Sony MZNH600D Hi-MD MiniDisc Walkman by Sony
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Digital camera reviews of Sony MZNH600D Hi-MD MiniDisc Walkman
Digital camera Review: Buy it
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a fantastic device. I love the fact that you can transfer music from your cd right onto the MD player without converting it to an MP3 (or similar file) first. Not to mention that Sony's proprietary ATRAC files have been proven to sound better than MP3s that take up more memory. The transfer rate is actually suprisingly fast. 1GB of disk space is more than enough to fill your head with tons of songs. Not to mention that the player is infinitely expandable since you CAN buy more disks. I bought this player on June 31st 2004 and was able to buy extra 1GB disks right from www.sony.com (no problem with availability either... and they shipped it to me overnight for the same cost as ground shipping). So ignore the hype about availability or lack there of and dive on in on machine. You won't regret it.Digital camera Review: Can't beat Sony Sound Quality...this player Rocks...this is not a Trash.
Summary: 5 Stars
==Excellent Sound.
==Excellent Battery life.
==Excellent Look.
==Excellent Storage. 1 hi-md can store 1 gb of data, songs etc.
==Excellent New Software. Sonic stage software.
==Excellent MP3 palyer.
==NOT REALLY Excellent Headphones. Can buy new Sony Headphones starting from 9.99 at BestBuy.
Digital camera Review: DO NOT USE AS A DATA DRIVE!!
Summary: 2 Stars
I have been a long time user of Sony's minidisc equipment. I mainly liked the removable media feature. For about $3, I could copy a whole CD to one regular minidisc and keep it in my media library. The early units seem to be made better. The more recent units look to be cheaply made. There is one inherent design flaw with a media that has to spin. The read/write heads have to move back and forth across the media, and this is the weak point. There is a tiny ribbon cable that attaches to the read/write head. THIS CABLE WILL FAIL in time. It may be 6 months, it may be three years, but it will happen. When it does, you will get the famous "BLANKDISK" error whenever you insert your disc. This will destroy whatever data was on the disc. No great loss if you use the minidisc for music only, but a potential disaster if you use it for backing up data (which I used to do). I researched this on minidisc forums and found that It had happened to others.
I used minidiscs for data backup because the $3, 300MB discs were perfect for my needs. After loosing valuable data, I have put all 3 of my units and dozens of recorded and blank discs in a drawer. Probably never to be used again.
Digital camera Review: Does what I need it to do
Summary: 3 Stars
Ok, first things first. Since I deal with a huge number of mp3 files, mainly on mp3 cd's, the idea of being able to put them on a minidisc sounded to good to be true. And it was, because the files are converted before they are transferred to the minidisc, so technically, they are not actually mp3 files, they are oog files. Plus, the software is a nightmare. Other people have said that the updated version is better, which is the version I have, so I can't even imagine how terrible earlier versions were. SONY is really screwing the pooch, as they could absolutely rule the mp3 world, with major improvements, because with these Hi MD players, if the unit messes up, you don't lose your music, because it is on a removable disc, whereas with a conventional mp3 player, if something happens to the unit, you're done. One big thing that disappointed me was way these things were pitched to work as removable drives for a computer, but in reality, they are a long way from that. Sony has a very long road to make that particular part of the dream a reality, but I get the feeling they are just going to sit on their hands, and these things are eventually going to be phased out. So I say, pitch any other company out there to actually take over the market for them, maybe Magnavox or Panasonic, two companies who aren't afraid to improve their products and are known for decent reliability. But, as I mentioned in the title, they work for what I need them to, which is to put large amounts of music onto a tiny disc and never having to worry about the disc again, which is a huge improvement over cd's, which have to be replaced from time to time. I know people who are using the same minidiscs from ten years ago with no trouble, and these guys are professional mobile dj's. Sony is a really screwing themselves over this time by not making faster improvements with the software and etc., so Magnavox, I hope you hear me. Peace outDigital camera Review: Don't even think about the Ipod
Summary: 5 Stars
Pros:
+It's small. Perhaps not small as other devices, but it's small enough.
+It carrys a lot of music. I find that the format of aTRAC actually is a smaller bit size compared to the overruling mp3. It can fit almost the same ammount of music as a mini Ipod, which is 4 GB.
+It runs on a AA battery. Which means the rechargeable batteries I had from my CD player can still work in this, meaning it's not wasteing.
+Custom EQs. I have mine set up as the same as my Windows Media Player EQ is, and the sound is amazing. Compared to without an EQ on the player, it feels live.
+Soundstage has worked beautifully on my computer. As long as you're paitient with it, it'll be fine.
Cons:
-No backlight. Though it is better than a CD player that doesn't even tell you other info besides the number.
-The play button does not function as a pause button. There is a seperate button for that. I've had mine for about 2 months, and it still gets some getting used to.