Comments on: Cowon A2 http://mcgees.org/2007/10/23/cowon-a2/ Website of Joshua McGee Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:51:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Joshua <i>(Site Owner)</i> http://mcgees.org/2007/10/23/cowon-a2/comment-page-1/#comment-39642 Joshua (Site Owner) Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:00:45 +0000 http://mcgees.org/2007/10/23/cowon-a2/#comment-39642 <p> Really, all it needs is a touchscreen, a cellular modem, a softphone, a web browser, and 10 times the storage capacity to be an earth-shattering product. Should be possible next year or so. </p> Really, all it needs is a touchscreen, a cellular modem, a softphone, a web browser, and 10 times the storage capacity to be an earth-shattering product.  Should be possible next year or so.

]]> By: Joshua <i>(Site Owner)</i> http://mcgees.org/2007/10/23/cowon-a2/comment-page-1/#comment-39641 Joshua (Site Owner) Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:51:19 +0000 http://mcgees.org/2007/10/23/cowon-a2/#comment-39641 <p> It <i>does</i> detect NTSC letterboxing automatically. You just have to set "Aspect Ratio" to "Auto" which, bizarrely, is not the default. It also is not really loud enough through headphones for listening to on the train, if you wish to get every bit of dialogue. </p> It does detect NTSC letterboxing automatically.  You just have to set “Aspect Ratio” to “Auto” which, bizarrely, is not the default.  It also is not really loud enough through headphones for listening to on the train, if you wish to get every bit of dialogue.

]]> By: Joshua <i>(Site Owner)</i> http://mcgees.org/2007/10/23/cowon-a2/comment-page-1/#comment-39558 Joshua (Site Owner) Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:55:05 +0000 http://mcgees.org/2007/10/23/cowon-a2/#comment-39558 <p> Mine stopped charging a couple weeks after I got it. I don't know if it was a power supply or battery issue. I switched out chargers, so I'm fairly sure that wasn't the issue. </p> <p> Fortunately, Amazon offers one of the least-hassle return policies I've ever dealt with. I reported it as defective, and they sent me a new one for free, with me to return the defective unit within the next 30 days. I sent with Signature Confirmation, but that looks like it was unnecessary. They credited me immediately for the return. </p> <p> In my experience, when items are refurbished by a factory, all the cables, headphones, etc. are discarded and replaced. So I held onto them, assuming Amazon would tell me if I didn't return enough stuff. No trouble there. So I now have a set for my desk and a set for my briefcase of USB cables and so forth. </p> Mine stopped charging a couple weeks after I got it.  I don’t know if it was a power supply or battery issue.  I switched out chargers, so I’m fairly sure that wasn’t the issue.

Fortunately, Amazon offers one of the least-hassle return policies I’ve ever dealt with.  I reported it as defective, and they sent me a new one for free, with me to return the defective unit within the next 30 days.  I sent with Signature Confirmation, but that looks like it was unnecessary.  They credited me immediately for the return.

In my experience, when items are refurbished by a factory, all the cables, headphones, etc. are discarded and replaced.  So I held onto them, assuming Amazon would tell me if I didn’t return enough stuff.  No trouble there.  So I now have a set for my desk and a set for my briefcase of USB cables and so forth.

]]> By: Joshua <i>(Site Owner)</i> http://mcgees.org/2007/10/23/cowon-a2/comment-page-1/#comment-35706 Joshua (Site Owner) Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:34:46 +0000 http://mcgees.org/2007/10/23/cowon-a2/#comment-35706 Um, OK, they just went up by about twenty bucks. Um, OK, they just went up by about twenty bucks.

]]> By: Joshua <i>(Site Owner)</i> http://mcgees.org/2007/10/23/cowon-a2/comment-page-1/#comment-35014 Joshua (Site Owner) Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:26:48 +0000 http://mcgees.org/2007/10/23/cowon-a2/#comment-35014 I bought through Amazon (with 3% off from my cc). I'm very pleased with it, as I mentioned. I bought through Amazon (with 3% off from my cc).  I’m very pleased with it, as I mentioned.

]]> By: Jordon http://mcgees.org/2007/10/23/cowon-a2/comment-page-1/#comment-34915 Jordon Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:02:10 +0000 http://mcgees.org/2007/10/23/cowon-a2/#comment-34915 That sounds like a really great device. The Linux and FLAC/OGG support would be the major selling point for me. How much did you pay for yours? (I'm not in the market for a portable digital media player right now, but I'm just wondering.) That sounds like a really great device. The Linux and FLAC/OGG support would be the major selling point for me. How much did you pay for yours? (I’m not in the market for a portable digital media player right now, but I’m just wondering.)

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