Mpio HD300

35 reviews

Feb, 2025

Positive
sound (26)
design (14)
price (8)
portability (7)
usability (7)

Negative
performance (6)
headphones (1)
durability (1)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 35 reviews of Mpio HD300. The average rating for this product is 3.2/5, compared to an average rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Opinions about the portability and price are generally positive. The usability and design are also appreciated. Reviews are divided on the reliability, while some have doubts about the headphones and durability.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Mpio HD300 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 82/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Mpio HD300

alaTest has collected and analyzed 3 user reviews of Mpio HD300 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 5.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. People are impressed by the usability and design.

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100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Feb, 2025

Expert review by : Ben Patterson (cnet.com)

Performance

MPIO HD300 (20GB)

Excellent sound and recording quality; sleek stainless-steel casing; FM, voice, and line-in recordings; OGG support.

Touch-sensitive slider makes for tedious scrolling; auto FM presets misses too many strong signals; doesn't support DRM-protected WMA files.

The stylish HD300 does a solid job of music playback and recording, but it can't beat the iPod's ease of use.

Mar, 2005

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Expert review by : Ben Patterson (cnet.com.au)

MPIO HD300 (20GB)

The feature-rich MPIO HD300 performs well, but its touch-sensitive controller can be irksome enough to scare away users.

Excellent sound and recording quality ; Sleek stainless-steel casing ; FM, voice, and line-in recordings ; OGG support

Touch-sensitive slider makes for tedious scrolling ; Auto FM presets misses too many strong signals ; Doesn't support DRM-protected WMA files

Mar, 2005

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MPIO HD300 (20GB)

I've bought this unit in Korea for about 160 US dollars new. lucky me. this thing definitely took some time getting use to...firmware upgrade...what a hassle. did it though. AWESOME afterwards. dropped it from my couch to the floor, what!? 15 inch...

huge storage ; SOUND ; plays oggs and many more ; moron repellent/irritator ; radio, Voice recording, SRS, WOW

Overall shuffle. there's only directory shufflle. i have over 19g of music. I need/want shuffle for all the directories. when they come up with a new firmware that deals with this, this player will be perfect

Mar, 2007

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MPIO HD300 (20GB)

huge storage

Nov, 2006

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MPIO HD300 (20GB)

slow as a snail. hangs a LOT--ASIANIC Service Center of Manila takes more than 3 weeks to service it. I had it serviced 2 times in the warranty period -more than 1.5 month it was in the "REPAIR SHOP". Avoid like gamma radiation!

None. Its cheap--so you get what you pay for

Slow response time. Manual is useless, firmware is useless. Don't upgrade it or you'll regret it! Forget about fast forwarding audiobooks and podcasts --its unbearably SLOW

Nov, 2006

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"A very good buy in general"

huge capacity ; cheap ; extremely easy to transfer files ; good sound ; good recording ; good looks ; plays OGG

size ; F*c*i*g loose screws ; to sensitive touch slider ; the headphones suck

Oct, 2006

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"The present truth"

THE BAD... mine has broken lcd and laps my warranty period. i try to talk to the supplier for repair but no parts available. according to them production has been stoped co'z the prefer flash memory over hard disk. if you are planning to buy think...

good sound, easy to transfer songs

not charging when connecting to pc

Oct, 2006

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"Great Product"

Flashed player to firmware 1.30.06 as soon as I got it. It has not crashed and I think the software interface is great! Overall, its a great player and I can't think of anything in its price range thats better. Sound quality is awesome.....I have not...

Good looking ; Cheap ; Awesome sound ; Huge capacity ; Works on linux ; Many EQ settings ; Small and light for Hard drive based unit

Face can scratch easilly ; Carry case sucks ; Scrolling ID3 tags are a bit difficult to read

Aug, 2006

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