Absolutely CANNOT WAIT until these new babies hit the shelves. Currently have an 8gb SA6185. Absolutely adore it - hasn't had a single glitch in about a year of owning it. I did buy a Fullsound model but sold it to a friend. Couple of things I did NOT like about the current model - firstly you can press down on the screen to cause ripples on the lcd. I noticed this when I did it by accident. My older model's screen is rock solid - which is kind of what you want in a long lasting multimedia player. Also the volume control was rather disappointingly flimsy and cheap feeling. Then there's the fact that the SA61 models, after about 15 minutes, shut the screen off COMPLETELY. Surely shutting it off completely would preserve the lifespan for longer ? But what I really miss is FullSound - which in my experience of it, however brief, was certainly not mere hype. You will so often see reviewers whinge about Philip's designs on their players being bland, "designed by a committee", etc etc. What all of these banal individuals fail to mention is the fact that whilst they may not have the slick, insidious and pretentious marketing of Apple, Philips make players that simply work PROPERLY - something Apple must surely want to achieve some day.
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Absolutely CANNOT WAIT until these new babies hit the shelves. Currently have an 8gb SA6185. Absolutely adore it - hasn't had a single glitch in about a year of owning it. I did buy a Fullsound model but sold it to a friend. Couple of things I did NOT like about the current model - firstly you can press down on the screen to cause ripples on the lcd. I noticed this when I did it by accident. My older model's screen is rock solid - which is kind of what you want in a long lasting multimedia player. Also the volume control was rather disappointingly flimsy and cheap feeling. Then there's the fact that the SA61 models, after about 15 minutes, shut the screen off COMPLETELY. Surely shutting it off completely would preserve the lifespan for longer ? But what I really miss is FullSound - which in my experience of it, however brief, was certainly not mere hype.
You will so often see reviewers whinge about Philip's designs on their players being bland, "designed by a committee", etc etc. What all of these banal individuals fail to mention is the fact that whilst they may not have the slick, insidious and pretentious marketing of Apple, Philips make players that simply work PROPERLY - something Apple must surely want to achieve some day.