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Philips ShoqBox PSS110 Media Player

Philips ShoqBox PSS110 Media Player
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alaScore 83

160 reviews

Apr, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 160 reviews of Philips ShoqBox PSS110 Media Player. The average rating for this product is 3.8/5, compared to an average rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers really like the price and portability. The performance and size also get good feedback. The reliability and usability get mixed views. Many are critical about the headphones and memory.

sound, size, performance, portability, price

storage, memory, headphones

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Philips ShoqBox PSS110 Media Player is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 83/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Philips ShoqBox PSS110 Media Player

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 107 user reviews of Philips ShoqBox PSS110 Media Player from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.8/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.8/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. People are impressed by the price and portability. The performance and size are also mentioned favorably. Some have doubts about the storage and memory. Opinions are divided on the usability.

sound, size, performance, portability, price

reliability, headphones, memory, storage

81% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Expert review by : John Frederick Moore (cnet.com)

Philips ShoqBox PSS110

 

The cute ShoqBox PSS110 would be better if it could store more songs.

Simple menu navigation; plays DRM-protected WMA files; FM tuner; alarm clock; can use as external speakers for other devices.

Painfully slow USB 1.1 transfer times; mediocre audio quality; no line-in recording; can't manually scan through FM radio; no expansion slot; puny 256MB of storage.

Slow performance, a relative lack of storage, and uninspiring audio quality mar an otherwise clever idea.

May, 2005
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Expert review by (whathifi.com)

Philips PSS110 256MB MP3 Player overview

 

Philips (PSS110) Digital Audio Player

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Expert review by : Ben Camm-Jones (techadvisor.co.uk)

Philips PSS110

 

The PSS110 is optimistically described as a portable MP3 player and the PSS part of its name stands for 'personal sound system', but this is not pocket-sized by any stretch of the imagination. An iPod killer it ain't.

The Philips PSS110, with its decent display and FM radio tuner, would make a good alarm clock. It's simple to use - although we'd prefer it to use the drag-and-drop principle rather than the limited Musicmatch Jukebox software - and thoughtfully...

Sep, 2005
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Expert review by : John Frederick Moore (cnet.co.uk)

Philips ShoqBox PSS110 Personal Surround System review

 

Philips ShoqBox PSS110 MP3 players are fantastic, but they're intensely personal. What if you want to fill the room with music? Rather than add a set of portable speakers, Philips built speakers into a 256MB flash player to create the ShoqBox PSS110...

Simple menu navigation; plays DRM-protected WMA files; FM tuner; alarm clock; can use as external speakers for other devices.

Painfully slow USB 1.1 transfer times; mediocre audio quality; no line-in recording; can't manually scan through FM radio; no expansion slot; puny 256MB of storage.

Slow performance, a relative lack of storage, and uninspiring audio quality mar an otherwise clever idea.

May, 2005
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Expert review by : John Frederick Moore (cnet.com.au)

Philips ShoqBox PSS110

 

The cute ShoqBox PSS110 would be better if it could store more songs.

Simple menu navigation; plays DRM-protected WMA files; FM tuner; alarm clock; can use as external speakers for other devices.

Painfully slow USB 1.1 transfer times; mediocre audio quality; no line-in recording; can't manually scan through FM radio; no expansion slot; puny 256MB of storage.

Slow performance, a relative lack of storage, and uninspiring audio quality mar an otherwise clever idea.

May, 2005
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Expert review by : Lordpercy.com (lordpercy.com)

Philips PSS110

 

Gone are the days when a boombox was the biggest meanest, ugliest piece of eighties tech you could find, adorned with enough red flashing LED's to eat the batteries in 30 minutes. Now we get a mini MP3 boombox and we're feeling our age .

Mar, 2011
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Expert review by : paul_smart (gadgetspeak.com)

Philips PSS110 SHOQBox

 

This seems like quite a unique product. It is small yet produces a good depth and range of sound from built in speakers. If your musical tastes are not the same as others then it can be used with headphones.

Aug, 2005
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Cool Item!

 

Very good sound for it's size. Don't expect booming bass (or even good bass). Sound is clean and precise. Love the Line In capability for hooking up another player. Rechargeable batteries are great, too. Solid build. Feels like an Apple product....

Only USB 1.1, go figure. No bass. Reasons for 4/5 stars. Price vs. value not the best, but OK

Jun, 2006
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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Perfectly designed MP3 minibox,but poorly executed

 

Philips designed the perfectly designed MP3 mini box for many of us who want to listen to all our pc music without any headphones/earplugs.For such a small unit with only two small speakers, it sounds pretty good.You can carry it around the house,the ...

The cutest,perfectly designed mini MP3 box with good sound

Limited memory program,most programs not functioning properly, the worst-probable spyware/adware.not recommended

Dec, 2005
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Consumer review (epinions.com)

BUY THE SHOQBOX

 

battery life, features, sound!!, connectivity, fm tuner is great

must use included software, no expandability, slight hanging possibility

Oct, 2005
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