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Cowon V5: To Buy, or not to buy?

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killazys:

--- Quote from: fohfoh on April 14, 2010, 01:22:51 AM ---@ Kyanwan: I bought in at 87. I'm close to tripling my money due to the iPad fad.

But for mkv playback, don't you have to change the encode anyways to play? I think (at least for the S9) you needed to make the video smaller than a certain size for it to play on the S9 even if it was a supported file type.

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hence v5
anyway, j3 is out in korea too, and was announced for UK release as well

fohfoh:

--- Quote from: killazys on April 14, 2010, 01:40:22 AM ---
--- Quote from: fohfoh on April 14, 2010, 01:22:51 AM ---@ Kyanwan: I bought in at 87. I'm close to tripling my money due to the iPad fad.

But for mkv playback, don't you have to change the encode anyways to play? I think (at least for the S9) you needed to make the video smaller than a certain size for it to play on the S9 even if it was a supported file type.

--- End quote ---
hence v5
anyway, j3 is out in korea too, and was announced for UK release as well

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Not sure, but you still might have to convert your media to the maximum allowed resolution before it can be done. Sort of like, if your pmp allows a max 480 resolution, putting 720 or higher on it, the pmp is unable to play it. Though I can't confirm if it's the same in the V5, I'd assume the same general idea.

Proin Drakenzol:
I'm looking at getting the Cowon V5 now. My Creative Zen X-Fi2, while decent, isn't really doing what I wanted.

I'm also looking for high quality in-ear headphones. Any particular brand recommendations?

killazys:
in-ear headphones
i say,
klipsch!
etymotic er 4 series (NOT ANY OTHER SERIES)
JAYS q-JAYS
Shure (<-- overpriced, though)
whatever you do, do not get overpriced and terrible ricer quality skullcandy/bose earphones. please?

V5 supports native 1280x720 up to 30fps

fohfoh:
Hmm... that should be good for pretty much most encodes then. Not bad.

@ Proin: Consider looking up ABI forums. They'll send you in the right direction.

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