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Cowon V5: To Buy, or not to buy?

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killazys:
As some of you may already know, the V5 is now out in the US. Specs tower over the competition, including Cowon's ridiculous 39 different preset JetEffect EQ sounds, support of like 15 different audio and video codecs, native 1280x720 file playback up to 30fps on a LCD 800x480 4.8" display (as in, highest resolution you've seen). The 16GB white on amazon goes for $274.69. That's a rather high price, but when we couple that with a ~$30 16GB SDHC memory card, we get 32GB for around the same price as an iPod Touch of the same capacity. Question is, are prices going to go down? If so, I'm willing to wait until early June. What does BakaBT think?

The amazon link is here

mgz:
i say wait for a few reviews to come out about its UI.

Cowon has a tendency to release AWFUL firmware with products initially and sometimes fix them real quick.

Other times you get the O2

killazys:
"In our opinion, the user interface is a marked improvement over the A3 that we tested in early 2008. Icons responded immediately to presses, and the music / video portals -- which are apt to be used most heavily -- are both well defined and easy on the eyes. Cowon managed to fit quite a few soft buttons onto the music panel, but amazingly, it doesn't feel cluttered. It's a breeze to scroll up and down your playlists, and it's easy to jump in and out of the EQ settings or to add a track to your Favorites list. In fact, we love just how many things you can do with a single press in the Music menu, but one of the most rudimentary things requires two clicks: getting out of one album and back to your list of albums. If a track is playing, you have to hit the Files icon and then the Folder Back icon; we would've loved to see a shortcut here for jumping back two steps with only one push, but again, this is pretty minor in the grand scheme of things."
Enoughness?
But then it got terrible C-net review. A perfect DO-NOT-BUY-EVER. ]=

mgz:
cnet also tends to hold everything up to APPLE = GOLDEN STANDARD

which is lolz, thats why i said wait for reviews from ppl who really like players. Im waiting for reviews to be posted on anythingbutipod.com

fohfoh:
If you have the cash to spare and don't mind small hiccups, I say go for it. It's not going to brick or anything. Just maybe random freezes and stuff like that at random intervals at the worst. Nothing a quick reset or turn off can't fix. I considered that one as well. I already have an 8GB S9 and I love the shit out of it. (Save the fact I have no room to put anything extra stuff on it and have to continually change media within it)

I considered the i9 and the V5... but in all seriousness, I don't need another mp3 so I probably won't go forward with my plans...

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