Philips GoGear SA6025 (2GB)

Manufacturer: Philips Consumer Electronics Part number: SA6025/37

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Bottom Line:: The Philips GoGear SA6545 is a feature-filled MP3 player that will suit those looking for good video playback over a compact form factor.

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Philips GoGear SA6025 (2GB)

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The Philips GoGear SA6545 is a feature-filled MP3 player that will suit those looking for good video playback over a compact form factor.

The good: The Philips GoGear SA6000 offers a user-friendly design, an ample screen, and dedicated volume controls. It includes desirable features such as an FM tuner and photo and video support. The player is compatible with subscription services, and it has a lot of bass.

The bad: The control pad on the GoGear SA6000 feels cheaply built, and there's no album-art support. The unit is large for a flash player, and some music comes across flat while some bass-heavy tracks are slightly distorted.

The bottom line: The Philips GoGear SA6545 is a feature-filled MP3 player that will suit those looking for good video playback over a compact form factor.

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Philips offers a plentiful array of MP3 players, with several that look plenty compelling. However, it's taken us most of the year to get our hands on a review unit, and we're not quite sure why since the model the company finally decided to send is quite good. The GoGear SA6045, which belongs to the SA6000 series, is a feature-packed player with a nice screen and a user-friendly interface. It has its quirks, but it's still a decent option for those looking for an easy-to-use MP3 player with video playback.

As MP3 players go, the GoGear 6045 is neither cheap nor terribly compact, but it's not expensive and huge, either. The 4GB player goes for about $140 (by contrast, the 4GB Creative Zen V Plus is $110) and measures 3.6x2.1x0.5 inches. The relatively large size has at least one benefit: it allows for an ample 2.2-inch screen. To the right of the screen, you get a five-way control pad, which consists of four directional buttons surrounding a central play/pause/power key. The buttons have a bit of a cheap feel to them in that they wiggle around in the base, but overall, the player has a nice, weighty feel. Above the control pad, you'll find a menu button, and on the top edge, there's a dedicated volume rocker--we always like that.

There are a few more physical characteristics of note. The bottom side of the GoGear 6045 houses a 3.5mm headphone jack, a standard mini USB port, a reset hole, and a hold switch. The right spine features a built-in mic for voice recordings and a rather useful playlist button, which adds the currently playing track to an on-the-go playlist. The player also supports playlists transferred from WMA jukeboxes such as Rhapsody and Windows Media Player (WMP). You can play back MP3 and WMA files (including subscription tracks), and these are handily arranged in the Creative interface structure for easy navigation.

In addition to digital music playback, the GoGear SA6045 offers an FM radio with an autoscan function and 10 preset slots. The player also supports JPEG photos and slide shows, which you can view while listening to music. Sadly, though, there is no album art display on the device, which we think is a waste of the lovely screen. You do get support for WMV videos, which can be automatically converted through Windows Media Player. Despite some noticeable pixilation, photos and videos look quite good when played back on the device. Unfortunately, the placement of the headphone jack makes it pretty much impossible to prop the player up for viewing, but for short clips (when you don't mind holding it up), it works out nicely.

Taking everything into account, the GoGear SA6045 is a decent performer overall, though we wouldn't call the sound quality excellent. Most songs--especially selections from Duran Duran and Kanye West--sounded very good in testing, with a nice, tight bass kick and rich, warm mids. The high end came across clearly as well. However, some Tears for Fears tracks sounded a bit flat while a few bass-heavy Ludacris songs suffered from low-end distortion. Considering both good and bad experiences came from the same two genres--new wave and dance rap--it's impossible to narrow down the best genres. Suffice it to say, it was more good than bad. The rated battery life of 16 hours for audio and 4 hours for video is also passable.

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My husband and I purchased this mp3 player for our 9 year old daughter for her birthday.

by Notisme35 on July 30, 2008

Pros: It has excellent sound, and the video screen is sharp and gives out a crisp view.

Cons: We was trying to download specific songs for her that was appropriate for her age that was already on our computer. It ended up recording every song we had from our Windows Media Player.

Summary: Try reading the manual before downloading songs on the mp3 player. It tells you how to specific songs, and videos so that you will not make the same mistake we ...

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Summary: Try reading the manual before downloading songs on the mp3 player. It tells you how to specific songs, and videos so that you will not make the same mistake we made. Now we have to go into the mp3 player and unload all the songs a start over. We purchased this player from Target Online for $59.00 plus s&h. All together we paid under $70.00 for this player.

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one of the best on the market

by emmy13121 on December 9, 2007

Pros: great screen

Cons: weights one to two pounds

Summary: My mom just bought this for me yesterday for my birthday. They do also sell it as an 8gb at walmart for $99. The playback quality is amazing. My cell ...

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Summary: My mom just bought this for me yesterday for my birthday. They do also sell it as an 8gb at walmart for $99. The playback quality is amazing. My cell phone has an mp3 player on it, but this easily surpasses it. While it may weight a pound or two, it can hold so much music, up to 4000 songs at an average of 4 min a piece. You can also by a travel case and charger, $10, for it that will alow you to set the mp3 on its base for easy viewing and the ability to have the headphones plugged into it. The main reason I bought this specific mp3 is because I will never ever by an Ipod and I wanted a good brand. Overall I absolutely love this thing, its really easy to use and it comes in red or black, at least at walmart.

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Specifications

Manufacturer: Philips Consumer Electronics
Part number: SA6025/37

General
Device Type Portable media center
Key Features Digital audio player, Voice recorder, Digital video player, Digital photo viewer
Width 3.7 in
Depth 2.1 in
Height 0.5 in
Weight 0.2 lbs
PC Interfaces Hi-Speed USB
Features Text viewer
Localization : United States
Packaged quantity 1
Digital storage media type None
Display
Display Type LCD 2.2 in
Still Images
Supported Still Images Formats JPEG
Photo Playback Modes Auto slide show
Digital Audio
Supported audio formats WMA, MP3
Audio output Headphones
Microphone Built-in microphone
Digital audio features ID3 tags support
Video
Video Playback Formats Motion JPEG-2, Motion JPEG, Motion JPEG-1, AVI, WMV
Connectivity
Connections Headphones, USB
Digital Player / Recorder
Digital player supported digital audio standards WMA, WAV, ADPCM, MP3
Digital player response bandwidth 60 - 18000 Hz
Digital player sample rate 48 KHz=8 KHz=11 KHz=32 KHz=44.1 KHz=16 KHz=22 KHz=24 KHz
Digital player signal-to-noise ratio 85 dB
Digital Player total harmonic distortion 1.0 %
Digital player ID3 tags support Yes
Digital player additional features Variable bit-rate compatible, WMV playback
Battery
Required Qty 1
Rechargeable Battery Rechargeable
Battery Enclosure Type Internal
Included Qty 1
Technology Lithium polymer
Battery 1 x Lithium polymer Rechargeable Player batteryInternal
Capacity 800 mAh

Connections
Connector type 1 x Headphones Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 1 x USB
Slot(s) provided None
Slot(s) Required None
Audio System
Sound output mode Stereo
Additional features Upgradeable firmware
Software
Software Included Windows Media Player 11, Drivers
Cable(s) / Peripheral(s)
Cable(s) included 1 x USB cable - External
Miscellaneous
Included Accessories Headphones, USB cable
System Requirements
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP SP 2, Microsoft Windows Vista
Power
Power Supply / Device None

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