Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Bursting with great features, the MEIZU by Dane-Elec portable video and music player reads MP3, DRM10 and WMA audio format, MPEG4 videos and displays JPEG, BMP and GIF photos. Its 2.4' TFT high definition widescreen LCD offers 262,000 vibrant colors for high quality display of photos and videos. With its sleek design and compact size, the MEIZU by Dane-Elec player is not much larger than a business card. In addition to its attractive design, it has a battery life of 20 hours. Its intuitive interface and selection button enables you to surf easily from photos to music and videos. The MEIZU by Dane-Elec video player also has touch pad controls, file browser, built-in microphone, voice recording function, stopwatch, calendar, calculator and games.

Amazon.com Product Description:
Take all your entertainment with you, and do it in style, with the Meizu MP4 Player. This sleek, durable player is designed to handle a ton of music formats, as well as AVI video files. So go ahead and load it up for enjoyment on the go.

A sleek, durable multimedia player with a 320 x 240, 260,000-color display. View larger. View product details. View Side - Top.

A photo album system displays your pictures. View larger.

The Meizu MP4 player also features games, such as Box Man and Hau RongDao.

The Meizu MP4 player features an all-aluminum body, so it's ready to handle a rough and tumble day. The intuitive user interface makes it a breeze to navigate quickly to your tracks and videos, and the 320 x 240, 260,000-color display makes your photos and videos come alive. The unit's innovative power supply design reduces interference and noise.

And speaking of power, you can expect up to 36 hours of music playback from the Meizu MP4's rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery. Measuring just 3.07 x 1.83 x 0.28 inches (W x D x H), and weighing in at a scant 1.7 ounces, the Meizu MP4 player is highly pocketable and portable.

Set the user-controlled equalizer to suit your musical tastes, or choose an EQ preset--Normal, Rock, Jazz, Classic, POP, Bass, or Disco. Further enhance your music with the Meizu MP4 player's Hi-Fi treble and bass compensation system. And be sure to take advantage of the Meizu MP4's FM stereo radio function, which supports auto-search tuning, channel management, and FM Recording (with 30 preset channels). A built-in microphone supports high-quality recording and up to nine hours of recording time.

Moving music and video to and from the Meizu MP4 is a breeze, thanks to a high-speed USB 2.0 interface that plugs right into your computer for lightning-fast data transfers. The device also can function as a mobile hard drive, letting you drag and drop files with ease.

Other great features include a photo album system that displays your pictures (in BMP, JPG, GIF formats) in a slideshow, a built-in calculator, and a game function for when you want to turn downtime into fun time.

The Meizu MP4 player supports the following music formats: WMA (with DRM10), WMA VBR, WMA Lossless, OGG, WAV, FLAC, APE. It also supports AVI video files in the Xvid format.

To charge the player, simply connect the USB end to the player and the other end to the power supply jack.

What's in the Box
DA-M4-08-ML3 media player, earphones, earphone covers, USB cable, installation CD, user's guide, and warranty card.




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• Maxell P-13 Stereo FM Transmitter

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Rating: - Nano Killer
I received this as a Christmas gift last year and I absolutely love it! Excellent sound, extremely configurable (much more so than an iPod nano with better sound to boot) and is in the same price range as the nano.

One important aspect is that it plays many different audio formats right out of the box. Unlike the iPod, you don't need after-market and warranty violating firmware to make it a versatile player. You are not limited to mp3 or any proprietary formats. It plays Ogg and FLAC files quite nicely.

The equalizer works well and is very customizable. I like that it is a ten band configurable equalizer, as opposed to the three band from Apple with presets only.

Battery life is a non-issue, as it charges while I am transferring songs to it. I have not had the battery die on me once.

At first the controls seem hard to use, but it has a fairly quick learning curve. After a couple of days, I had them down pat.

This unit is also much smaller than I expected it to be from the photos. It is about the same size as a credit card, but thicker. The screen is large for the size of the player, however and the lettering on the screen is not a strain to read.

My only real issue with this player is the video conversion required to play videos. I was not able to get the hang of it and eventually gave up, and I consider myself technologically savvy.

Most movies will not survive the transcoding to get them to play on it. Plus, the sound tracks end up out of sync with the video. It you are into playing a lot of video, this is not the player for you.

This player is all about the sound. There it excels.

It is kind of a warm sounding player and with so many options for headphones, the equalizer makes it very doable to make the music sound as good as your headphones can deliver (providing you use low impedance headphones).

I listen to a wide variety of music, from female vocals, to classical to heavy metal and dance music as well. It sounds equally well to me in every genre I've listened to on it. If you like your music on the warm side, this player is a real treat for the price point. Getting a better sounding player would probably cost you about as much as a used car.

If you don't mind in-ear headphones, I highly recommend the V-MODA Vibe Earbuds - Flashback Chrome headphones to go with this. They sound quite well together and are visually appealing.

If you plan to wear these from a lanyard around your neck, I recommend the Cyberguys Sport Lanyard as it is the most comfortable I've found for keeping this hanging off my neck all day. I went through a few lanyards before I finally found this very comfy one.

It is pretty universally agreed that Meizu has horrible customer service, however, there are user forums out there that have informed enthusiasts willing to provide assistance. If you encounter a problem, I recommend that you search out one of these forums. Chances are good that any problem you will have has already been addressed there.

Additionally, from these forums, I found many different ways I could customize my player in appearance, as the GUI is very open to user customization. I was even able to download presets for radio stations. Not just for my state but for four states around me, adding to the functionality of this player, and making it fun to listen to on trips.

Even though it holds 80 albums of music (mp3, V0 bit rate), you may decide you want to listen to something different on a long road trip, and the fact that the FM tuner on it actually pulls in stations well is a nice touch.

I also recommend the silicone case for this player readily found online. I believe it saved my player when it was recently slammed in a car door in my coat pocket. I thought it would be ruined, but aside from a slightly bent case (which I was able to push back into reasonable shape) it is just fine. It suffered no functional damage, so it's pretty durable too.

In conclusion, I would recommend this player to anyone looking for a player in this price range who takes their music seriously. If you want to watch videos on it too, then this is probably not the choice for you.

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Rating: - Pretty good
Easy to use, and big LCD screen, slim. I have it for two months,and so far i didn't have any problems. i will recommend to have one.

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Rating: - Excellent MP3 Player!
The Meizu M6-SL 8GB is one of the best MP3 players in terms of sound quality and value. It beats out the Apple iPod 5th Generation, iPod Classic, Apple iPod Touch, Microsoft Zune, and the Apple iPod nano, i've tried all five. I've been searching for an Mp3 player that has good sound quality and the Meizu M6 has it; the bass is strong and the sound is clear. Videos are also great, as is battery life. The firmware that it comes with is a little buggy, but upgrading to the latest firmware fixed it.
A highly recommended MP3 player if you are looking for an Apple iPod alternative.