Best portable media players
We round up reviews of the best PMPs available
There are a lot of PMPs -- portable media players -- on the marketand it can be difficult to work out which ones are good. Portable media players from brands like Cowon, Creative and Apple are available with a range of different sized screens, different features and varied storage options. We've rounded up the best portable media players to have passed through our Test Centre.
7 / 10
If you’re looking for a portable media player with exceptionally good audio and video quality, and the added bonus of native XviD support, the Cowon S9 is the one for you. It doesn’t have the design flair or great interface of the Apple iPod touch, but overall it is an impressive product.
- Review Date:
- Reviewer:
- Manufacturer:
- 26th March, 2009
- Campbell Simpson
- Cowon
- Rating:
- Price:
- $ 329.00
- Pros:
- Gorgeous screen, plenty of formats supported, great battery life
- Cons:
- User interface isn’t as good as iPod’s, plastic casing feels cheap and tacky