Wednesday, June 21, 2006

What to look for in an MP3 player-5: Display

Though MP3 players are primarily used for playing music, the quality of the display is an important part of the experience.

At the most basic level, the display helps you to navigate your music collection easily. First, make sure that your player has a display in the first place since some of the smaller models come without them.

Check out how easy it is to read the display particularly in bright sunlight. In addition to the song being played, a typical display will give you information about the battery life left or the audio-format and bit-rate in which the song is encoded.

Some players can also display the time. Today’s MP3 players are multimedia devices for playing video and showing photos and obviously these features depend on the quality of the screen.

Ideally you would want a relatively big screen with many colours. A good example is the Creative Zen 30 GB player with a 2.5-inch screen and over 260,000 colours at a resolution of 320 x 240.

If you intend to use photo or video capabilities a lot, do not forget that they consume a lot of power so make sure your player comes with adequate battery life.

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