Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Jun 28, 2002
Pros: Light-weight, portable, holds a lot of music for the size!
Cons: We may have paid a little too much! (The price has now come down.)
Summary:
My younger son, Garrett, purchased a new Philips 8cm MP3-CD eXpanium Portable Player recently and is quite satisfied with it. This product is smaller than a regular CD MP3 Player and it holds songs in an MP3 format like a regular MP3 player, but ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 12, 2010
Pros: Cheap, high sound quality for the price, easy to use.
Cons: Breaks somewhat easily, bad features.
Summary: I've been using the Philips 100 second "magic esp" cd player for about half a year now. I have already had to replace it once, and my second one is starting to act funny. However that I kind of expected based on the price.It is really cheap, so ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 27, 2002
Pros: lots of music, battery life
Cons: Magic ESP only good with MP3s, will not play CD-RWs anymore, fragile, low volume
Summary: I bought this MP3 player a while back when new. It cost me $140, but then I felt it was worth it. I previously had a Philips CD player so I was not concerned about reliability. Everything worked well, had good sound, and was not so hard to use after ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 26, 2002
Pros: more mp3 bang for your buck
Cons: better feature-rich mp3/audio players out there, and on the horizon
Summary: After giving this one a try for about a week, I've decided to auction it off and use that money for a Rio Volt mp3/audio player.
Here are problems I've encountered:
searching & ID3 Tag Support
If I'm going ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 13, 2002
Pros: Nice Features, cool design, sturdy.
Cons: No ID3 song tags, slight problem with the car audio adapter.
Summary: I got this cd player for Christmas a while back when MP3 cd players were first coming out. So of course, when new technology comes out, you must pay the price. I got this unit for $200 about 2 or so years ago.
I really don't regret the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 4, 2002
Pros: The mid-size is good for jamming into your backpack when teacher walks in.
Cons: Skips as if the "Magic ESP" is working against you!
Summary: So after returning the RCA MP3-CD player I originally bought, I was then shown a $150 credit and a very large store to use it in. I looked at all of the CD players, especially the MP3-enhanced ones, but would it be that useful? I decided to get that ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 2, 2001
Pros: Brand name, inexpensive, good sound
Cons: poor construction quality, navigation.
Summary: Philips was the first to introduce the mp3 cd player, sometime around last Christmas. It seemed to be a natural direction for mp3 players. People were backing up their mp3s on cds and playing them via their cd-roms on the computer, freeing up hard ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 17, 2001
Pros: You can play mp3's on it using cds, allowing endless hours of music.
Cons: Takes awhile to start playing, large, open button barely opens, headphone jack is awkwardly placed.
Summary: The Philips Expanium is not worth the money you pay for it. It is large and awkward. The headphone jack is on the very edge of the mp3-cd player making it always feel like you are going to break it against something. The player also takes about 20 ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 30, 2001
Pros: Ability to play MP3 CD's
Cons: Slow at loading MP3's
Summary: This was actually a present for my brother, but I've used it so many times. It's great with batteries because they last so long, but the problem I've had most was the amount of time it takes for each MP3 to start playing... theres a delay that can be ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 28, 2001
Pros: Listen to about 170 songs on ONE CD!!! Batteries last 10 hours! DBB!! 100ESP!!!
Cons: Expensive, Requires A CD Burner and some knowledge on CD burning.
Summary: A few months ago, my parents bought the Expanium for my brother. I didn't know much about it, so I asked him what's so special about this Expanium thing. He told me that all you have to do is burn all your MP3 files ontoa CD-R or CD-RW put the CD in the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 17, 2001
Pros: Plays MP3's at any bit rate, 10 hours of music
Cons: VERY INCONVENIENT, low volume, kills 2 batteries every 30 minutes, and much more
Summary: It's a mediocre player. It takes 2 minutes to "load" a cd and its very chinsy and inconvenient for $200.00. cannot display track titles and extremly low battery and goes threw batteries like water. very chinsy fell, i hate phillips in the first place ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 11, 2001
Pros: Great Sound Quality, Easy to Use, Fast access time, great look
Cons: Inability to display ID3 track tags
Summary: I really wish I had bought the Expanium. Instead, I bought the RCA HP2410 player. Fortunately, I have friends that own the Expanium and have had the opportunity to play around with it. Believe me, the Expanium exceeds the RP2410 and the rest of ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 14, 2001
Pros: Exceptional utility, battery life
Cons: Low volume, slow loading time
Summary: This Christmas (2000) I found a Philips Expanium underneath the tree. I couldn't have asked for a better gift. I love my music, and I love taking large amounts of it with me in a convenient package. This product definitely delivers.
Granted, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 25, 2001
Pros: Great skip protection, plays CDRW's, 10+ hours of music 1 CD
Cons: no ID3 tag support, long loads, no fast forward, cumbersome menu
Summary: The Phillips Expanium MP3/CD player is a great player if you are just looking for the function of an MP3/CD player. It lets you listen to 10+ hours of music written onto a single CDR and will even play the coveted CDRW's. The great thing about that is ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 22, 2001
Pros: Large storage, lightweight, extremely portable, no skipping.
Cons: Song numbers instead of titles, hard to figure out what you're playing.
Summary: I bought the Expanium EXP103 after going to many websites, comparing prices and features. I have not been disappointed in my purchase.
Background:
Forget those $200+ MP3 players that only store 32MB, 64MB, or 128MB, ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 22, 2001
Pros: lightweight, not expensive compared to mp3 players, convenient
Cons: still at the beginning of this technology
Summary: I bought a Philips Expanium about a month ago, and it has proved to be worth every penny. In deciding between a CD/MP3 player or an MP3 player, the choice was clear. Why would I want to spend just as much on a player which, although it might be a ... read more
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Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
Feb 12, 2001
Pros: Plays high bitrate MP3s, very light, no skipping, reads all formats
Cons: No ID3 support, No FF or RW
Summary: Well the other opinions pretty much covered the pros and cons of the player. I just wanted to mention one of the main reasons I bought this instead of a cheaper product. It was the only CD-MP3 player I found that plays high bitrate MP3s - up to 320 kbs. ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 11, 2001
Pros: lots of music, good battery life, won't skip
Cons: unlit display, no track titles, no fast forward on mp3's
Summary: You have seen the new MP3 players out there that can hold music in a small no skipping player that is easily portable. But one of the problems is of the low amount of music these players can hold and the price of addtional memory.
There's a new ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 2, 2001
Pros: Ridiculous amounts of music on one CD, Supports CD-R&W in addition to regular CDs
Cons: sort of slow, batteries don't last very long (6 hrs.), beeps.
Summary: Ever wanted to listen to ten hours of music on one CD? Ever wanted to listen to sixty hours of music on six CDs? Well, those happy Dutchmen at Philips have made it possible.
Here's how it works. Buy the eXpanium (approx. $180, I bought mine at ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 1, 2001
Pros: Extremely light, and portable. Comes with everything you need.
Cons: Headphones suck, and can only use in car with cassette player. Serial # disappears!
Summary: On the road again, a song that pretty much sums up my life. I have amassed a countless number of MP3's and got tired of having to cart around CD after CD to play in my car stereo or on the run. Not to mention that I am also a blues review writer (for a ... read more
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