Neuros 442 Usage
The 442 battery is Li Ion, the same technology as the original Neuros and does not have memory effect.
Unlike the 442 in its ability to not only play back a wide variety of media formats but also record digital audio and video, the Creative Labs Zen PMC is purely a portable AV player with video formats limited to WMV, ASF, and AVI. It has just 20GB of storage space, half the capacity of the 442’s 40GB hard drive.
The Archos AV420 features AV playback and recording like the 442, but has only half its drive capacity (20GB compared to 40GB), less battery life for video playback (3.5 hours compared to 5 hours), and a complex video conversion process.
The Neuros works with all speeds of SD and MMC cards. However, there is a known incompatibility with the Kingmax SD cards which prevents them from operating properly with the recorder.
The recorder supports playback of DivX versions 3.11, 4.0, 5.0 or above.
Like all Neuros products, the 442 is intended to be an evolving product, developed in as open an environment as possible. The firmware is upgradeable to allow for future functionality and will be supported on Neuros website. Further, all Gamma purchasors of the 442 have a 6 month no-questions-asked return policy. This ensures you not only will be happy with the product but are guaranteed to be included in any changes as the product evolves, even if those changes are hardware changes or new models!
Since the Neuros 442 uses a standard MPEG-4 video and MP3 audio file formats along with standard SD/MMC memory storage, it is compatible with most digital devices such as PCs, and laptops, and select PDAs, SmartPhones and other digital media players.
