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SanDisk Sansa Clip (2 GB)

Approximate retail price:

$51.99

We expect this model to perform similarly to the tested SanDisk Sansa Clip (4 GB) although it may differ in price and features.

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About - SanDisk Sansa Clip (2 GB)
The Sansa Clip (2 GB) is an MP3 player available from SanDisk. The Sansa Clip (2 GB) typically costs $51.99. Consumer Reports recommends that you match the features on a model to the needs you have. Here's our take on some of the specifications and features that are commonly available on MP3 player models like the Sansa Clip (2 GB). Audio playback formats: The most common audio format(s) the player will recognize and be able to play. These include: Apple Lossless: Apple (Mac) format for an uncompressed sound file AAC: Advanced Audio Coding ATRAC: Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coupling FLAC: Free Lossless Audio Codec MPEG: Moving Picture Experts Group OGG: Short for Ogg Vorbis, a free, open source music format WAV: Uncompressed Windows standard for waveform audio files WMA: Windows Media Audio Color display: This is typically a backlit liquid crystal display (LCD). Some displays instead use organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). Virtually allAll players with a color display, except one- or two-color OLED models, can show pictures taken with your digital camera. FM radio: Adds FM-radio functionality.

About - SanDisk Sansa Clip (2 GB)

The Sansa Clip (2 GB) is an MP3 player available from SanDisk. The Sansa Clip (2 GB) typically costs $51.99.

Consumer Reports recommends that you match the features on a model to the needs you have. Here's our take on some of the specifications and features that are commonly available on MP3 player models like the Sansa Clip (2 GB).

Audio playback formats:

The most common audio format(s) the player will recognize and be able to play.

These include:

     Apple Lossless: Apple (Mac) format for an uncompressed sound file
     AAC: Advanced Audio Coding
     ATRAC: Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coupling
     FLAC: Free Lossless Audio Codec
     MPEG: Moving Picture Experts Group
     OGG: Short for Ogg Vorbis, a free, open source music format
     WAV: Uncompressed Windows standard for waveform audio files
     WMA: Windows Media Audio

Color display:

This is typically a backlit liquid crystal display (LCD). Some displays instead use organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). Virtually allAll players with a color display, except one- or two-color OLED models, can show pictures taken with your digital camera.

FM radio:

Adds FM-radio functionality.

About This Brand
This flash-memory-card maker, which introduced its first MP3 player in 2004, is now the No. 2 MP3 player brand, behind Apple. Not surprising, most of its Sansa line of players have card slots for expanding storage capacity using SanDisk’s microSD cards.

About This Brand

This flash-memory-card maker, which introduced its first MP3 player in 2004, is now the No. 2 MP3 player brand, behind Apple. Not surprising, most of its Sansa line of players have card slots for expanding storage capacity using SanDisk’s microSD cards.

Features & Specs - SanDisk Sansa Clip (2 GB)
Audio playback formats The most common audio format(s) the player will recognize and be able to play. These include: Apple Lossless: Apple (Mac) format for an uncompressed sound file AAC: Advanced Audio Coding ATRAC: Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coupling FLAC: Free Lossless Audio Codec MPEG: Moving Picture Experts Group OGG: Short for Ogg Vorbis, a free, open source music format WAV: Uncompressed Windows standard for waveform audio files WMA: Windows Media Audio Audio playback formats	MP3, WMA, WMA-DRM, WAV, AA
Mac compatible All players work with a Windows PC, but that's not always the case with a Macintosh computer. Check the ratings or the manufacturers' Web site to make sure the player you're considering will work with your computer. Mac compatible	No
Color display This is typically a backlit liquid crystal display (LCD). Some displays instead use organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). Virtually allAll players with a color display, except one- or two-color OLED models, can show pictures taken with your digital camera. Color display	Yes
Video playback Some players support MPEG-4-based video formats such as DIVX, XVID, and WMV. Some players may also handle copy-protected videos. Video playback	No
Slideshow capability Allows pictures to be displayed in slideshow fashion, complete with fade-outs and other transitions. Some allow you to adjust how long each picture is displayed. Slideshow capability	No
FM radio Adds FM-radio functionality. FM radio	Yes
Built-in microphone Useful for recording interviews, lectures, from a radio, etc. See also Voice Recording. Built-in microphone	Yes
Volume limiter A player control designed to protect hearing by preventing the volume from exceeding a safe level, either preset by the manufacturer or programmed by the user. Some players allow the setting to be pass-code protected, such as by a parent, to prevent users from bypassing the limiter. Volume limiter	Yes
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Freedom from proprietary software!

By Wise Consumer from Columbus, Ohio on 1/5/2010

Pros:

Easy To Set Up, Great Sound, Long Battery Life, Lots of Storage, Reliable Performance, Sleek/Compact

Cons:

Confusing Controls, Screen typeface too small

Best Uses:

Anywhere

Describe Yourself:

Avid Listener

Primary use:

Personal

How long have you owned it:

More than six months

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

The best thing is, you can import music from any source -- from CD, from online music providers and other online sources, from flash drives and from other other Clips, just by connecting the Clip to a computer and dragging MP3, WAV and other audio files into the Clip. This is unlike the world's most famous MP3 player brand, which can only be accessed by using its manufacturers equally famous proprietary software. You're not forced to use anybody's proprietary software in order to put the music into the Clip. I love being unchained from the totalitarian world of proprietary software.

Unlike the world's most famous MP3 player brand, the Clip also has an FM radio receiver and acts as a digital recorder. The recorder is excellent, highly sensitive. You also can use it to record off the internal FM radio.

In all these ways, the clip is far superior to the world's most famous MP3 brand.

Cons: Controls are somewhat confusing until you've worked with them for a while. Screen typeface is too small for older eyes, so you'll have to use your reading glasses sometimes.

Unbelievable sound and storage.

By Jeff the tilesetter from S.L.C. Utah on 8/29/2009

Pros:

8 hrs a day at work for, Easy To Set Up, Great Sound, I use my 2gb Sandisk Clip, Long Battery Life, Lots of Storage, Musicbooks and radio, Reliable Performance, Simple Controls, Sleek/Compact, Very durable

Cons:

NONE

Best Uses:

At Work, Travel

Describe Yourself:

Audiophile

Primary use:

Personal

How long have you owned it:

More than six months

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

long battery life, Clip anywhere,dropped it several times on concrete no problems.Lots of features and performance for the money.

love it

By sunshine from drexel hill, PA on 5/3/2009

Pros:

Easy To Set Up, Great Sound, Long Battery Life, Lots of Storage, Reliable Performance, Simple Controls, Sleek/Compact

Cons:

Poor earbuds -last a week, Too small 4 me

Best Uses:

Anywhere, Bed

Describe Yourself:

Casual Listener

Primary use:

Personal

How long have you owned it:

Three-to-six months

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

This is a great mp3 but it is so small it is easy to misplace. I use this in bed and around the house; it is amazing when I can find it. This is my first mp3 and it is so easy to use and figure out. I was downloading songs and listening to it within 5 min. of opening it. I highly recommend this for young and old. I am 11 and my younger sisters have no trouble using it when I’m not home. I love it.

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