Cowon O2 32 GB Video MP3 Player (White)
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 Buy now | Price: | $243.38 |
- 32 GB capacity for about 8,000 songs
- 18 hours of audio or 8 hours of video on a single charge
- 4.3-inch, 16.7 million color digital TFT LCD screen with 480 x 272 pixel resolution
- Supports MP3/2/1, WMA, ASF, AC3, FLAC, OGG, M4A, MATROSKA(MKA), TTA, APE, MPC, WV, and WAV audio formats; AVI, WMV, ASF, MP4, MATROSKA(MKV)
- 1-year limited warranty
Product Details
Cowon continues to control the media player personnel with the O2. Minimalism elegant player marries the latest technology with simple, sophisticated details. The O2 is much more than catching MP3 player - it has more support for audio and video codecs that you can count on both hands, a brilliant touch screen of 4.3 inches, image and document viewing , voice recording, and much more. The O2 is a compact and versatile Media Player that will keep you entertained anywhere, anytime.
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 Navigate with ease using the touch screen 4.3-inch LCD. Click to enlarge. |
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A quick glance at the O2 you will want to pick it up - it's almost all screen, with its 4.3 inch 16.7 million color touchscreen TFT LCD. This allows to visualize the quality and easy navigation. Surrounding the display are various input / output options, volume control, power switch, and speaker on the back.
You'll also notice a slot for SD cards, which can expand its capacity of 32 GB on the fly. Of course, what really matters is what you can pack everything in storage ...
Enjoy the popular video format or codec Nearly Everything
Anyone with an extensive collection of digitized audio and video knows that things are far from cut and dried. According to the sources and preferences, you can have a lot of different formats on your hard drive. With many media players, you could spend hours just convert everything to the appropriate format for playback on your device - more waiting, watching less. Not so with O2, which has native support for AVI, WMV, ASF, MP4, Matroska (MKV), OGM, MPG / MPEG, DAT, and MTV video formats.
And then, of course, remember the compression codecs. Everyone has their favorite way to squish video to a size that makes sense for portable players. The O2 can manage 3.11/4/5/6 DivX, XviD, MPEG - 4 SP / ASP, WMV 9/8/7, H.264, M-JPEG and MPEG 1 video codecs and audio codecs for the following the accompanying soundtrack: MPEG1 Layer 1/2/3, WMA, AC3, OGG Vorbis, FLAC, BSAC, True Audio, WavPack, G.726, and PCM. A list enough, but one that every media geek would be happy to hold in his hands.
Regardless of file format and codecs, you can enjoy up to 8 hours of continuous video on a single charge. Whether you're on a transatlantic flight, a trip underground, or simply when in some coffee shop, you have lots of video time at your disposal.
Support for your Digital Music Library
As with the video, everyone has a unique approach to digitize their music libraries. Some are content to MP3 files with low bitrate, and others insist on formats FLAC lossless compression, as experience over the audio quality. Whatever your preference, chances are that you 'll be covered here as well - O2 offers up to 8 hours of continuous audio on one charge, and will read MP3/2/1, WMA, ASF , AC3, FLAC, OGG, M4A, Matroska (MKA), TTA, APE, MPC, WV, and WAV audio files with full support for the following audio codecs: MPEG1 Layer 1/2/3, WMA, AC3, OGG Vorbis, FLAC, BSAC, True Audio, WavPack, G.726, PCM.
Whatever you use to tag your files with artist information displayed on the screen and, with the help of meta tags different from all versions of ID3 tag comment Vorbis or EPA. Lyrics LDB files are also supported for the word-obsessed.
Get the sound you like is no problem either. In addition to a 10-band graphic equalizer, the O2 has four "JetEffect" audio technology to help you improve your sound:
- BBE is a sound effect that refines the sound quality.
- Mach3Bass provides deeper, tighter and more musically accurate low frequency.
- MP Enhance restores and enhances harmonics lost through compression.
- 3D Surround provides three dimensional surround sound effect.
View photos, documents, etc.
The O2 is also be a powerful image display device, and as with audio and video, it does not limit you to only a few sizes. Share your favorite JPG, GIF, PNG, TIF, BMP, and even RAW images on the go, and to personalize your device by setting your screen on your favorite JPG, PNG, BMP, TIF or image.
The O2 text viewer lets you view almost any text file, and you can add support for all kinds of standard documents, be they PDFs or different formats of Microsoft Office (DOC , PPT, XLS). And since the product supports true type fonts, you can adjust the font size, character spacing, color and properties to your preferences.
Microphone input, AV output
Use the microphone to make voice memos, record lectures or meetings, sing songs, or whatever tickles your fancy voice-recording.
The composite output (cable sold separately) lets you enjoy your O2 content on most TV sets, either NTSC or PAL video.
What's in the Box
Cowon O2 32GB Video MP3 Player (Black), earphones, AC adapter, USB 2.0 cable, manual, Stylus Mini Holder, CD, Quickguide