Editing Portable media player (section)

=== Hard drive ===
[[File:Zenm.jpg|left|thumb|251x251px|An embedded hard drive-based player ([[Creative ZEN]] [[ZEN Vision:M|Vision:M]])]]
As recently as 2010, [[hard disk drive]] based players were common. At the time, these players had capacities ranging up to 500&nbsp;GB.<ref>{{cite web |title=Archos 5 500GB Internet Tablet with Android |url=http://www.gazaro.com/archos-5-500-gb-internet-tablet-with-android-501333-2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711080337/http://www.gazaro.com/archos-5-500-gb-internet-tablet-with-android-501333-2 |archive-date=11 July 2011 |access-date=9 June 2010 |publisher=gazaro}}</ref> At typical encoding rates, this means that tens of thousands of songs can be stored on one player. The disadvantages with these units is that a hard drive consumes more power, is larger and heavier and is inherently more fragile than solid-state storage.