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Published on: 3/1/2003
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"They store up to about 600 hours of music and they have almost as good as CD quality sound," said Consumer Reports' Aaron Fournier.
Some high-capacity players offer more than just music.This one has a color screen that can show pictures.But players like this can be complicated to use.Far simpler, and less expensive, are standard-capacity players.They're also smaller and lighter.
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And many of them, they have expansion card slots so you can add extra music later on," Fournier said.
And even standard capacity players can have cool features.
"Testing one, two, testing," Fournier said.
This one offers voice-recording.Record what you want, and you can play it back over speakers.
"Testing one, two, testing," Fournier said.
Testers top-rated two standard-capacity players.The first is the Creative Labs Nomad IIc.The other, from RCA, is the Lyra RD 1080.They each cost $130, and provide ten hours of battery life.