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CNET Asia Review

By James Kim and Stewart Wolpin, CNET.com
Feb 10, 2006

Very good

7.7

out of 10

The good: The Cowon A2 portable video player has a bright, crisp 4-inch wide-screen LCD as well as a clean, visually appealing form factor and interface. It's a performer with an excellent FM radio, great sound and recording quality, and long battery life. It supports a multitude of audio and video formats and serves as a voice recorder, a zoomable photo viewer, and a PVR. Finally, it conveniently uses an A/V line-in cable, rather than a hub, for recording audio and video.

The bad: The Cowon A2 takes a step down because it doesn't yet support Windows Media DRM. Despite a clean and attractive color interface, it has an inefficient navigation interface. Also, the Cowon A2 can't multitask, doesn't ship with a remote control, lacks a removable battery, unlike its chief competitor, the Archos AV500.

The bottom line: The Cowon A2 is a sleek portable video player with a bright, wide-screen color LCD, as well as full multimedia recording and playback capabilities, but it's not the most efficient device. Plus, it's in desperate need of Windows Media DRM 10 (Janus) compatibility.

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worldnaveen

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its good

Dec 11, 2007

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: it has good sound quality & has a bright LCD
Cons: no wi-fi
Opinion:
It is quite good, but i would have liked the most if it had wi-fi.Still i would say its worth the money

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Cowon A2 is awesome

Feb 22, 2007

Rating: 10 out of 10 (Perfect)
Pros: This is the best
Cons: Excellant
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this is the best portable media player I've ever seen!This is realistic!!!!!This awesome!I Love This (PMP)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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