Sony Psyc Net MD Walkman Digital Music Player

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Summary: Great product with ONE major flaw
Review: (Review based on the nearly identical Sony MZ-NE410.)

High-capacity, high-quality, lightweight, inexpensive music player that you can carry in a jeans pocket and barely notice it's there.

The player has a major design weakness, which every purchaser should know about in advance: even when plugged into the PC via the USB cable (to transfer songs), the unit runs off its battery (there is no provision for an AC adapter). And transferring music uses up the single AA battery very quickly. And when the battery goes flat in the midst of a transfer, sometimes the session will have to be repeated completely (especially using the Simple Burner software). This is exasperating! It is possible to improvise an AC adapter, but you have to know how. (Also note that Sony has corrected this deficiency in its new line of Hi-MD players.)

But the latest version of Sonic Stage (2.1 at this writing) is a big improvement in ease of use over the original one, working well. And for playback, the AA battery seems to go on and on and on....



Rating:
Summary: WASTE OF MONEY
Review: i bought this hunk of junk in july and it woked fine up until 2 weeks ago when all of a sudden all my mini discs were making this rumbling noise inside it. I first thought it was the discs so i went and bought new ones....sure enough the noise continued...dont waste your money on this thing if you want a quality player plus the sound is bad

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Summary: this product is awesome!
Review: i got this product for my graduation this product is awesome! the bad thing about this is that when you transfer music back to the computer you need to have that same computer, i got a new computer so i cant put it back the good thing is its cheap, it has good sounds, and the disk that they gave me can store about 5 hours of music

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Summary: Wondermus
Review: I just bought this about a week ago, so take that in stock when you read this review. I plan to update it after I've owned it for longer. BUT here are my thoughts so far.

PROs:

--Over 5 hours of music on one MD
--Sound is very good, even at the highest compression rate it's just barely below CD-quality
--MDs are relatively inexpensive (about $2 apiece)
--Low price compared to most mp3 players
--Bass and treble are adustable
--Transferring music to MD is fairly simple and fast
--MDs can store track information (album name, song name, etc) and display it on the player
--Unit is very small (it fits quite comfortably in my pocket WITH my cell phone)
--HUGE battery life when playing music
--MDs are very easily rewritable

CONS:
--MD has limited memory for storing track information (normally not a problem but if you go much beyond about 80-90 songs it may not store names for all the tracks or albums)
--Actual transferring of songs to MD takes up quite a bit of battery power
--"Shuffle" setting does not shuffle among different groups (albums), but only in one group at a time (probably not a big deal to most people)
--No voice recorder (I don't care, but some people probably do)
--Very small display screen (but I got used to it pretty fast)
--Headphones are crap--use another pair


Rating:
Summary: Amazing
Review: I love this player I have gone through 2 previous CD players and I thought it was time to upgrade so I got this. The software that comes with it works nicelybecause you can take it directly from the CD and put it ont the mini disk or you can put it on your computer first and then put it onto your mini disk. I was about to get an mp3 player an the store but I saw this and started thinking because with an mp3 player every time you want to change a set of songs you have to go to your computer and change them. With this you can fill up four or five disk worth and switch whenever you want. Also you can get a good mp3 player for about $120 but this one cost about $100 so i also looked to see how much extra disks cost. The mp3 player i would have gotten could hold 8 hours for $120 but i could get 5 more disks each with 5 hours on them (AND they are rewritable) and the mini disk player for under $110 so i decided to go with this. This is also great if you know other people that have Mini disk players because the Mini Disks are a lot easier to carry around and you can trade with other people. also the mini disks are like small floppy disks in physical size so the actual disk which the data is stored on is protected so you don't need to worry about it getting scratched.for the mini disk player here is an evaluation

sound quality(bass,treble,and all around quality) 5/5 great i have found no problems even on the lowest quality it is very clean and pure.
5/5 this fits in my pocket really well and the disks are small too so you can take this anywhere
volume control 5/5 as small as it is (about 3.5 inches by 4 inches and about an inch thick) this thing can go pretty dang loud so if you are in a noisy place you will be able to hear it
Headphones 2/5 this is the only bad thing about this they have low sound quality and i hardly used them. I was lucky because i already had another pair but this may add a little money on ($10-$20 for a decent pair).

Now on to the sofware this had one problem arise too but not too major. I think it was probably my computer's fault too

difficulty level of use 4/5 extremely easy just about anyone could do it. I gave it 4 instead of 5 because to do it properly you need to read the manual

overall 4.9/5 probably but lets just round up to 5/5 because it looks so cool.

I hope you have found this review helpful and if you are hesitant I would go get it. there is always a small chance that Someone may not like it (very small chance). in that case you could probably get it refunded. God luck in your choice but i think if you stop on this one it's a good choice

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Summary: Good little player
Review: I really like this little player. The sound quality is good, but I am mildly hard of hearing. I've been happily ripping my CD's and making mini disc mixes. It's pretty quick. The software it comes with is a memory hog though. I have to reboot my PC after I'm done if I want to do something else. CD's have to have the Compact Disc symbol to download into the library on your PC. If they don't have the label, you can use the Simple Burner software to burn the CD directly to the mini disc through the player. Downloading music has been a problem. The Sony Connect music service is not very user friendly. There's no wish list. If you misspell a name or song title you'll never find what you're looking for. Some of the music I want isn't available. I'm a cheapskate with dial-up and I have had download failures on my attempts to download music. I'm still waiting to hear from Sony about my download failures, but it hasn't been 24 hours since I asked. I've downloaded music from elsewhere without a problem. It just takes forever.

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Summary: Sweet
Review: I was looking into portable MP3 players that were relatively cheap, then saw the Net MD psyc for under 100 bucks. I've known about the mini disc technology for a while, but always thought it was too clumsy and expensive. The Net MD is anything but. I can fit 6 albums in LP4 mode on each disc, and the sound quality is still great. The player is also very durable, for I have dropped it quite a few times on hard floors, and it has NEVER skipped, and hasn't got a scratch on it. The software is relatively simple to use, and transfers are pretty quick. I love the fact that you can edit the minidisc at any time, adding or deleting files and creating folders, and also unlike a CD each minidisc can be burned over a million times.

The Net MD is a cheap alternative to an MP3 player, and I am very glad I bought mine. The only drawback I can see is that it doesn't come with a belt clip of any kind, but there is a loop in the back where you could put a strap through.

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Summary: Overall Review after a month's usage
Review: I was searching for a cool MP3 player and came across this one from Sony. At first it looked to be fine but there are many flaws in the product.I used sony netmd 4210 psyc for about a month and then returned it and finally ordered for an ipod shuffle. I will discuss each of the player details:

User Controls: The keypads are so small that its difficult to operate them. n if u have big fingers, forget about it.it doesn't have a backlight which means u need to find some light for operating in the night.the screen is too small n cluttered. the front cover for inserting minidisc opens with lots of metallic sound and one remembers the old cassette walkmans(those used to sound even lesser). its difficult to set the player bass and treble controls.its like hit n miss--sometimes it happens and when u try doing the same next time u dont get to do the same thing. i was not able to figure out that in a month.

Sound Quality: Well the sound quality wasn't bad but I would say it wasn't great too.I tried with different types of music and I had to change the bass and treble everytime to make it sound a bit better.The Atrac compression causes loss in quality. U can compare the sound to some cassette player-it wasn't crystal clear-u can't get to hear everything that the music has got.I feel TDK mojo and creative's sound better.

Headphones: The headphones that come with the player sux.so be prepared to spend some cash on new better headphones.someone in the reviews had written that the headphones look the same as we get in the airlines n thats true.

Space and battery: The battery life is good-doesnt eat up battery while playing.but yeah when u r transferring then it may eat up a new cell with trasferring maybe 3 minidiscs at a time. The average number of songs I was able to transfer in LP2 mode was 30-32 on a minidisc so that used to be around 2 hours of music. Forget about LP4 which boasts for 5hrs of music.the quality of music isn't worth listening in LP4.LP2 IS OK.
N u have to carry a set of minidiscs wherever u go so tht u dnt run out of music.

Case: The case that comes with the player is too small-the player fits somehow and there isnt a space for anything else. i didnt like the case much.The player is also bulky.

Software: The software that comes with the player is very easy to use. Lots of people had difficulty using that but its not difficult at all.

Overall I would not recommend this product-guys get an ipod shuffle for the same price which looks cool n sounds awesome.n if u wanna spend some extra bucks, get an ipod or dell dj.
for the music nerds, this isn't the thing u will like--the sound quality doesn't keep to the expectation.



Rating:
Summary: Perfect
Review: Its Pefect. It cheap, and can hold a lot more songs then most mp3 players. It can hold 5 hours of music, and the best part is, you never have to earase your music to make room for more. You can just buy another disk, for only $2. Its very easy to install and you can get songs on to it very fast. Its cheap, easy to set up, tons of music, and great to run or workout with.

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Summary: Sony Psyc Net MD Walkman Review
Review: Just the type of quality you would expect from a Sony product. This MiniDisc player is durable, sleek, and gets the job done very nicely. The only complaints I have is with the SonicStage software, but none from the Player itself. My problem with the software is just something that gets on my nerves, the fact that once I convert to LP4, I can't transfer it back to my library. Everything else in this is great, I can fit over 3-5 hours of music, less if I want to keep the full titles of songs, and amazing battery life. I listen to my MD Player about 1-2 hours a day, and have to replace the batter about once ever 1.5-2 months (one AA, how awesome). The MD Player is small, light, and doesn't skip (not that I've experienced) so it is PERFECT for joggers that don't want to risk the harddrive of an MP3 Jukebox. MiniDiscs are really cheap and easy to take in and out, come in cool colors, easy to store, and pretty durable. Also, MiniDisc players can stand more extreme temperatures. The only thing I wish that this had that it doesn't is a backlight, but that would ruin the good battery life.