Black Black, Pink
Price: $350 / $400 $270 / $300 $160 $270 / $320
Storage
Memory Type: Hard Drive Hard Drive Flash Flash
Capacity: 30GB / 60GB 30GB / 60GB 4GB 8GB / 16GB
Hard Drive Size: N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expansion Slot: Other
Expansion slot for compact flash types I & II
Screen
Display Type: LCD LCD LCD LCD
Display Size: 4" 4.3" 2.2" 2.4"
Display Resolution: 800x480 480x272 320x240 320x240
Display Color: 16.7m 262k 64k 262k
Touch Display: No No No No
TV Out: Yes Yes No Yes
1280 x 720 HD output TV Out Requires Dock
Supported Formats
Audio: MP3, WMA, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WAV, APE MP3, WMA, WAV MP3, WMA MP3, WMA, AAC
Video: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, WMV, Other MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, WMV MPEG-4 MPEG-4, H.264
Photo: JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, GIF JPEG JPEG JPEG
Other: TXT, PDF, DOC N/A N/A N/A
also RAW images; ASF, PCM, AC-3, G.726, Apple Lossless audio; ASF, OGM video Linear PCM Audio
Battery
Battery Type: Non-Removable Removable Non-Removable Non-Removable
Audio Life: 7.0 hours 13.0 hours 20.0 hours 33.0 hours
Video Life: 10.0 hours 4.5 hours 4.0 hours 9.0 hours
*official battery life unknown
Controls
Control Type: Tactile Tactile Tactile Tactile
Dedicated Volume Buttons: No Yes No Yes
Recording
Video Recording: Yes No No Yes
Audio Recording Format: WAV, WMA WAV N/A N/A
Audio Recording Options: Voice, FM, Line-in Voice N/A N/A
Records with optional dock
Accessories
Included Accessories: S-Video, Component, Composite TV-Out, USB Cable, Lanyard, User's Manual, Earphones, Charger earphones, power adapter, USB cable, A/V cable, pouch, installation CD-ROM N/A Premium Headphones, Headphone Extension Cable, Proprietary USB Cable, Dock Insert. *8GB version is bundled with Bluetooth headphones.
Available Accessories: Cases, Car Chargers, Belt Clips IR remote N/A Cases, Docks, Speaker Docks
Music Browsing & Management
File Browsing: ID3 Tag, File Folder ID3 Tag ID3 Tag ID3 Tag, File Folder
On-the-go Playlists: Yes Yes No No
On-the-go Deleting: Yes Yes No No
Bookmarks: Yes Yes No No
BBE, Mach3Bass, MP Enhance, and 3D Surround Files on Compact flash cards cannot be directly played without first coping them to the hard drive
Data Transfer
Transfer Protocol: MTP/MSC User Select MTP MTP MTP
Connection Type: Standard USB Standard USB Standard USB Proprietary Connection
OS Compatibility: Windows, Mac, Linux Windows Windows Windows
Wireless: N/A N/A N/A Bluetooth
*Mini USB Jack *Optional USB host
Audio
Audio Enhancements: Custom EQ, Preset EQ, BBE Custom EQ, Preset EQ Preset EQ Custom EQ, Preset EQ
Audio Features: Pan, Speed Control N/A N/A Volume Limiter
built in speaker DDSE Sound Enhancer, Dynamic Normalizer, Clear Stereo, Virtual Acoustic Sound Engine
Miscellaneous
Radio Band: FM FM FM N/A
Additional Features: *DMB Support Built in speaker N/A N/A
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