1GB mp3 player £18 inc P&P

youngmoney_2

Hi guys and gals. Following on from the article about the £5 mp3 player, I thought I'd add my own two pennies.

If you are the lucky owner of a 1gig SD card then you can actually save a bunch of notes on an mp3 player by purchasing the mp3 card reader from Scan here.

It has no internal memory, no flashy lights, no display and no frills, but stick an SD card full of your fave mp3's in it and it will play like there's no tomorrow.

Not bad for the price and good quality. If you don't own an SD card you can pick up a 1GB one for around a tenner nowadays so still a great bargain to be had at around.

To put this in perspective, a 4GB ipod is around £80. The card reader with 4 1GB cards would be about £60. A small saving, but a saving nonetheless.

jojo1978_3

Do you know you've posted this twice?

Neato

Thanks for the head up mate

barneydog

Whats happening? says £8.52 including VAT on the linked page but comes up £9.99 without VAT at checkout

Channard

A near identical one can also be had for about eight quid from LEDShoppe here with free P+P. Though it might take longer to arrive - my stuff generally takes up around a week - they do have free P+P and if you subscribe to the newsletter you get a free keyring LED with each item you order.

barneydog

Channard wrote:

A near identical one can also be had for about eight quid from LEDShoppe here with free P+P. Though it might take longer to arrive, they do do free P+P and if you subscribe to the newsletter you get a free keyring LED with each item you order.

I think it is exactly the same one, right leddeshop for me!

Mal27

You'll see these from lots of different manufacturers, they all share a common internal design. For example ebuyer have:

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/100318
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/110663

barneydog

Mal27 wrote:

You'll see these from lots of different manufacturers, they all share a common internal design. For example ebuyer have:

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/100318
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/110663

you are right

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=24857760712&action=YnVuZGxlX292ZXJ2aWV3&easycode=89GY3TP81

player plus 512mb card £13.03 with super saver P&P

jaz_2

Does anyone know if there is an upper limit on the size of SD card that can be used in this device?

David42

jaz wrote:

Does anyone know if there is an upper limit on the size of SD card that can be used in this device?

The one on Ebuyer says it supports SD cards up to 512M ( http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/110663 )

I have one that supports cards up to 1M (unnamed brand purchased from Boots), so they do not all appear to be quite identical.

David

withabix

I've seen some Sandisk Cruzer Companion thingys on eBay which go for quite low prices.

These take Sandisk Cruzer USB sticks (kinda obvious really!!!), so make a very cheap MP3/WMA player if you can score one for a low bid!

They seem to retail for about £60 (which is a lot!!)