Samsung YH-820
June 22nd, 2005 | by Ian Bell
Full Review
Features and Design Measuring in at just under 3.5-inches tall, the YH-820 is not only smaller than the iPod mini, but it's lighter as well. Definitely designed with forward thinking in mind, the YH-820 has a very contemporary look to it. Bathed in an alloy casing and adorned with white plastic trim, the YH-820 is one of the better looking players out there. It is also the second micro HDD player we have reviewed with a color display. Once you see a player with a color display, there is literally no going back, they look that good. The YH-820 features a 5GB micro HDD which Samsung says can store up to 1200 songs. It also features an integrated 8-hour lithium-ion battery and USB 2.0 support. Music formats are limited to MP3, Secure WMA, Janus and WMA. If you record or encode audio, you can store them in uncompressed WAV or MP3 file formats. The 1.5-inch color screen is capable of showing up to 65,000 colors and allows viewing images stored on the device using the image viewer option. If you want to store files that are not music or picture related, you can opt to use the YH-820 as a mass storage device. The button layout is sort of odd on the YH-820 with three square buttons acting as your play/pause, and forward/rewind controls. For some reason, everyone thinks that touch sensitive buttons are the way to go, but we have to argue otherwise; there is nothing quite like pushing a button with a nice snap to it. The lower control pad lets you navigate the menu and select options you want. Having physical buttons to push is great because you can control your MP3 player through your shirt or pants pockets without having to remove the player. Button layout is pretty slick though. The Hold button, line-in, microphone and headphones jack are located on the top of the unit and the A-B repeat is on the right hand side. There is a small reset button on the back in case your YH-820 locks up on you (ours didn't lock up on us despite slow navigation). 
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by Petrus on July 31, 2008:
“"I have mine for almost 4 months and i sometimes experience that files are missing I first had to look at my pictures and listen music through my pc now I can only look and listen on the pod itself..I would like to send my music and pics to my pc and the files...” More...