How to buy an MP3 Player? MP3 player purchase guide

1. Consider your price limitations. What’s the maximum you will spend on a MP3 Player? This will immediately narrow the field. But don’t feel compelled to max out your credit card.

2. Find a suitable design. A player can have every feature in the world, but if the design doesn't match your lifestyle or if the interface is impenetrable, you still won't enjoy it.

3. Check the storage capacity. How much music do you have? Do you think you could, or would, listen to all of it on your MP3 Player?

4. Check the size and weight. Would it be comfortable in your pocket or on your belt? How about when you're moving around?

5. Consider a video feature. One justification for an enlarged hard drive is if you want to store pictures and videos on your portable media player.

6. Consider radio options. There are some Players that will both FM and AM radios stations as well as playing MP3s in your car.

7. Check out the battery life. How long and how often do you use it?

8. Check out the headphones, MP3 players use standard stereo headphones. If you don't like the headphones that come with a player, there are a variety of styles you can purchase.

9. Make sure any potential purchase works with your computer. Many MP3 players don't work with Macintosh computers, though that's improving.

10. Look for wide file format support. All players should support the MP3 format, but if you prefer WMA, AAC, or Ogg Vorbis, make sure your player of choice can handle the files.

11. Look at the special features. If you work out a lot, or are often physically active, you might want to consider splash-resistant player, or at least a waterproof skin to cover it.

12. Take a test drive as there’s nothing like a hand on experience. Go to your local store and try out the controls, does the player's menu system make sense to you, and is the interface easy to use? If you can't find the songs, artists, or albums you want to play quickly and easily, keep looking.

13. Shop around, online and offline. MP3 players are widely available in almost every consumer electronics outlet, and their prices fluctuate. You can check price from a variety of sources before you buy.

Writer: Joyce Qi
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