The e200 series play back MP3 and WMA files. The players are also PlaysForSure compatible, so if you’re into Napster and Rhapsody and other DRM things like that, you can play those tunes on the Sansa too. One of the best part about the Sansa e200 series is that the players are all USB Mass Storage compliant so you just hook them up and drag and drop music and photos without using any proprietary software like iTunes or Zune Marketplace. I absolutely loved this about the e260. However, the cable cable has a proprietary connector at the player’s end, not a standard mini-USB like some other players have. The player also recharges through the same cable.
While drag-and-drop rules for music and photos, videos will need to be converted to a Sansa-compatible format using the provided Sansa Media Converter software. The software is very easy to use and takes only two steps to convert any video down to the required size and format. It supports QuickTime MOV, AVI, MPG, WMV and even DVD VOB files. The native format is also .MOV, but you can’t play back any MOV on it. The right formatted files are MJPEG compressed MOVs at 160x208 resolution and 15fps, which is fixed and cannot be changed. Also, a 60mb VCD-quality MOV got compressed down to 35mb, making the 'compression' a little questionable. I took the HD 720p trailer for 300 and the converter kicked the file out as hard as King Leonidas kicks that black guy, screaming "This Is Sansa!" Aaarggh.
Playback quality of the Sansa is excellent. It sounds as good as the iPod and the Creative Zens. The ‘normal’ equalizer setting lacks the required punch, but other ones such as ‘Rock’ give better output. Unfortunately, there is no custom equalizer option to let you tweak the sound manually. The provided headphones are a whole lot more comfortable to wear than the old iPod headphones, but not as good as the new ones that come with the iPods now. The earphones deliver crisp highs and very decent lows, but you will obviously be better off using nice in-ear phones like the Fontopias for stomp bass.
I got sansa e260 w/o the s/w CD. Pl help me the site link from where I can download & install it on my laptop.
