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Brief overview - DON'T BUY ONE!

I can't speak for the other models in the range, and perhaps the Ainol players with the Samsung screens are much better, but overall I've been hugely disappointed with the player.

I understand that its a Chinese product, so it didn't come with any instructions, fortunately I was able to update the firmware by reading on here. But it was over-complicated. Once this was done and I had calibrated the screen with my NDS pointer I was quite surprised by the average looking screen.

My 5 yr old Archos 504, which broke down and hence why I needed to get a new PMP screens was much clearer and crisper. I found the screen to be quite dull and uninspiring. Even watching a 720p HD version of UP, which has a beautiful palette - I found the colours very drab and the screen and colour was nothing but average.

I know that most people have managed to get SD cards to work on theirs, but having tried 2- neither were working, and I just think that as expandability is a main selling point, this seems very cumbersome and it should be a lot easier.

I also found the sound to be very tinny and weak, again compared to my old Archos 504, which had a bombastic and wide range of sound.

Overall - even for a cheap PMP (but I haven't really found a more expensive one to compare it to) I found it to be all style and no substance.

Other annoying things which I know has been commented on is the subtitles that you can't remove, and also when watching a video, the FF button sometimes skips forward to the next video rather than actually FF.

So in a nutshell, I'm sending it back and have bid on an 80gb Archos 504 on ebay. It was nice to try the so called 'new' tech, but really it wasn't worth it.

I have higher hopes for my MIDnite that's due to arrive, and can only hope it impresses me more than this cheap pile of poo.

I agree with you about poor screen quality. My memory card did work. I sold mine on ebay and bought the Ainol V6000HDT. I know they are sold out on MP4 Nation, but if you can find one somewhere, don't hesitate, get it. The screen quality is excellent.

Ainol has had some what 30 players in past year and not all have same type and sizes of screens. The 4.3" and 4.8" still tends to have better to much better screens then the 5" and larger.

I have a V8000HDS (5") and it is more than good enough however if only the V6000HDT was out at time of my V8000HDS purchase and not a month or so later...