Is the juicebox mp3 any good ?

[Phunnemee]

I know KB Toys has it for 24.99. IT seems like a good price. If anyone has one

please let me know what you think of it. I am getting it for a 10 year old. He wants a mp3. I thought this might be more for his age. Thanks..:)

[fairydustcrissy]

The juice box gets expensive FAST! My kids got one when they went 75% off at target. i think I paid maybe 10.00 max. The chips can only be gotten from ebay, as i cant find a store that actually carries them anymore. The MP3 kit was 30.00, and you have to buy it seperately. In the end you would come out much cheaper to get a 50.00 mp3 player elsewhere.

[Phunnemee]

Thanks for the info.

[chaoz]

dont buy it stuff is no longer being made

[gisellerol]

THANKS FOR THE INFO I WANTED TO GET BUT NOT NO MORE

[chaoz]

https://licensing.disney.com/Login/minisite.do?siteId=disney_electronics&articleId=classic_disney_mix_stick_092005

 

this is the new hot one younger kids will like..can be found at target

in electronics

[musicmark]

Not so fast, people. How about providing some actual INFORMATION.

 

First, if I recall the ad correctly, it's a JuiceBox player, AND three cartridges, AND the mp3 kit (software, small SD memory card--you can upgrade to <=512MB if you like) for that $25.

 

The JuiceBox is discontinued. Getting the cartridges to play in it will take some effort, and the player is probably not worth having as a video player. The compression is awful on the videos, and they don't even SOUND good.

 

The MP3 software is easy to use. It will only play mp3's up to 128K bitrate, but it sounds pretty good. It has a graphical interface for playing the songs back, and it will also display pictures. The provided software turns them into a proprietary format, but that format looks fine on the limited-capability screen of the player, and the photos take practially NO storage space. Your kid could store a TON of photos to carry around.

 

It doesn't seem to be too much of a battery hog, either.

 

Maybe it's for you, maybe it's not. But compare what it does to what it costs before you jump to conclusions.

[Phunnemee]

WOW:g_thumpsu Thanks musicmark for the great response. You have done your homework. I just thought for 25.00, it would be good for a kid. My son would not use it for videos, just music. If you can, please answer this question.....

 

My son will only want to have about 10 or 12 songs on the juice box. Will it hold that many at one time? Full songs?? Thanks!!

[musicmark]

It will definitely hold 10-12 songs, even on the little 32MB memory card that comes with it. If you set the compression to a lower quality than 128K, it will hold more than that still. If you buy a bigger SD card (you can get 512MB, the largest the JuiceBox will handle, for $10-$20 on BF) it will hold a TON more.

 

The thing is, it might be a little awkward to change those 10-12 songs frequently. The software isn't hard to use, but you'd want to keep all the potential songs in the right place on your hard drive so it wouldn't be a pain to swap them on and off the memory card.

[AndreaInNC]

I bought a Juicebox last year and my 14 year old uses it mostly as an MP3 player. For the money, you might want to get the MP3 player from TRU on BF. I did buy her a SD card because the SD card that comes with the MP3 converter kit only holds like 10 songs.

 

The software is very easy to operate, you can take the songs from CDs and move them to the SD card relatively fast.

[susiestar]

Thanks for this thread. We have 2 juiceboxes and 1 unopened. Were going to give the 3rd to my youngest, but can't find chips manyplaces. I may invest in the mp3 player just to make the thing usable more often.

 

OTOH, I may not and just do something else. Does anyone need a juicebox?

Susie

[AndreaInNC]

well if you have more than one juicebox .. you can order the converter for the juice box which plays the SD card directly from Mattel for $5.00.

[daz]

for 25 bux, the kit is definitely worth it. Just for the ease of use, it comes with the usb connector and the pc software. Would be good for agerange 6-11 probably because they don't really care about quality yet.

 

but then again, video now just came out with pc software that will let you burn your own pvp discs (the format that video now players use) so that may be the way to go for the near future. ($15 for the software and 3 blank discs @ target)

[Phunnemee]

Well, I decided to get a juicebox. I hope my son likes it. It came with a crap load of free stuff. Including two Yu GI OH movies and a Jessica Simpson music video. The whole box was 25.00. I guess I will find out in less than two days.