TEAC MP-350

6. Conclusion

Review Pages

1. Introduction
2. Retail Package
3. Menu
4. Setting up
5. Tests
6. Conclusion

TEAC already has 8 different mobile player solutions available, ranging from simple 8cm disc players, to 20GB multimedia players. CDRinfo has tested several of these devices in the past and we are always amazed by TEAC's quality with such players. There is always something novel that will impress and simple enough for novice users.

This latest TEAC player we tested, the TEAC MP-350, has a very impressive finish and a nice looking touch screen keypad, which is the first thing that everybody notices when they get their hands on it. The LCD display is one of the best LCD displays you can find, but has one disadvantage... it is very, very small and you might get a little disappointed with image display or video playback. However, this device is not really intended for video playback but for audio playback. After all, considering the size of the MP-350 and the fact that the screen takes up almost 1/3 of that, we shouldn't expect too much.

The MP-350 supports the mp3 and wma audio formats. While there are other TEAC multimedia players that support more audio formats, there are also dozens of no-name players as well that claim to support all mp3 format but don't. We found some of these products on the market, and the majority don't support variable bitrates or even wma. In this respect, TEAC has done a very good job with their decoder and the MP-350 can play any mp3 or wma file. In other words, the player does exactly what it promises.

We were skeptical as to the operating time of the player since it uses a color LCD display that should be drawing power like hell. Contrary to our beliefs however, the TEAC MP-350 lasted for 13 hours before discharging a fully charged battery. Excellent lasting power compared to other similar devices.

Overall, a very good product which would make an excellent gift, priced at around €100.00 :-)

* Update: (1st February 2006) the device now comes with the new firmware loaded, which in turn activates the radio function and provides DRM9 support.