"Overall, I've had a good experience with my 60GB Gigabeat (note that I only use this product for music). It has great sound quality, easily browsed menus, and was very, very easy to setup with Windows Media Player.

The quirks I've had are as follows:

*Although the unit will charge via USB, it doesn't charge when you're transferring files so make sure you charge it afterwards if you've done a lot of work - it uses battery life at a faster rate when the processor is working.

*In the same vein, browsing music menus while listening to music makes the processor work which uses battery life faster than I would think it would.

*If you turn the battery off (via a tiny switch on the bottom) and you don't have fully (or almost fully) charged battery, it will not turn back on.

Some reviews I read previous to buying indicated that their battery would die and reset the unit cauing all the music files and such to be erased. I have not experienced this problem, but some others have. It does not seem to be common, but as with everything "buyer beware". The instructions say that the battery will continue to discharge even when the unit is powered off, albeit at a very slow rate. So, if you don't plan to use it for a day or so, charge it up fully and turn off the battery.

To reiterate, I've had a generally good experience with this machine. I'd buy it again and recommend it to others. I've not used it for videos, TV, or FM radio yet, nor have I tried to transfer music files off the Gigabeat to another computer. I bought it specifically to store my CD collection so I can take all my music with me when I travel. It performs this function superbly."

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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Mar 10 2007

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Toshiba gigabeat 60GB Digital Multimedia Device

A few quirks but overall great

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