Anyone who has used the RD2780 has dealt with the frustration of trying to fast forward video. The RD2780 firmware upgrade did help it quite a bit, but still... this feature is very poorly implemented. I had to actually stop the movie on the RD2780, go into the settings and set it to display video time, so that I could know where I was in the movie while fast forwarding. RD2780 owners will cry when they watch how slick the AV300's progress bar and information appear on the screen when fast forwarding video. This information screen goes away after approx. 10 seconds of video playback. These comparison videos show how long it takes to fast forward 5 minutes of video.

RD2780 Video Fast Forward Video

AV300 Video Fast Forward Video

I shot some video demonstrating how you navigate the menu screens of each device to play back an MP3 file. Once again, the RD2780 annoyed me. Whenever you select a song to play, it asks you if you want to play the song or add it to a playlist. Really stupid. I think that they should program pressing the the Play button when a song is highlighted to add it to a playlist. If you do select Add it to playlist, it gives you the dreaded "Feature will be available in future upgrades" message box. I do like how the RD2780 displays all of the ID3 tags when playing an MP3 file.

The AV300 allows you to browse to another song while a song is playing. The RD2780 shuts off the currently playing song whenever you navigate. Bad RD2780!

The AV300 does not display the track number or year information that is included on all of my MP3 files. It does have a neat way of displaying information about any video or music file (type, file size, date and time created, duration, kbps, and frequency). I show this feature at the end of the AV300 clip. You can tell that I only have 30 minutes of navigating the AV300 under my belt when I recorded this clip. You may also note the awesome LED levels on the slick looking music player.

RD2780 Music Navigation

AV300 Music Navigation