Cowon's A3 60GB Portable MultiMedia Player is versatile and powerful with a 4" TFT screen. This screen has 800 x 480 resolution and is powered by TI's new Davinci Chipset. The A3 supports a wide variety of multimedia file formats for all kinds of entertainment such as movies, music, pictures and also novels. The stylish portable media player has integrated stereo speakers and A/V outputs for enjoying all your media with your home theater. The A3 can even record from various sources such as FM, Voice (embedded microphone), Mobile TV (with optional tuner), Audio (Line-in) or Video. When choosing portable media devices, Cowon smartly designed the A3 to be an obvious choice.
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 60GB Hard Drive |
| Expansion Slot | None |
| Battery Life |
Up to 7 Hours of Video Up to 9 Hours of Audio |
| LCD |
4" Widescreen TFT Digital LCD 800 x 480 Pixel Resolution |
| Player/Recorder | |
|---|---|
| Video |
Format: AVI, WMV, ASF, MP4, MATROSKA(MKV), MPG/MPEG, VOB, DAT, MTV, OGM Codec: DivX 3.11/4/5/6, XviD, MPEG-4 SP/ASP, WMV 9/8/7, H.264 MP, M-JPEG, MPEG 1/2 |
| Audio |
Format: AVI, WMV, ASF, MP4, MATROSKA(MKV), MPG/MPEG, VOB, DAT, MTV, OGM Codec: MPEG1 Layer 1/2/3, WMA, FLAC, OGG Vorbis, OGG FLAC, APPLE Lossless, AAC/AAC+, AC3, True Audio, Monkey's Audio, MusePack, WavPack, G.726, PCM |
| Photo Viewer | JPG, GIF, PNG, TIF, BMP, RAW |
| Convenience | |
|---|---|
| Voice Recorder | Yes |
| FM Tuner | Yes |
| FM Recording | Yes |
| Data Storage | Yes |
| Digital Card Slot | None |
| Built-in Speaker | Yes |
| Connectors | |
|---|---|
| Computer Interface | USB 2.0 |
| A/V Inputs |
Audio Built-in Microphone 2 x RCA Unbalanced, in Video 1 x RCA Composite, in |
| A/V Outputs | Composite, Component, S-Video |
| Other Ports | USB 2.0 Host port |
| Power | |
|---|---|
| AC | AC Adapter: DC 5.0V, 3A |
| Battery | Built-in Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery 4300mAh |
| Charger | AC Adapter (5.5/hr charge time) |
| General | |
|---|---|
| System Requirements |
Pentium III 200Mhz or higher 128MB Main Memory or more 256 or Higher color display USB Port CD-ROM Drive DirectX 9 or higher Windows Media Player 9 or higher QuickTime 6 or higher OS - Microsoft Windows Vista/ XP / 2000 / ME - MAC OS 10.X (Data transfer only) - Linux kernel v2.4 or higher (Data transfer only) |
| Video System | NTSC/PAL |
| Upgradeable Firmware | Yes |
| Size (WxHxD) | 5.25 x 3.09 x 0.87" (133.4 x 78.5 x 22mm) |
| Weight | 10 oz (298g) |
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Comments about Cowon A3 60GB Personal Media Player and Recorder:
The Cowon A3 offers a good audio and video format support; a beautiful and colorful screen; a attractive user interface.
It's a good choice, no regret.
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Comments about Cowon A3 60GB Personal Media Player and Recorder:
Overall excellent media player. Will play almost anything you can throw at it. Beautiful screen for watching movies and excellent sound quality, but you pay for this in terms of the size and weight of the player; it is not something you will go jogging with.
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Comments about Cowon A3 60GB Personal Media Player and Recorder:
We have an old VHS video camera that we like, and has a high-quality telephoto lens, but we were unable to use it because there was no easy way to transfer the tapes to the computer for editing. With the A3, it is so simple; you just hook the camera up, and stream your video to its memory. It is great! We no longer have to buy tapes, or worry about how to transfer them to the computer. We have also uploaded movies for travel, music and more. This is a great product!
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Comments about Cowon A3 60GB Personal Media Player and Recorder:
Awesome product = lots of features. The line in recording is awesome. The joystick kills you. if only they had a better user interface mechanism this product would be shaking. everytime I use the joystick i either go back or go to the next track. i can't seem to stop a track - can only pause it.
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Comments about Cowon A3 60GB Personal Media Player and Recorder:
Pros: Great display, easy navigating, 'feels' quality, all connectors fit firmly and tight.
Cons: Joystick difficult to just push down without moving to side. JetAudio, by itself, wouldn't play the recorded videos. I used FFDShow and JetAudio for the PC and Flip4Mac with Quicktime on the Mac.
I'll be using this for mobile recording videos from a motorcycle, and hifi low-noise stereo audio of nature sounds.
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Comments about Cowon A3 60GB Personal Media Player and Recorder:
as a bit of a luddite, I am very impressed with this piece of kit. It has lots of features but I use the music and movie features most of all. The one drawback to it would be (as in my case) that sometimes the battery is faulty and has to be returned for a replacement but thats about the only disadvantage I can point out.
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