Cowon A3-80SL 80GB Portable Media Player (Silver) | 
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| Brand: Cowon
Category: CE
List Price: $349.99
Buy New: $299.99
You Save: $50.00 (14%)
New (2) Refurbished (1) from $252.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 2985
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 6 x 4.5 x 9
MPN: A3-80SL
Model: A3-80SL
UPC: 826487526051
EAN: 0826487526051
ASIN: B001A4V5I6
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 4 Wide LCD, 16 million color, res. 800x480, ultra portable | | • | Play all your digital entertainment: movies, TV shows, photos and music | | • | Record video from camcorder, TV sources; programmable PVR function for television programming | | • | FM tuner with record capability and voice recorder; line-in recording to MP3 | | • | Internal rechargeable battery; compatible with Windows operating systems |
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Product Description
When it comes to getting a PMP (portable media player), several factors come into play:
HD video capabilityCOWON A3 delivers a full range of high-end video/audio capabilities. The A3 PMP features HD video output (1280x720) for 1080i movie playback on HDTV sets and direct recording from external A/V devices (TV, VCR or camcorder) for viewing on its 4-inch widescreen. The COWON A3's digital video performance is optimized by the Texas Instruments DaVinci DM6441 digital media processor - and a hard-drive capacity of 80GB provides maximum digital media storage. The A3 features HD video output via component, s-video or composite connections. The COWON A3 covers the industry's most expansive digital media format and codec support, including popular lossy and lossless audio codecs True Audio, Monkey's Audio, Musepack, WavPack, Matroska, FLAC and Ogg Vorbis; and video codecs DivX, XviD, MPEG-4 SP/ASP, WMV, H.264 MP and M-JPEG. Additionally, the A3 comes equipped with an FM radio and recorder, voice recorder with internal microphone, built-in stereo speakers, and it functions as a full-screen photo and document viewer. With its high-speed USB 2.0 interface and USB host functionality, the COWON A3 also doubles as a data storage and high-capacity photo backup device for digital cameras with support for JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIF, BMP and RAW image formats. Video Format - 4 800x480 resolution 16 million color Digital Widescreen LCD - NTSC / PAL compatible 20 Hz to 20,000Hz audio frequency range 1.8 Hard Drive with 80GB capacity USB 2.0 interface FM Radio with up to 25 presets Record from the embedded microphone or the FM tuner, the A3 can record audio from the A/V line-in, and video from the A/V input / Download A/V from many websites Movie Player File Format AVI, WMV, ASF,MP4, MATROSKA(MKV), OGM, MPG/MPEG, VOB, DAT,MTV / Movie Player Video Codec DivX 3.11/4/5/6, XviD, MPEG-4 SP/ASP, WMV Audio MP3/2/1, WMA,ASF,
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| Customer Reviews:
 My IPOD is dying, and Cowon to the rescue!!! November 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As the title suggests the battery is going in my 15 month old, gen 5, 80G IPOD Classic and there's problems with the click wheel. I had numerous MP3 players before the IPOD; Creative Nomad, Creative Jukebox Zen, Archos 400 series (this was my favorite, until now,)and I switched to the IPOD because it was light, easy navigation, good sound, and nice screen, and the Itunes Music Management software worked so well. I had heard the sound was "decent" and that was good enough with my Sure E500s. But the downside, was that I travel, work across at least 1 work PC, and 2 personal ones, and it was a struggle to work with music and maintain my digital library, when I was 80% on the road and tied to an authorized PC at home. However for the aforementioned reason I went to buy a 6th generation IPOD classic; only to read in the forums that Apple dummed down the audio chip in the 6th generation, and there was poorer sound then my old one. I reviewed all the competition; and picked the Cowon A3 because; it wasn't as expensive with all the add on's and things I didn't need than the new Archos 5; it didn't have the Hard Drive noise of the new Microsoft Zune 120; it had more storage, and edged out the Creative Zen Xfi according to reviews. I will not address all the things that have positively been said about the Corwon, look at the A3 80 reviews and the A3 60. But I will address some issues others have noted. Navigation with the joystick; no big problem you get used to it quickly. Lack of ID3 tag sorting, no big deal, can easily find what I want in the folder structure on my PC and likewise on the Corwon. Heavy like a Brick, just a bit more than my 5th generatin classic, and a big improvement over my old Archos. I think it's a cool device. Old style buttons and connectors, not "sexy." Hey Baby it works! What really sold me is I went to Cowon's website and reviewed all their products, their support forum, (very few real issues,) their specs, S/N ration (87)and their 64 mw combined stereo out to drive decent headphones; their awards and legions of international users! The player is tremendous; the sound is awesome! Sceen beautiful; radio neat, and the rest, I'm sure will be equal to what others have said; bottom line is it's great for music! my main reason! And to put the music on it, all my windows music, and all my Itunes non-protected music, works instantly with just copying and pasting from my PC to the devices music folder.
And guess what, Amazon drop ships it right from the Cowon America distribution center! How fresh is that!
This wouldn't be for my wife and daughter, looking for a small simple device for exercise; but for Audiophile level use on the road and off; and to rid yourself of the chains of Apple control, Cowon's A3 is a #1, a AAAAA rated harddrive based player! And I have all the other cool feature of video, FM Radio and photos to enjow yet in the future. If you study the pricing and model release, right now, you are buying the Cowon with 80G right at the early settleing in of post release pricing, a sweetspot and a smart value. The hardware has been around for sevral years...so you know it works...and remember...you should buy this for the sound...but ditch the earphone packaged with it...and get some earphones you like to enjoy your music with; the Sure, Sennheiser, or even the $100. earphones from Bose, my daughter uses are all more than adequate choice brands.
Cowon A3 is Superior October 7, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I 've a A3 for a couple of days and after comparing it to my q5w, I prefer the A3 for a couple of reasons. First it plays my AAC music files, which I needed additional software to do that on the q5. It's lighter than than the q5, and fits in a pocket easier. It can also record my favorite TV shows to watch at a later time. The only thing the A3 needs to be perfect is bluetooth. If music is important to you I recommend the A3, for sound quality it beats my ipod hands down.
Don't listen to the nay sayers September 9, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Cowon Products are great. They were years ahead of the Ipod. This gadget is neat. Beautiful color screen is 4 inchs wide and the record direct feature is flawless. I will agree with the other guy and say their service center is horrable. I had e-mailed them about a warranty and it took forever for them to get back to me. This review is not about their coustmer service. The A3 has a bunch of cool features it can pick up radio and TV signals which you can record directly to the device. It hold pictures, documents, music, video. With 80 gigs of Hard drive space you never run out of room.
If you are looking for a great product check out Cowon they are worth it. 1.6 milion color screen with HD like picture you won't want to put it down.
 Don't by Cowon products... September 6, 2008
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have been thoroughly disappointed with their products and lack of customer service. They average about 2-3 weeks to return an email for customer service issues. I finally got through to a representative and was advised to send the product back to them, at my own expense and they emailed back about 1 month later stating that there is no problem with the item. When I emailed back with a detailed description of the specific situation I encountered (item stopped powering on or charging through the USB port) they ceased communication. I still haven't heard back from them, but will never buy their products ever again. They are terrible both at manufacturing and caring for their customers.
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