#COWON A2 HARD DRIVE MP4#

There is no noticeable slow down on any of the formats when played on the LCD screen and no audio lag.

There are very few video formats that this unit doesn't display, the only two major ones being Quicktime and Real Media.

#COWON A2 HARD DRIVE MP4#

The unit supports playback of AVI, WMV, ASF, MP4 and video made with Divx 3.11 to 4.5, Xvid and Windows Media 9 codecs with reasonable resolution limits imposed on each. The display can be toggled between 4:3 and 16:9 or can be left on automatic so the player makes up its own mind. Video playback is stunning with a crystal clear image even when being interpreted into widescreen from the native resolution. The screen can only be faulted in that it is not trans-reflective and so has a little trouble when being viewed in harsh sunlight. It handles anything you throw at is without any loss in quality and is very bright with a consistent and high contrast ratio. The screen on the iAudio is a thing of beauty. The unit will last about 10 hours on one battery charge depending on which modes you are using and recharges in about 4 hours.

There is very little the iAudio A2 can't do - it can even serve as a USB host to transfer images direct from a digital camera to the hard drive without a PC. While the Archos AV500 also records television, it requires an additional accessory to do so, while the A2 plugs straight in. The unit has a long list of features such as supporting playback for video with subtitle support, audio playback, FM radio, image viewing, text viewing, audio recording via line-in, voice recording via the in-built microphone and the most impressive feature, video recording via line-in. The iAudio A2 isn't a small device but can still be carried around in the pocket as it weighs only 350 grams (in its protective case).Д«esides looking incredibly sexy, the iAudio A2 also performs impeccably, with a user interface that is both simple to navigate and also attractively designed. The button layout is easy to use and the unit can be powered on via a button on the right. The face also sports the silver navigation buttons with input and output ports on the left hand side of the unit. The sleek design consists of a 4 inch LCD screen on a charcoal grey face with the rest of the unit finished in pearl white.

It has a long list of features and almost no flaws, making it the very best multimedia player on the market. Even though the Zen earned one of our highest levels of adoration, the iAudio A2 surpassed that and then some. When we heard about this product we thought it had a hard task ahead of it when compared to the Zen Vision from Creative. Sometimes you can't help but drool over a gadget with as many awesome features as the Cowon iAudio A2.

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