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SanDisk View (8GB)

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By Jasmine France, CNET.com
Jan 9, 2007

With so many MP3 players supporting videos nowadays, it's tough to distinguish where they end and where portable video players (PVPs) begin. Still, I say any screen below about 2.5 inches doesn't cut it when it comes to video--it's not worth the eyestrain.


4 inches? Nice.

SanDisk's Sansa View, however, offers a 4-inch widescreen, which qualifies the device as a PVP in my book. And that means that SanDisk has just released its very first PVP. It's even more of an oddity since it's flash-based, and very few "true" PVPs are.

SanDisk has plenty of experience creating portable A/V devices, so the View isn't much of a surprise--it was only a matter of time. This player doesn't really bring anything new to the table, though it is attractive and fairly compact for a PVP (78.5 x123 x16.9mm). The relatively low capacity is an immediate concern--8GB really isn't that much--but there is an SD-card expansion slot for adding more memory (or you can simply store specific content on different cards for popping in when needed).

The player also offers A/V out for viewing content on a TV, and it supports slide shows. A user-removable, rechargeable battery and support for subscription WMA tracks round out the features.