Cowon iAudio U5

Cowon iAudio U5

Creative Zen Vision

Creative Zen Vision

Creative Zen X-Fi

Creative Zen X-Fi

SanDisk Sansa View

SanDisk Sansa View
General
Dimensions: 41.0 x 85.0 x 10.0 mm 124.0 x 20.0 x 74.0 mm 83.0 x 55.0 x 12.7 mm 108.9 x 49.5 x 8.8 mm
Weight: 38.0 g 238.0 g 68.0 g 82.2 g
Colors: White, black Black While silver / black Black
Price: $100 / $130 $250 $180 / $200 / $280 $150 / $200
Storage
Memory Type: Flash Hard Drive Flash Flash
Capacity: 4GB / 8GB 30GB 8GB / 16GB / 32GB 8GB / 16GB
Hard Drive Size: N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expansion Slot: Other SD, SDHC microSD, SDHC
Compact Flash type 1 & 2
Screen
Display Type: LCD LCD LCD LCD
Display Size: 1.8" 3.7" 2.5" 2.4"
Display Resolution: 128x160 640x480 320x240 240x320
Display Color: 64k 262k 16.7m 64k
Touch Display: No No No No
TV Out: No Yes No Yes
Supported Formats
Audio: MP3, WMA, WAV MP3, WMA MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, Audible MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, Audible
Video: N/A MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, WMV MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, WMV MPEG-4, WMV, H.264
Photo: N/A JPEG, TIFF JPEG JPEG
Other: N/A N/A N/A N/A
also M-JPEG
Battery
Battery Type: Non-Removable Non-Removable Non-Removable Non-Removable
Audio Life: 24.0 hours 13.0 hours 35.0 hours 35.0 hours
Video Life: 0.0 hours 4.5 hours 5.0 hours 7.0 hours
Controls
Control Type: Tactile Tactile Tactile Tactile
Dedicated Volume Buttons: Yes No No No
Recording
Video Recording: No No No No
Audio Recording Format: WAV N/A WAV WAV
Audio Recording Options: Voice, FM Voice Voice Voice, FM
Accessories
Included Accessories: AC adapter, earbuds, USB cable, software N/A standard usb, EP-830 earbuds, software CD USB Cable, Software, User Guide
Available Accessories: cases, screen protectors N/A Leather Case, Silicon Case, Armband, Screen Protector, Speaker Dock Cases, Dock, Speaker Docks, and many other Made For Sansa accessories.
Music Browsing & Management
File Browsing: ID3 Tag, File Folder ID3 Tag ID3 Tag ID3 Tag
On-the-go Playlists: No No Yes Yes
On-the-go Deleting: No No Yes Yes
Bookmarks: No No Yes Yes
Data Transfer
Transfer Protocol: MSC MTP MTP MTP/MSC OS Select
Connection Type: Proprietary Connection Standard USB Standard USB Proprietary Connection
OS Compatibility: Windows, Mac, Linux Windows Windows Windows, Mac, Linux
Wireless: N/A N/A Wi-Fi N/A
Wi-Fi not available on the 8GB model
Audio
Audio Enhancements: Custom EQ, Preset EQ, BBE Custom EQ, Preset EQ Custom EQ, X-Fi Custom EQ, Preset EQ
Audio Features: Pan N/A Volume Limiter N/A
X-Fi is emulated
Miscellaneous
Radio Band: FM FM FM FM
Additional Features: alarm clock, sleep timer N/A N/A N/A
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