Samsung's YP-T9 reviewed

Alright, we've seen it hit the FCC, China and Korea, but how do we really feel about this new Yepp player diving into the already crowded nano-killer space? According to CNET, we feel "Very good." The YP-T9 sounds to be quite tactile and fun to use, with solid buttons, a nice finish and that lovable Adobe Flash interface. CNET found the 1.8-inch 176 x 220 display to be plenty good for a device of this size, but though photos looked sharp and videos played back smoothly, the device only supports the SVI codec, so it'll be a chore getting any video to watch on the tiny screen. As for performance, the player sounds like a winner -- even using the stock earphones -- and the 30 hours of audio playback and 7 hours of video (Samsung promised 6) are some of the best battery life stats going. The player turns out to be quite a worthy successor to the YP-T8, and while it didn't knock the socks off anybody at CNET-land, it should do all right for itself all the same.

[Thanks, Pennywise]

[+ZERO+ @ Sep 20th 2006 12:04PM]

There's too many mp3 players out there... Lets just cut it down to the top 3

+ZERO+

[ourownde @ Sep 20th 2006 12:06PM]

now, make that mp3 player hold at least 6GB with an expansion slot for one of them CF cards that hold 8GB of memory and this item would sure be a bestseller.
(i admit that it will be pretty damn hard to do it, that mp3 player is pretty small)
nevertheless, I personally like the design and will pick a 4GB one, I am anti-apple!!!

[RainMan002 @ Jul 31st 2007 9:59AM]

I'm anti-iPod as well, but they have the market and public on their side. : (
Half the people I've talked to tried to tell me iPods have better sound quality than "mp3 players". What is wrong with people. These mp3 players (Sandisk Sansa, Creative Zen Series, This one, iRiver clix) need to advertise or something to prove to the public that they are truely better.

[JL @ Sep 20th 2006 1:43PM]

too many mp3 players?

That's like saying there are too many car models to choose from.

Personally the more the merrier! I dunno about you but I do
like having a choice whether it be TV's, cars or whatever
else with consumer goods.

[darkspark @ Sep 21st 2006 2:07AM]

the more the better i say

[Wil @ Sep 21st 2006 10:05AM]

Competition is always good.

[Tom B @ Oct 9th 2006 1:01PM]

NOT WHEN IT COMES TO PUDDING! ..I'm just sayin', there's only ONE Jell-o. :D

[fishyfish @ Mar 4th 2007 7:42PM]

I love this mp3 player (4 gigs!), though I just CANT CONVERT THE FRICKING SVI FORMAT WITH THE INCLUDED SOFTWARE. The only things that come out from the converted (from mpeg4) files is the sound in the video.

i've been looking all over the internet: could somebody help me?

[korockid @ Aug 10th 2007 7:21PM]

if you get the new software available online, it automatically converts everything for you. if it still doesn't work, try any video converter, and set it to 15 fps, mpeg4 or wmv format, and 176x208.

cheers.