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: Hey, I like it....
Summary: 4 Stars
I've had it for about a week, and it works like a charm. Maybe it's the newer version of SonicStage, but it's really easy and intuitive to convert and load my CD's onto the device. (I'm not worried that I have to convert to a proprietary format; I'm not planning on sending my files to other folks. And the files stay in a directory on my hard drive as back up.)
For copying CDs, you essentially have three "tabs" to choose from
-- the first automatically loads up whatever CD you insert and finds the title information online for you,
-- then you click on arrow to transfer it to your harddrive library (the second tab, which keeps track of your albums)
-- then you can click on the third tab to show the directory on your Hi-MD Walkman, and you hit another arrow that transfers everything over.
It looks like I'll get about 30 albums on my first disk, then for $7 I can get another one at various places. (CompUSA and Amazon have 'em listed, so it's not the problem getting them that folks reported earlier.)
Downsides? I do wish the volume was a little louder on some of the files that I'd downloaded (the files coming from a CD are fine), as I like to listen to music when I mow the lawn so I need something loud. And, it's not a flash drive, so it'll be a little bulkier than you might like, but it's very light.
Digital camera Review: I hate this product
Summary: 1 Stars
There is no way to digitally transfer information from the MD Walkman to the computer / CD rom, making this an expensive piece of junk. A toy not worth the effort. I am unbelievably disappointed with this product and it's software.Digital camera Review: I like it!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was initially cautious about buying any device that compressed the music because a friend who is an audiophile said that there was a dreadfully discernable difference in the sound of the CD or from other sources it was taken from. He was also very obstinate and insisted that it sounded horrible and I would not be able to listen to it because my ears would bleed from the horrendous sound. I went ahead and purchased the basic $99 one anyway and was very pleased (and extremely surprised) with the sound and had no problems with the way it sounded. My ears didn't bleed by the way. About 2 months ago I purchased the Sony MZNH600D Hi-MD MiniDisc Walkman and was again, extremely gratified with what I had purchased at the incredibly low price of $74 (plus tax) from Tweeters but had some bad luck. Not with the player but what happened to it. I normally took it to work with me because the database I work with on a daily basis doesn't allow me the use of the CD player on the computer because it causes the computer to crash. I had been placing it in the cabinet above my desk and locking it during the day when I was out of the office to prevent theft but due to my own absentmindedness (and stupidity) several days ago before leaving work, I forgot to check and put it in my backpack and it was stolen by the housekeeping staff because I forgot to lock the cabinet. Even though it was only 2 days or so ago, I have already purchased another Sony MZNH600D Hi-MD MiniDisc Walkman. I got the same model because I was extremely satisfied with it. I still use the $99 unit as a backup and as a second unit for my partner to use and listen to while doing odd jobs around the house or in the backyard. It seemed very awkward to use at first but that was due to not being familiar with it. That and the fact that I hadn't read the manual that came with it. After reading the manual, I realized that the Simple MD Burner really was as simple as it sounded and I haven't used any other way of transferring CDs to the mini-discs. I would urge the purchase of this model to anyone that is interested in high capacity music storage at a low price. I gave it 5 stars because it is well worth the money I spent for it. BTW, if you can't find any place to purchase the 1GB Hi-MD blank discs - go to http://www.minidiscaccess.com for them and anything else related to mini-discs (storage, cases, etc). I highly recommend them because I previously purchased a number of things from them and was awarded with quick, efficient and extremely friendly service.Digital camera Review: I own other Sony NetMDs and have advice to avoid software
Summary: 4 Stars
I don't own the HiMD Mindisc yet, although I look forward
to buying one eventually, but I keep reading of people
having problems with Sony's awful included OpenMG software
(I find it's horrible, and lately RealOne Player is crashing
on me when I try to transfer Mp3s to the NetMDs I own,
which are an mzn505 and a 410 (the no frills black one).
So I had to find a better solution for mp3 files or other
pc music files, the SimpleBurner Sony gives you is fine for
CDs....then I found out you can just compile a CD "Image"
if you have a burner like NERO, which I've got...what you do is,
just burn a CD image from Nero or another burning suite,
save to HD, mount the image as a regular "CD," THEN open
Sony's SimpleBurner and burn the Image, it will recognize it,
then you just burn to the NetMD and let it rip..I think
you can even specify space between tracks before you burn
the Image. This seems to work TONS better than Sony's crappy
software, which everyone seems to despise, and who wants
to record in real time unless you have to? Plus it burns
10x faster this way on a newer PC with USB 2.0, so it's the
method of choice. You can tell me IPOD but that is super
expensive, it's not for archiving music or burning as the
NetMD is, and now the HiMD will even do data files, so it
should probably save the Sony NetMD line for the near
future..I sure hope so cause I love the NetMD format,
it's just Sony's support and junky software that is a
major glitch in the product's marketing. Why doesn't Sony
fix this? It can't be that hard to come up with a better
suite of software, and SimpleBurner itself is fine!
Digital camera Review: Ignore the naysayers, this player is terrific!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had mine a couple of weeks now, and I'm having a ball with it; it's given me a whole new way to listen to my music. It's easy to use, and the sound is really good for something this small (if you have really good headphones, then it'll sound even better). I got 43 CDs on the Hi-MD disc that came with the player--time to order some more blanks from Amazon.
This really is a good low-cost alternative to iPod/mp3. I agree with all of those who have said that Sony should market it more agressively. The minidisc is the #1 choice in Asia and much of Europe, and could be more popular here with the proper push, especially with the Hi-MD player's ability to hold more music.
Get one of these, you'll like it!