Toshiba Gigabeat 40GB MP3 Player Review

Posted by Jay Michael on September 2nd, 2008 No Comments Printer-Friendly

I purchased the Toshiba Gigabeat in 2006 right when it came out. I’m happy to say that I did really like it. There are definitely some really nice features about the gigabeat. I want to highlight the pros as well as the cons of the gigabeat.

First off, Toshiba did an excellent job at providing the customer exactly what he/she wanted in the way of accessories for the Gigabeat. It comes with a cradle that you can set it in to transfer music and charge the battery easily and effortlessly. Also provided with the Gigabeat was a remote which makes it easy for you to have the Gigabeat in your pocket and still be able to have control over your music without taking it out. I’ve purchased quite a few mp3 players that didn’t come with these useful additions Toshiba provides.

This mp3 player has a nice amount of space with a total of 40 GB. More then enough to store all your music, unless you have a severe music addiction. It also has nice sound, I really liked the SRS WOW feature. It definitely makes a huge difference in quality. It offers a ton of different equalizer settings, 28 to be exact. It provides a decent amount of battery life with around 16 hrs. per charge. Not too terrible.

One thing I didn’t like about the Gigabeat was the fact that it didn’t allow video. It lets you upload your pics on there and view them in very good quality but no video. Why? I don’t know. Another con is that it doesn’t have a radio. I never listened to the radio much on my other mp3 players but I do like the feature. It’s just a feature you like to know you have. Or, at least I do. The Gigabeat is kinda thick also. Nothing big but it would be cool if it were a tad bit thinner. Last but not least I didn’t like that anything you transferred to the Gigabeat through Windows Media or the Gigabeat room were immediately encrypted when they got put on the device. I didn’t like it for the reason it made it difficult for you to transfer the songs back to your PC hard drive if you needed to and listen to them there.

Overall, I have to say I’m pretty impressed with this Mp3 Player. Toshiba has come out with a nice product in the Gigabeat. I have since upgraded to the Zune. But the Gigabeat will always have a special place in my heart.