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storing audio, video, photos and even recorded television programs.
With an easy-to-use interface, superb multimedia capabilities and a
large, vivid 2.4" LCD display, you can now effortlessly select,
download, manage and enjoy multimedia content from anywhere at
anytime.
Content management is made easy through the use of Microsoft Windows
Mobile-based Portable Media Center software which lets you download
and transfers your favorite videos, music, photos and even TV
Shows. It is capable of holding an incredible 60GB of digital media:
MP3 and WMA compressed audio and even uncompressed, full-resolution
WAV files. That's about 15,000 songs at 128 kbps MP3, or 30,000
songs at 64 kbps WMA. Its bright, crystal-clear, 2.4-inch LCD
screen offers 320 x 240 resolution and the ability to render over
65,000 colors to ensure elite video and picture quality of your
videos, photos and even movies come to life!.
Includes Toshiba gigabeat Portable Media Player, AC adapter, docking
cradle, USB cable, headphones with integrated remote control and
software CD-ROM.
* 2.4" diagonal TFT QVGA LCD color screen
* Up to 12 hours of battery life for audio and 2.5 hours for video.
* Built-in FM Tuner with 30 presets lets you tune in to your favorite radio
stations.
* Windows Mobile Portable Media Center software lets you connect to
Microsoft Xbox 360.
* Compatible with PlaysForSure Audio and Video - get music from some of the
largest content providers like Napster, Rhapsody and eMusic.
* Tivo to Go software lets you simply record your favorite TV shows and
transfer them onto your gigabeat.
* Works with Windows Media Player 10 and 11 (beta)
* Supports WMA Lossless, WMA, MP3, WAV Audio File compatibility and JPEG
Photo Viewer.
-- SPECIFICATIONs -----------------------------------
STORAGE - 60 GB (formatted capacity may vary)
PROCESSOR - Freescale i.MX
DISPLAY - 2.4" QVGA low-temperature polysilicon TFT color panel
FM RADIO - 87.5 MHz to 107.9 MHz
S/N RATIO - 95 dB or higher
CONTROLS - Power, Volume +/-, Forward/Reverse, Play/Pause, Back, Start
AUDIO FORMATS- WMA (Windows Media Audio), WMA 9 Lossless
MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3)
WAV (PCM)
VIDEO FORMATS- WMV (Windows Media Video)
PHOTO FORMATS- JPEG (9000 x 6000 max.)
CONNECTORS - (1) Headphone/Video-Out jack
(1) AC Adapter jack
(1) USB 2.0 port
BIT RATES - Audio: 4 to 320 kbps
Video: Less than or equal to audio + video
REQUIREMENTS - Windows XP/Media Center Edition (SP2)
1.5GHz or faster Processor
512MB RAM
100MB free hard drive space
USB 2.0 port
CD-ROM drive
POWER SOURCE - Li-Ion rechargeable battery or AC adapter
DIMENSIONS - 2.36"w x 3.93"h x 0.58"d WT.- 5.3 oz.
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Customers most agreed on the following attributes:
from Austin, TX on 3/10/2007
Comments about Toshiba Toshiba MES60VK 60GB Gigabeat Audio/Video Player Black (Toshiba MES60VK):
Overall, I've had a good experience with my 60GB Gigabeat (note that I only use this product for music). It has great sound quality, easily browsed menus, and was very, very easy to setup with Windows Media Player.
The quirks I've had are as follows:
*Although the unit will charge via USB, it doesn't charge when you're transferring files so make sure you charge it afterwards if you've done a lot of work - it uses battery life at a faster rate when the processor is working.
*In the same vein, browsing music menus while listening to music makes the processor work which uses battery life faster than I would think it would.
*If you turn the battery off (via a tiny switch on the bottom) and you don't have fully (or almost fully) charged battery, it will not turn back on.
Some reviews I read previous to buying indicated that their battery would die and reset the unit cauing all the music files and such to be erased. I have not experienced this problem, but some others have. It does not seem to be common, but as with everything "buyer beware". The instructions say that the battery will continue to discharge even when the unit is powered off, albeit at a very slow rate. So, if you don't plan to use it for a day or so, charge it up fully and turn off the battery.
To reiterate, I've had a generally good experience with this machine. I'd buy it again and recommend it to others. I've not used it for videos, TV, or FM radio yet, nor have I tried to transfer music files off the Gigabeat to another computer. I bought it specifically to store my CD collection so I can take all my music with me when I travel. It performs this function superbly.
from Fairfax, VA on 3/1/2007
Comments about Toshiba Toshiba MES60VK 60GB Gigabeat Audio/Video Player Black (Toshiba MES60VK):
I love it, it has 60 gb's and is very portable, the only thing is the battery life is not perfect.
from Boston, MA on 2/28/2007
Comments about Toshiba Toshiba MES60VK 60GB Gigabeat Audio/Video Player Black (Toshiba MES60VK):
I just got this device to help pass the time during some lengthy flights I will soon be taking. The device itself is great - the Windows Mobile interface is unique among other PMP devices I've seen and used, and perhaps not surprisingly, it is intuitive and extremely functional as an OS.
There is a ton of storage capacity on this particular model, so you can effectively store a bunch of movies in addition to most of your music collection. It has a hard power off switch, that allows you to store the device for a period of time without the battery slowly losing its juice.
My only gripe is regarding the primary interface that is used to transfer songs to the device. It could just be me, but Windows Media Player is just not an intuitive application, especially when you introduce the concept of synchronizing songs to a device. It works (mostly), but it is extraordinarily confusing. I haven't figured out how to effectively sync a list in WMP with my device, and as a result, end up copying over files manually via Windows Explorer. Frankly, I would prefer to only use Windows Explorer to copy files to the device. The obvious drawback is that you cannot transcode video automatically. However, I would much prefer a separate application to do my transcoding than to have Windows Media Player auto-magically do it for me. I assume that I'm in the minority here though, and as such, I think the transfer mechanism will be fine for most people.
Comments about Toshiba Toshiba MES60VK 60GB Gigabeat Audio/Video Player Black (Toshiba MES60VK):
I have be happy with my gigiabeat except that some audio book that I have downloaded have not gone in order. I need to find out what the problem is. Overall I am glad I chose this over the ipod. It look better, feels better, and does not scratch like the ipod. Also the option to connect to Tv and run it is great.
Comments about Toshiba Toshiba MES60VK 60GB Gigabeat Audio/Video Player Black (Toshiba MES60VK):
Explain to me what kind of moron would design a thing like this that can, without warning, delete every file. You may have your full 60 gig filled up, then you plug it in and suddenly it decides to restart by wiping out the entire thing! Yes, there is a choice in Media Player for auto sync or manual sync. And even if you are careful to have it on manual, that doesn't mean it can't switch back, with the same kind of resorting-to-default errors that you've seen in other crappy software.
It happened to me like the third day. And my wife has a 30 gig model and the same thing happened about 20 minutes ago. I just wanted to put a couple albums from Napster on it, simple enough, but wait...we're going to delete everything instead!
You would think that it would ask you "Are you sure you want to proceed with this operation?" or something, but no. You know, if you have a document in a word processor and you change a period to a comma it asks you if you want to save it. But 30-60 gig down the drain in a few miserable seconds...that's no problem for this device!
When it works, it works. When it doesn't it's a disaster.
The battery? Extremely wimpy. It loses power faster than a rubberband airplane. You may have half the power left, but then upload a few albums, and it suddenly says there's no power, that it's shutting down.
I'm getting pretty good use out of mine, when it works halfway well. About half the time.
Just make sure you've said enough Hail Marys before you plug it into your computer!
Comments about Toshiba Toshiba MES60VK 60GB Gigabeat Audio/Video Player Black (Toshiba MES60VK):
The new Gigabeat can pose a strong challenge to its competitors. It's functionality is simple to use, it has all the features that one would expect; and it looks good. It's best additional feature is probably the AV out which can show video onto a TV. The sound quality is good, it comes with all the wires, it works with Media Player 10. Another advantage of using the Gigabeat is that its software and music, video formats are not proprietary which means they can be used from any computer with the industry standard music formats.
It's a great player, one to keep for a while.