I can confirm that the current firmware allows excellent playback of MPEG1 files, I haven't yet tried MPEG2 (but reports suggest that they should work).
I was pleased with all the stuff that came with the unit -- headphones, car power adaptor, cassette adaptor, leather-style carrying case, etc.
There's some talk about a camera attachment from RCA for this unit. Three megapixel, if I'm not mistaken.
Good tip regarding periods in video filenames.:)
An interesting side note -- available as a free download from RCA is a Windows-only tool called Lyra-DJ. It scans your MP3s on supported Lyras (the RD2780 is one of the supported products) and does a mathematical analysis of your music and creates playlists based on the results. Geeky!
For Linux users, it's important to note that like the Archos product reviewed above, the RD2780 simply appears as a USB drive. Proprietary software not required -- are you listening, Apple?
The comment about the Firmware issue is dead on -- many early adopters of the RD2780 were infuriated by the "Coming Soon" messages for unsupported functions under the initial firmware. This was not cool. RCA should hang their heads in shame....:) To the Anonymous poster of the immediate parent of this post -- have you updated to the latest firmware? The dark-area pixelization issue seems much better.
I'd like to see an unbiased showdown of features between the RD2780 and the Archive AV420.
- Battery life - Image playback quality, image recording quality - UI experience - MP3 playback experience - Onboard extras (games, eggs, etc) - Supported expansion devices - Updatability -- frequency of firmware updates, ease of firmware updates - Included stuff - Usable disk space - Durability / ruggedness etc.
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This was a good review of the RD2780's features.
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:) To the Anonymous poster of the immediate parent of this post -- have you updated to the latest firmware? The dark-area pixelization issue seems much better.
I can confirm that the current firmware allows excellent playback of MPEG1 files, I haven't yet tried MPEG2 (but reports suggest that they should work).
I was pleased with all the stuff that came with the unit -- headphones, car power adaptor, cassette adaptor, leather-style carrying case, etc.
There's some talk about a camera attachment from RCA for this unit. Three megapixel, if I'm not mistaken.
Good tip regarding periods in video filenames.
An interesting side note -- available as a free download from RCA is a Windows-only tool called Lyra-DJ. It scans your MP3s on supported Lyras (the RD2780 is one of the supported products) and does a mathematical analysis of your music and creates playlists based on the results. Geeky!
For Linux users, it's important to note that like the Archos product reviewed above, the RD2780 simply appears as a USB drive. Proprietary software not required -- are you listening, Apple?
The comment about the Firmware issue is dead on -- many early adopters of the RD2780 were infuriated by the "Coming Soon" messages for unsupported functions under the initial firmware. This was not cool. RCA should hang their heads in shame....
I'd like to see an unbiased showdown of features between the RD2780 and the Archive AV420.
- Battery life
- Image playback quality, image recording quality
- UI experience
- MP3 playback experience
- Onboard extras (games, eggs, etc)
- Supported expansion devices
- Updatability -- frequency of firmware updates, ease of firmware updates
- Included stuff
- Usable disk space
- Durability / ruggedness etc.
just my thoughts...