I purchased one of these HDD MP3 players a couple of years ago but have not used it very much as it has proven difficult to download tunes easily from my PC. The connection to the player itself is flisy and the cable very cumbersome as it has both the USB connection and the mains connection on the same unit. However, when I use it I am more than satisfied with its performance, and there is the benefit of a large storage capacity for thing other than tunes. Unfortnately it IS a heavy unit in comparison to the iPod and newer players, and that is the big disadvantage.