Blogging Ottinger (tim)Cowon A2 media player
I keep looking at these media players, looking for something that plays AVI and MPEG video (I’m a fan of Public Domain B movies) and also MP3 and OGG audio. Of all of them, I think that I am currently enamored of the Cowon A2. It has allegedly very good battery life for a movie player, and handles most of my favorite file formats. It also has pretty plenteous storage.
It supports WMA,WMV and that doesn’t attract me at all, though Sam says it’s because I don’t know what the WM formats really are. I accept that criticism, because I really don’t. All I know is that I resent having a microsoft-specific player format, as I resent having proprietary Apple formats. I’d like to see more PD and open formats in the world, and I will be happy enough to have royalty-free, DRM-free stuff if possible.
It does support recording via the analog hole, which is a good thing. I want to copy my dvds to the device for later watching on the road. Fair use is a wonderful thing. It also does FM radio, but I don’t normally care.
I need a car stereo with a mini-jack so I can listen to my stuff in the car. Headphones are illegal and also unsafe, so I would liketo NOT do that while driving.
If I didn’t want movies, the X5 would be great.
