I don't write many reviews, only when something is exceptionally good or, as now, I completely disagree with all of the other reviews. I bought this despite of all the negative comment because it is, on paper, exactly what I wanted - a small "all screen" video player with a properly widescreen display to watch films on the bike in the gym.
It took 2 hours for it to be fully charged, then I filled it with videos via simple drag and drop pc connection. The "counter intuitive" interface is simplicity itself, a list of options is on screen, flick to your choice and press (music, video, photo etc) and a list of songs/videos appears. Press the one you want and it plays. Anyone who can't get that should not be let outside.
No complaints over picture and sound quality, but ignore the included earphones.
Cons? I had to reformat a few videos so it would play them in the correct screen ratio, but no big deal.
It hasn't broken yet, so can't comment on reliability, but it feels solidly made.
8gb is not huge, but doubled the size with a £4 card. 8gb is more than I can watch on a full battery charge, and I will want to rotate the content regularly anyway, so not really a problem.
1080 HD? Misleading. It may play a 1080 HD file (never tried it), but the screen is not 1080 HD, and surely a 1080 HD film would all but fill the memory? I reformatted to match the screen resolution to save memory (no point playing 1080 HD on 480x272 screen). Ignore this capability.
In short, for £80 this is exactly what I wanted. Keep your ipods.