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Coby MP305-4G MP3 Player with 4 GB Flash Memory FM Radio, USB Drive and LCD - Black
$59.99
I wish I had realized it required batteries. I thought it was like one i had in Germany made by Phillips that recharged on any USB port. Who wants to have to buy and dispose of batteries, not green at all.
Performance is fine, just hate the battery thing.

The Best Of The Most Relaxing Classical Music In The Universe
$7.98
In case anybody cares, here are the composers for the tracks:

1.Canon in D -- Pachelbel
2.Air on a G String -- Bach
3.Claire de Lune -- Debussy
4.Aquarium (misspelled) -- Saint-Saens
5.Gymnopedie #1 -- Satie
6.Pathetique Sonata II -- Beethoven
7.New World Symphony II -- Dvorak
8.Nocturne in F -- Chopin
9.Fur Elise -- Beethoven
10.The Swan -- Saint-Saens
11.Goldberg Variations, Aria -- Bach
12.Piano Concerto #2 I -- Rachmaninoff
13.Recuerdos -- Tarrega
14.Song Without Words -- Mendelssohn
15.Ave Maria -- Gounod (after Bach)

Some of the ID3 tags have the orchestra conductor's name in the composer ID3 field; most of the composer fields are blank.

I appreciate all the free albums and tracks from Amazon. I wish they were more careful with ID3 tags.

Track 5 seems to have some vinyl surface noise.

The price is right. Delete any tracks you don't like. They're mostly old warhorses. If you don't have any classical music in your collection, this isn't a bad start.

Coby 4GB Flash MP3 Player with FM and Color Display (Black)
$49.99
I bought this player when my old 2 G player finally quit on me. I was looking for something inexpensive and reliable with good sound quality. I mostly use it for listening to my MP3 collection at work.

The sound quality is excellent. The charge lasts a long time. I was concerned when I read a few reviews that stated that you couldn't listen to it while it was charging. I found that I can use the player when I am charging it with my Motorola phone charger. I have not tried listening while it is charging from the computer. The menus are easy to find and navigate. My only complaint is that it does not have a shuffle feature. I have discoverd, however, that loading it full with MP3s from different groups and just selecting "Play All" what you get is almost as good as having a shuffle, as it sorts the files by title. It also rememmbers the mode and last song you played when you stopped using it. This is great so I don't have to always start from the beginning of my playlist every time I turn it on. I can resume where I left off the previous day.

I have not used the video playing feature. I did not buy it for this use so I cannot give any review on how well that part of the player works. I just wanted it for listening to MP3s. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a good player who is on a tight budget. I find I-pods ridiculous and a waste of money and I refuse to buy one. One doesn't need to when there are good products like this one available on the market - unless you are one of those materialistic types who equates having lots of expensive stuff with being a good person.

Whiskey Rebellion (Amazon MP3 Exclusive)
$5.00
Mojo Nixon has given us some great, fun music down the years and he's also served up some clunkers. This album doesn't contain much that is clever or musically engaging.