Cowon D2-08BL 8GB Portable Multimedia Player Black

I really feel I can't add to other customers reviews as they pretty much have it all covered BUT - With the exception of not doing playlists very well & it doesn't do DRM - this is the best sounding player money can buy!!! Only the new Sony players can give it a run for its money - so I would only say BUY THIS AND YOU CAN'T GO WRONG!!! I re-purchased this player as I thought there would be better sounding ones out there - I was sadly mistaken. I love my D2 and will not go back!!! If you need more space wait for Amazon to get the new 16gb model in stock, or go to JetMall and order. I'd wait to get it through Amazon myself though.

I received my Cowon D2 a couple weeks ago and love it. I opened the box, powered it on and started playing around with the touchscreen UI right away. It is incredibly intuitive, the touch screen response is excellent, the brightness and clarity of the screen is outstanding. I started loading mp3's and avi movied on it right away and it plays everything flawlessly. Sound quality is terrific.

Prior to this unit, I had an iRiver PMP-120, which I also liked a lot, but this Cowon unit is way better in terms of features and a much more user friendly interface. I got the 8GB model, and bought another 8GB SD card for a total of 16GB storage.

The unit is much smaller than I had thought it would be, but after playing with it for a bit, it is a perfect size. Its small enough to fit easily in your pocket, and you could easily job or walk with it and not even know its there. Its very light weight, but feels solid, not cheap or flimsy. The buttons on the screen are very small, but I can still use my index finger to touch the buttons with no trouble at all.

I am also a hardcore linux user (havent touched a windows machine in about 4 years), and this is another plus for this player. It mounts in linux as a scsi device and allows you to load music, videos and photos as easily as copying files on your local filesystem. I hate everything about itunes, so being able to manage my own music in a standard directory hierarchy (like a *nix filesystem) is also a big win for me. I did not want to have to mess around with id3 tags and all that crap, just drop entire directories of music in place and navigate around like that, and this player works perfectly for this. It can also sort and read id3 tags though too, if thats your thing.

The battery life is insane. You can listen for days without a recharge, and watch videos for a half a day before having to charge it back again. Mad props to Cowon for this.

All in all, this player is amazing. I think Cowon got everything right on this one, and there isnt anything I would change about it. If you are looking for a nice alternative to the ipod world, and want better battery life, tons more features, freedom from itunes, and lots of storage for lots less $$, this is the one for you.

This is a great piece of electronics. I am completely satisfied with it. My main use is music, however I use the freeware program SUPER to render video content in the avi format. I like the fact you can play FLAC files directly.


I had one aggravating experience while setting up the device with my computer. I allowed some automatic installation of a windows media player plug-in by accident. It asked if I wanted to set it up for use with media player. Unfortunately, it identified it as a windows media hardware device, which precluded using it with windows explorer as a hard drive.

You should only use it as a hard drive, i.e. as if it is simply a usb flash drive. Then all you have to do is drag and drop media files in the predefined folders. Their JetShell program makes this a little easier, but it is not necessary. If you get stuck with the stupid windows media device problem, just go to control panel and uninstall it in the device manager. Then reboot. I am leaving this here, because I saw allusions to this problem, but nobody offered a solution.

I have purchased a 16 Gb HDSD card and now have 24 Gb total storage available. I haven't filled it up yet, but I will!

It is able to run everything from earbud headphones all the way up to large high-end headphones, with power to spare. This is not true of all mp3 players. I haven't seen the battery drain much yet. That is unusual and appreciated.

I only gave it 4 stars, due to the poor documentation. The hardware itself is great.

In my mind this is the best mp3 out on the market!! It has 50 hours battery life for music and 10 hour battery life if you just want to watch movies on it. The touch screen is very easy to use. If you worried about using it on the go, stop worrying!! It has volume buttons on the top of the player, and a hold switch so nothing gets pressed on accident. I put all my pictures on it along with all of my music and a couple of music videos as well. I still have about 3 gb left on it! I can't recommend this player enough. My last mp3 player was a creative zen micro. It's not even in the same league as the D2. I had to charge the zen every day it seemed like. Out of the month I've used the D2, I've only had to charge it a few times. A great site that supports this player if you have any further questions is iaudiophile.net. They have a great forum over there for support. Anyway I hope this review helped!

Product is terrific but AMAZON would not offer a an extended warranty at time of purchase.