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Drag-and-Drop Video Players
By: Laiq Qureshi   |   Mar 18, 2008

It's high time companies shed their largely egotistic attitude, in the name of competition, which I feel has ceased to make any sense at all. What’s all this proprietary bull about? How about getting together and deciding what’s good and what’s not, arriving at a consensus for a standard, and sticking to it? What’s happening instead is that everyone wants to be exclusive.

There are very few PMPs in the market that allow drag-and-drop for videos. In all probability you will end up hating the conversion software bundled with the player. Apple’s iTunes is a classic example. But all’s not lost yet... let's look at some players that still believe in the good old drag-and-drop feature.

Cowon
Cowon has perhaps been a victim of its own wait-and-watch policy. Elsewhere it may have made a mark, but in India the company is still testing the waters. No matter what the company spokespersons say to try and convince us, we know Cowon has a lot of ground to cover.

Cowon A2


All video players from Cowon support drag-and-drop for all content types, so you can pretty much pick whatever you like from the assembly line. That leaves you with the leisure to make some important choices... such as screen size, playback features etc.

There’s the flash-based D2, and the big-screen A2 that obviously has more up its sleeve. While the D2 comes with a 2.5 inch, 24-bit QVGA (320x240) TFT LCD touchscreen, the A2 is equipped with a 4-inch screen (480x272 pixels) that's a 16:9 wide TFT LCD.

Cowon D2

Both the players could play anything we threw at them, so apart from watching the movies; you can also get rid of conversion issues and suchlike. You can watch movies, listen to music and FM radio, and browse photos with ease. TV options are available in both, while the A2 also allows you to capture from the TV. The D2 costs Rs 10,000 (4GB) and Rs 13,000 (8GB), while the A2 (30GB) costs Rs 20,000.


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should also checkout i-station products
kkkk @ Apr 25, 2008
ya there should be zen and wat about ipod video..
azad @ Apr 08, 2008
Ohhh why no love for CREATIVE, I have a zen Video old and it plays well and all i love it...
Ajai @ Mar 29, 2008
i would like to thank you for listening to my suggestion and reviewing the Archos 605 WiFi but i beleave the 5th generation Archos has rolled out the 705 Wifi.. how do you compare that to this one
Rushabh Joshi @ Mar 24, 2008
You people forgot the Creative Vision W & Creative Zen.
Gaurav @ Mar 23, 2008
Why havent u mentioned the creative vision?
Praveen @ Mar 20, 2008
hello people, if u wanna buy these kind of products pl buy it from US. it's cheaper than ur grey market. find anyone of ur friend , relative coming from there.
amol @ Mar 20, 2008
i think Archos is gr8 player. i have used this product and it is mind blowing. the best part is u can record ur TV prog directly and watch them on the go. it's fantastic
amol @ Mar 20, 2008
why haven't you mentioned the price of the 160gb archos 605 wi-fi?
Kushaagra Mehra @ Mar 18, 2008
How can they sell Cowon A2 for 20000 when A3 with 60 GB in US costs $389....
The pricing they have have in INDIA is absolutely ridiculous
Sumeet @ Mar 18, 2008
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