SanDisk releases a 32GB Sansa View, 4GB Sansa Clip

We can't say we're exactly surprised to see the 32GB Sansa View at this point, but SanDisk's also bumped the Clip up to 4GB as well -- which is pretty sweet, considering it's staying at the same $79 pricetag. Unlike the rest of the line, the new Clip only comes in silver, but it's polished to a mirror finish, so you can get your floss on tiny-style. The 32GB View won't be surfacing until February, at which point it'll command $349 of your attention -- and not much else, since it looks exactly the same as the previous versions. If you're still curious, it lurks for you after the break.

[Dave Clark @ Mar 6th 2008 4:52PM]

The Sansa Clip is one of the best sounding players out there. Read the forums. Having two more GB of storage just makes it all the better ...

[Chebwa @ Jan 7th 2008 2:04PM]

I had the Sansa View 16GB for 1 week before I returned it. The interface was awful, bland, and hard to use. The build quality seemed good at first, but the buttons would stick down and cause trouble (especially the "home" button which was a disaster). The screen was ugly. The scroll wheel would slightly "click" around, but each click was not necessarily a movement on the menu (think a lousy mouse scroll wheel). It was just really terrible. And all of its problems could have been fixed with VERY VERY minor tweaks to make for a fantastic player.

Unfortunately, they weren't. So, I'd say avoid it. The clip I can't speak for.

[helloUser @ Jan 7th 2008 2:18PM]

Its sad that the minor, MINOR tweaks here and there that the sandisk needs are NOT being done. The original sandisk player for this type was an awesome step forward. Now theyve just gotten 'lazy' and never really picked up on the fact that these days, with all these apple fanboys/drones aesthetics mean more than the players features, by this i mean the physical appearance of it as well as the user interface.

[Chebwa @ Jan 7th 2008 2:21PM]

Well that's just the thing, I think with the View they made a VERY stylish player. The blue ring of light from behind the wheel, the solid metallic feel. It hit style in the all the right places. But they just... gave up on making it feel good once you stop looking and start using.

BLAH. I also used a Clix Redline, but the Zune won me over and I sold that too. Microsoft. Who knew.

[Vince @ Jan 7th 2008 2:22PM]

I have owned the 8 GB version of the View for over a month and experience small problems with video playback but it's more a learning curve, I think. Just purchased the 16 GB version for my spouse's Xmas present.

Any new units will have infant mortality and the software needed update as soon as I got it, probably due to rush to market.

Otherwise a good product at a good price...

[tweak @ Jan 7th 2008 3:05PM]

Just wait for Rockbox support on this one and suddently this player will feel so much better. I have a friend who broke his e280 and bought a view and I constantly hear him complain about how the firmware sucks and is a lot more buggy than rockbox...

[PenaltyKillah @ Jan 7th 2008 11:49PM]

Yeah, the menus were screwed up.

Best Interfaces:
1) Creative - Smooth, clean
2) iriver - Same, though menus are a little problem.
3) Apple - Cover Flow, splitscreen, not that simplistic...

Worst Interfaces:
1) SanDisk - Me want anti-aliased text!
2) RCA - Don't get me started.
3) Meizu - Sometimes, ripping off and plagiarism is such a chore...

And there's my little noobish rant.

[satan's aunt @ Jan 7th 2008 2:22PM]

Call me when Cowon make a 32GB D2.

Thanks..

[Al @ Jan 7th 2008 2:51PM]

you mean D3. Come on Sandisk give us a 16gb Clip.

[Saffy @ Jan 7th 2008 3:47PM]

Screw the Sandisk players. Where can I get that sexy black-on-platinum quarter? ;)

[freakmarket @ Jan 7th 2008 5:26PM]

The clip was a very popular player this year ... 3 people i work with bought them ... we work overnight in a retail store and require music to counteract the LAME music on our intercom.

we have 3 Sansa Clips,4 iPods, an iPhone, and 2 Zunes playin on a busy night.

[Travis @ Jan 7th 2008 5:35PM]

I love my 16GB View - the minor problems I had with it were gone after a simple firmware update. The micro SD card slot is what sold me - I know I can always add more memory that way.

[PenaltyKillah @ Jan 7th 2008 11:49PM]

Some notes here:
The Sansa View is NOT a replacement/descendant of the Sansa e200 series. The screen and dimensions are bigger, almost the size of a Gigabeat S... or a iPod classic (narrower, though). This doesn't fit into the palm of your hand, and it's much bigger than the iPod nano. It uses the same interface as the e200, unaliased text with jaggies and all, and the menu options seemed sloppy. Great player, and good thing there's a 32GB to compete with the 32GB ZEN and the 30GB hard disk players out there, like the Zune 30, Archos 605 and the ibiza Rhapsody.

And who the f--- hired the graphics guys for SanDisk??? The digital silverish gradient of the Sansa Clip looks just as fake and unprofessional as a Chinese MP4 player. Seems like they handpicked amateur vector artists...