Amazing M7 Alternative

Colt · 06-25-2008

Originally Posted by adamL

i just received my player!! maybe will do a review but my english is very poor so don't think so

you dont have to write a whole essay for me

I only want to know some things or want a comparision regarding the Meizu M6.

Build Quality?
How is the menu / Touch feature?
Sound quality?
and how long is the battery life while playing?

Thanx in advance!

greetz

Err0r · 06-25-2008

I used to get excited every time Teclast announced a new player. It always looked good on paper. But it was disappointing pretty much every time.

T29, C260, C280, C290. Then I stopped caring.

Colt · 06-25-2008

in the mp4 nation forum they complain about the buggy FW and that the touch interface navigates on its own when its too cold

i will wait for some more oppinions!

greetz

DaremoS · 06-25-2008

Originally Posted by Err0r

I used to get excited every time Teclast announced a new player. It always looked good on paper. But it was disappointing pretty much every time.

T29, C260, C280, C290. Then I stopped caring.

This depends on prices and from where you came when you reach your player... I get my Teclast C260 compatible after a generic Rockchip and before my Meizu M3.
Then was a big step forward, with the latest firmware this C260 (FX included) is still a nice player.

It's not comparable in any way with my Meizu M3 due to Rockchip limitations, but price was half the price of it. Due to this I don't see this Teclast player as an "M7 alternative"... it's just another player.

douglasmacintosh · 06-25-2008

I have now had my S:flo ( Teclast T50 ) for a couple of days and I am very impressed with it so far.

When it arrived it had firmware version 1.05 loaded on to it and it was very buggy, it had a mind of it's own.

As there was no way to operate/control it while it was on autopilot, I decided to upload the Teclast T50 ver.1.07 firmware and it has almost totally cured all the autopilot issues ( sometimes enters into the record screen when first started but not always )

The user interface is very clean and easy to navigate, the touch , drag, flick and flip functions are really spot on and can be used by the same hand that is holding the player.

There are a number of customizations that you can carry out in the settings menu such as different desktops, background images and colours, fonts, etc.

The video is brilliant, wide screen with good viewing angles as well as the ability to drag the video to full size. I downloaded some DIVX and YouTube videos and uploaded them directly to the player without any conversion process, they played brilliantly with no lip sync issues. The pause and fast forward touch controls are excellent also

I would say that the music sound is not as good as the M6 SP but it's not far away. In my opinion it is slightly flat and slightly tinny with the Meizu headphones but the more I mess about with the EQ settings the more I like it. The album art is spot on with good sized images but it does not have album art navigation yet. At the moment there is a bug in the album id tag sorting and it places some songs under the wrong albums, artist etc.

The photo albums are amazing, you can stretch the images to zoom in/out and use one finger to pan around the images, one flick left or right navigates you around the album.

The radio and recording are straight forward and very good.

The build quality is equal to the M6 , the right weight, size and feel sort of thing and no screws or clips visible. The screen feels like top quality with no hollow / thin plastic tapping noises.

Well... that's my quick review over, maybe someone can give a more detailed review when they get their new players.

adamL · 06-25-2008

good i really like the video without conversion it's play flv very good so do you think that i should download the teclast firmware v1.07? i have the s flo one(1.07) and it's very very buggy! but album art 300x300 is so cool!

Colt · 06-25-2008

@douglas

which version of the s:flo du you have (2/4/8 Gb)

because the admin of mp4 nation says:
"Do Not Load the T50 firmware on your player, you have the 8GB version, it will brick your player"

greetz

douglasmacintosh · 06-25-2008

I have the 2GB version but I doubt it would brick the player as you can gain access to the hidden partition and you can reload the raw uncompiled firmware to recover BUT do so at your own risk.

I had the T50 firmware loaded and as it was running smoothly I decided to put on the S:flo firmware and change the start up and close down graphics, that was a couple of hours ago and I can now say that it runs better with the Teclast firmware plus you get the ebook text to speech ( TTS ) with the T50 firmware.

I was amazed at the quality of the .FLV videos, they play better on my player than on my laptop.

Oh, did I mention that there is no unwanted noises at the end of the tracks and no stuttering.

I read somewhere that someone with a Meizu M6 SL said that the T50 music quality is the same, well it should as I believe it is using the same chip.

adamL · 06-25-2008

oh i forgot this advice thanks i have a 8gb version

Colt · 06-25-2008

about the sound:

Thats correct! Meizu M6 SL and the s:flo Teclast T50 use the wolfson WM8987 audio chip!

greetz

adamL · 06-25-2008

Originally Posted by Colt

"Do Not Load the T50 firmware on your player, you have the 8GB version, it will brick your player"

greetz

where do you read that? i don't find the web page i think i read this advice yet but i really want to test the teclast firmware even if i will not be able to use s flo firmware after

adamL · 06-25-2008

yes i read it the player is good and have so much feature but i have to wait a update it's frsutrating because the firmware is VERY buggy

douglasmacintosh · 06-25-2008

I do not understand how the Teclast firmware can brick the 8GB player?

We now know that we can access the hidden partition by simply placing a file in the root so if it did produce bad results you can simply go to the hidden partition, remove all the files and place the 1.05 firmware there to recover the player.

The Teclast firmware is is almost perfect, I believe it has sorted out all the autopilot stuff and the only bug remaining is the music sorting.

I know that I did mention that the player sometimes skips into the record screen but I think that is down to the way I was holding it, i.e my fingers were wrapped round that side and possibly just covering the icon during start up as you have to hold it slightly firmer when holding the switch over to start it.

adamL · 06-26-2008

if my player is bricked it will be impossible to turn it on and put on it the 1.05 or 1.07 firmware so i will wait the admin is a serious person he said that the two firmware are the same except for the tts mine is less buggy now maybe because i know how to use it so i don't want to brik or take the risk to brik my player i just received it yesterday
edit:the firmware is still buggy you can use the player without bugs or freeze it's very annoying
@colt:
build quality is quite but i prefer the meizu built
the menu and touch feature is look like the ipod touch but not so smooth
i can't tell you about the battery life because because i don't use it all the day
maybe i will do some pic of the player and a short review in french if i have the time

Colt · 06-26-2008

@adamL
Yes, a short review would be nice!
But i think i read much enough now to say that i wont
buy one at the moment, because of all the problems and bugs!
I will wait an see if they can handle all these problems with further FWs.

greetz