Samsung Yepp YH-999 20 GB Portable Media Center

Samsung Yepp YH-999 20 GB Portable Media Center

Product Description
Product Description:
The Samsung portable media center is a Windows Mobile-based portable device that makes it easy to store and play up to 80 hr. of TV and movies, 5,000 songs and your most prized photos. Features MP3, WMA, WMV and JPEG playback; 3.5" TFT LCD screen; 20GB hard disk drive and USB 2.0 interface. System Requirements: Windows CP and up. Includes A/V-out cable, earphones, USB 2.0 cable and charger, install disk, carrying case and user manual. Available storage capacity may vary.

Samsung Yepp YH-999 20 GB Portable Media Center
Average customer rating:

Just love it. The best portable device ever owned

A Great Choice for All Your Media Needs

Yep, the Yepp is good but buy a second battery

4 stars

all good but battery life... is... ugh..

Samsung Yepp YH-999 20 GB Portable Media Center

Manufacturer: Samsung
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Stores up to 20 GB of audio and/or video, in MPEG4, MP3, JPEG, and Windows Media formats

3.5 TFT LCD display

Connects to a TV through composite output port

USB 2.0 compliant

Rechargeable li-ion battery

ASIN: B000294HDU

Product Description

The YH-999 is an all-in-one multi-media device and one of the first highly anticipated Portable Media Center devices. Designed to play audio and video contents anytime, anywhere, it is both thin and light at 3.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches and 7.9 ounces. In addition to playing and storing high-quality WMA and MP3 music files in its spacious 20GB storage, the product also plays Windows Media Video (WMV) files at 320 x 240 resolution and 700 kbps. Its 400 Mhz PXA 255 CPU will ensure a smooth playback of media files on its stunning 3.5-inch, 320 x 240 trans-reflective TFT LCD screen. YH-999 also features an embedded composite video output port to connect the device to a TV for content playback. Even large media video files can be transferred in a matter of minutes via its USB 2.0 connection.

Customer Reviews:

Just love it. The best portable device ever owned.......2007-01-15

I watch a ton of movies with it. I had them rented from blockbuster. The player only reads wmv video but I converted all the movies using Crazi Video for PMC. I was able to watch them on the long usually boring bus ride. The player has 20GB that was enough to fit 12 movies. It is also light weight and very stylish.The movies have a very clear picture quality and Great sound quality.

A Great Choice for All Your Media Needs.......2005-10-28

I've had this media player for about a year now and at first I was very skeptical because I was new to this kind of technology. At first I mainly used it like an IPod. However, it's so much more. I've used it to hold thousands of pictures, movies, music and tv shows. Its great in that sense that i can carry everything I want with me and immediately hook it up to a television to show my family and friends pictures or movies. Almost in a sense, its eliminated my spending money on cd's, developing pictures and buying dvds. The internal hard-drive makes it wonderful for use of back-up files on your computer. I've used it to hold all the research papers I've done, so wherever there's a computer there's no longer an excuse for forgetting anything.

It's very user-friendly with WMP 10. But with that there a few drawbacks, very minor in my opinon based on how much it does. The battery life when listening to music, with decent headphones, usually lasts only about 6-9 hours depending upon the volume. The battery is low after watching a 2 hour movie, understandably because the screen is always lit for viewing. I love how this device allows you to view the album art for your music, but I've noticed that it clashes with WMP 10 and either the album art won't transfer to the device or WMP cant give accurate album art. I suppose its a defect with Windows Media Player.

Overall, I love the device and highly recommend purchasing it. It's at a more affordable price now than a year ago. I paid $450 so its a better use of your buck over a IPod.

Yep, the Yepp is good but buy a second battery.......2005-09-17

The bottom line: If you have $300 to spend on a portable player, the Personal Media Center is the gold standard and the Samsung Yepp is a very good choice. A great but pricey companion for audio and video, durable enough for kids with room for everyone's favorite content.

The details: I've used both the Samsung Yepp Portable Media Center ("PMC") for a few months now and have found this product to be a solid performer. The unit is roughly the size of a paperback book. I like the CE look and feel of this device, although I found the brick style of the Creative Zen more to my liking: the Zen fit nicely into one of the slots of my laptop bag (which I suspect was designed for a large laptop battery). The Yepp stands evenly when seated on a table or lap.

The first thing you notice is - if you own a Windows XP Media Center Edition ("MCE") PC - the UI on the PMC is the same which is very straight forward with simple scrolling selections for video, photos and music. The toggle controls on the Yepp are responsive and allow quick navigation through content lists and playback of audio and video. The audio volume controls are a good size and easy to adjust. All audio/video playback controls are easy to understand and use.

Content is loaded on to the PMC via Windows Media Player 10 (WMP). Unlike other reports, I've had no problem getting content loaded. The software via WMP 10 is user friendly and fast - I found that conversions of files on my Media Center PC were happening at about 1/4 to 1/3 faster than real time (where a 1-hr show - edited to 42-44 minutes - was encoded in about 30 minutes). Once you assemble play lists of audio and video, you press the "sync" button and walk away... I set up a bunch of files to be loaded the night before a plane trip and found that all of the files successfully converted and loaded to the PMC.

Keep in mind the conversion time: files recorded on a MCE PC must be down converted to the screen size and resolution of the PMC - this takes time. But the resulting quality is very good: I converted several shows, cartoons and movies without any noticeable video artifacts and excellent audio. Some people have noted that conversion can take about the same amount of time as the play time of the show - this seems to be impacted by your PC's processor speed, so I found that although it was no speed demon, it worked fine.

On the operations side, the ultimate test is how quickly my young kids get up to speed: within a few minutes they were happily watching (and rewinding and watching again their favorite parts) from their favorite cartoons. My kids had no trouble holding and sharing the unit, using a headphone splitter to accommodate both of them - I found that they preferred the size and weight as compared with other PMCs.

As for loading DVD movies, this is covered in other posts. For the purposes of playing back movies I recorded on my MCE, the movies looked and played fine. And unlike the smudges that appeared on the Creative Zen PMC screen, I found that the Samsung Yepp didn't suffer from these problems: the metallic finish around the screen mask any smudges and prints, and any smudges on the screen were cleaned easily with a damp cloth.

Operational controls are strong, with good fast-forward and rewind functions: if you pause a movie and return to it later, you can pick up where you left off (a nice feature). Battery life was good but not great: I was able to run for three hours with no noticeable issues. The Zen ran for more than six hours without a problem (but that unit is also heavier). Overall the Samsung Yepp PMC is high quality with great design and very good manufacturing.

Pros: Great quality TFT screen, video playback, super UI, good bundled software and strong manufacturing and design

Cons: Battery life is lower than other PMCs, no support for SD cards as on newer (2nd gen) PMC units.

4 stars.......2005-08-02

At first I was very cautious as to buying a device of this kind and of this price. I looked everywhere for reviews of products and ended up purchasing this one after seeing it in Cargo magazine. Size was an issue wiht me. i didnt want to lug around something big. Plus, this is stylish as well. Converting of files is a cake walk, even though it does take some time, but you could easily do it overnight. Battery life sucks, I'll tell you that. I ride the train from a western suburb of Chicago into the city everyday and I'd have to charge it everyday I get back home(1.5 hr there, 1.5 hr back). But overall the picture is great, especially if you get great quality movie files online. The glare on it kind of ruins it though. Always have to adjust. But in reality, that's fine. No product is perfect. Everyone has a flaw. But this one is solid. The software is a cake walk too. Makes me want to go out and by a windows media center computer just so I can download some tv and watch that.

all good but battery life... is... ugh.........2005-07-30

I have order this product because of the price being cheaper than other products and but after I got it, I have realized that it has THREE hours of video life and 12 hours of music life...
My main goal of a PMP was to watch tv recorded KDramas and stuff... but the battery.. is kinda harsh...
the main point of a PMP is to watch video, if you were to just listen to music, an Ipod or such mp3 player would be half the price...

if you were all in it for the video playing, go for the creativezen (around 7 hours of vid) and/or the Iriver with its 5 hours of vid life.

I have assumed that it will have around 5-7 hours of vid life as the product discription doesnt say nothing about battery life until I have read the manual... (my order coming soon)
I wish I can go back and change my order to a creative zen where its around 50 dollars more but having 2times + battery life makes that product worth more..
so bottomline is : all good but the battery. I just hope they can sell batterypacks or something I can use to lengthen my time with this or to change my order to a creativezen with 7 hours.
I think PMP is all about watching movies and when it can only play for 3 hours on a lets say a 4 hour round trip on a field trip on a school bus or some other situation where, batterylife is definitely important.. If your like me and was all about movies, you should look at the creativezen one as the 50 dollar extra might be worth it or if ur in for the music, I suggest an Ipod with around same b-life. I guess samsung made 1 mistake of a batteryfailure.

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