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SanDisk Sansa Fuze

79

Good
  • Pros
  • Expandable memory
  • Slim, compact design
  • Cons
  • Video playback isn't crisp
  • Pricing: Inexpensive: $120 (12/19/2008)
  • Performance: Very Good: 80
  • Features: Good: 75
  • Design: Good: 78
Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Inexpensive: $120

Performance

Very Good: 80
PC World Tests
Maximum Usable Output Level, Average (dBV) -5.4 
Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise, Average (%) 0.06 
Signal-to-Noise Ratio, Average (dB) 80 
Crosstalk, Average (dB) -42 
Frequency Response Deviation, Average (dB) 0.3 

Features

Good: 75
Capacity
Built-in Capacity 8GB 
SD card No 
mini SD No 
micro SD Yes 
Memory Stick Micro No 
Compact Flash No 
Smart Media No 
xD Picture Card No 
Memory Stick No 
Battery
Replaceable Battery No 
Hours of Play (Per vendor) 24 
Screen
Screen Size (inches) 1.9 
Screen Resolution 220 by 176 
ScreenType Color 
Size
Dimensions (inches) 3.1 by 1.9 by 0.3 
Weight (oz.) 2.1 
Connections
Line Out No 
Firewire No 
Headphone output Yes 
Microphone input No 
USB Yes 
Video Output No 
USB Host Adapter No 
Audio Formats
Audible Yes 
MP3 Yes 
WAV Yes 
WMA Yes 
Voice Recording Voice Recorder:Yes 
Radio
FM tuner Yes 
Presets 40 
Online Music Compatibility
Rhapsody Yes 
Napster Yes 
Yahoo Yes 
Other eMusic 
Video Formats
MPEG4 Yes 
Motion JPEG Yes 
Photo Formats
Photo Support Photo:Yes 
JPG Yes 
Hardware List
USB cable Yes 
Other
Included Hardware earphones 
Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years) One 
Parts Warranty (years) One 
Weekday Support (hours) 18 
Saturday Support (hours) 18 
Sunday Support (hours) 18 
Toll-Free Support Yes 
Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category A maker of MP3 players, SanDisk delivers good support, readers say; but while its players are reliable, they could be easier to use. 
Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of product arriving with problems Better than Average 
Reports of products with any significant problems Average 
Reports of problems that render a product unusable Average 
Buyers' rating of product's Worse than Average 
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category Average 

Design

Good: 78
About the Test Center

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