Audiovox CE-152MP Personal CD Player

Pros: directory mode skip protection mp3 capabilities shuffle mode good battery life
Cons: still skips occasionally no song title display or filename/directory display, only track numbers

I picked this unit up at Target for $30. For that price, it's the best value. The only negatives I found are: (1) you have to press play and wait appr 10 seconds for the unit to recognize the CD before switching it to "shuffle" mode; and (2) the display does not show song titles or ID tag information, only the "track number". Can't complain, for the price.

Battery life is good. Unit has a "directory" mode that lets you skip through directories if your home-burned MP3 CDs were created with songs within directories. That's a plus. It would have been nice if the unit displayed directory names, filenames or ID tags, but again, for the cost, this is the best value MP3 CD player.

Pros: Fair battery life, AC adapter, skip protection worked good
Cons: LCD not that good, Complicated button operation, died in about 3 months (was not abused)

I bought one for my daughter's birthday and it died after about three months, just after the warranty ran out. The repair cost from Audiovox was the same as the price of the player! Don't waste your money...

Pros: Sound is OK
Cons: Skip Protection is worthless, Does not like to be moved a fraction of an inch

The Product says that there is protection but that would be assuming that it worked. Half the time when I even pick the thing up to carry it it will either skip half a song, or play 3 seconds...stop and then start over or just basically skip. It does this even when I am not moving it or laying it flat as well.