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Summary: Awesome
Review: I bought this the day after X-mas and it is well worth the money. I went to buy an MP3 player and by mistake picked this one up. While I was looking at it a realized that it was an MD. I went home and checked out the reviews here. Just by the number of positive reviews, I went out and got it. I figured "why pay $285 for a 512mB MP3 player when I could get this that holds just as much, if not more, for less than half the money. It comes with everything: software for pc, car adapter, A/C adapter, headphones with remote, one blank disc, and soft case for the car. The software is pretty easy, and bburns in seconds. So what if you have to buy discs. For $9 you can buy 5 blank discs, and have over 2500 minutes of music. Unit is lightweight and the sound quality is amazing.
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Summary: Great product
Review: I love this MD player. If you are deciding on buying a portable audio player get a MD player, and I would recommend this one for the least expensive. If you want to get a better model get one of the rechargable ones with the little LCD remote control with backlight. This model also comes with a remote but it doesn't have that little LCD screen that shows the song, it's simple and easy to use and it can clip to a shirt collor or backpack strap. If you don't need the remote get the 99 dollar model, I've heard it's also as good. One mini-disc can hold up to 80 minutes if you record on LP4 the maximum storage, great amount of space especially for me since most of my music is prog and if you didn't know usually a song is around 10 to 20 minutes. If you have a lot of songs then get an iPod, the regular 10GB iPods hold around 4,000, which is a whole lot and I don't even know 1,000 songs that I could actually listen to without getting sick of it in the middle of the song. I do not recommend the smaller memory (64MB, 128MB, 256MB, etc) mp3 players. I have bought one in the past and I do regret getting one. They are expensive if you think about it because they don't hold that many, think about it as 1MB = 1 minute, so 64MB is close to the amount of minutes there are on a CD. So you might as well go with a cd player if you're thinking of getting a MB mp3 player. A decent CD player is around 40 and a normal cd is usually around 10 (Burning cds are cheaper though) while a 64MB mp3 player is about 80 dollars and usually for every added 64 its an addition 20 dollars. So basically its CD Player + CD = 50 and 64MB mp3 player = 80. I also would recommend an MD player or iPod over the CD player because both MD player and iPod are a lot smaller(both can easily fit in your pocket and you won't notice). And then it comes down to the MD player and iPod. MD player = way cheaper than the iPod and decent amount (better than both MB mp3players and CD players) of storage and MDs are cheap to buy. iPod = A lot of storage (but its a waste of money if you aren't usually all of it) , really expensive So if you have a lot of songs then get the iPod, if not get a MD player.
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Summary: Just to add more into what the other have said
Review: Like everyone has said, this MDplayer is really great.
Durable - Extendable - Great value - Intuitive
Compare to other Flash player, it is the best to me. The colorful MiniDiscs makes your players stand out from the rest of the crowd. Also, you would love a new headset since the one that comes with it is a bit obsolete. Like one of the reviewer has said below.
Other than that, the only thing that hinder this MDplayer to obtain its 1st position is Sony anti-piracy policy. You can only check out a track 3 times. This does not happen with other brand, such as Apple iPod. The tracks checked out would have to be checked in as you cannot manually delete it. Well except delete the whole disc. A way to circumvent this is to buy a male-male audio cable (or a USB-male audio cable: Xitel MG2) and record the song from your computer output to the disc. Or you can use another software: Musicmatch Jukebox for example to transfer the songs, but it is not fully compatible and may cause your computer to crash.
The newest model of MDplayer does not have such limitation anymore. :-0) which is a good news. I would go for this player if I do not need to carry a fully loaded (try-to-stuff-me) library like the hard-drive-based player can do. It is good to listen to a specific set of songs and then move to another, this helps me feel refreshed by the songs and what else I can organize the theme by color (:-) my favorite is black : MEDITATION) -> always cool me down everytime i feel hyper.
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Summary: Next best thing to an IPOD!
Review: I have had the MZ-N510CK for a over less than a month now. I had previously bought an I-River SlimX 350 which worked incredible; nevertheless, I got tired of it as the the unit just became "too big" to carry around and excersise with, therefore I sold it.
I read millions of reviews about mp3 players and cd-mp3 players as I'm a true mp3 fan. I came to the conclusion that IPOD is the best, but it is way too expensive. $300 dollars is quite a lot of money.
So I decided to try the NET-MD Minidisc! Awesome unit!
It comes with everything you need and the best thing... it is super light and small.
It absolutely WILL NOT SKIP! (I accidentally dropped it one day while playing and waited to see if it skipped but it never happened. I was trully amazed.)
Battery life is amazing as well!
Only two things I didn't like, although they don't really bother me as much, is that it isn't backlight and that the software that comes with it isn't that great... but it gets the job done. Thinking of buying an MP3 player but don't want to invest so much on an IPOD??? Try a Minidisc NET-MD!
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Summary: MZ-N510 NetMD Walkman
Review: This is truly a beautiful machine. On "normal" mode, you can fit 80 minutes on an 80 min minidisc. On LP2 it doubles (2 hr 40 minutes) and on LP4 it quadruples (5 hours). The quality is the same on all 3, so I don't know why anyone would even use normal or LP2, since LP4 holds so much. The recording features are VERY nice if you have a CD you want to copy (or off the radio, PC, or anything that has sound output) but aren't near your computer. The SonicStage software works well, but there are 2 problems. The first is that you can only copy your musc 3 times (but why do you need more than one song a minidisc???) You can still put the music back on the computer("check in") ONLY if you got the music from that computer ("check out"). It also comes with more software for quick burning that is unlimited. The other problem is that music that you copy from elsewhere can't go on your computer. However, it would be illegal to do that anyways. Also, Minidiscs are better than CDs because they have Groups. You can put as much or as little in groups (albums, artists, style, tempo, whatever you want) which make navigating easier. The battery life is also VERY nice. I listened to it the whole flight to Japan and back on one AA battery. My CD player would've taken 8 AA batteries. Also, when I was in Japan (Minidisc players are very popular) nobody had the recording option (they must get a seperate machine to make Minidiscs), which means ours are even better. However, this remote control is very basic. It's play/pause, stop, next, previous, and next and previous group, so if you're using it to navigate through your Minidiscs you get lost. The only bad thing about the player itself is that the battery compartment sticks out quite far. It isn't far enough to cause a probelm; it still fits in your pocket or palm or anywhere. Another bad thing is that it's quite pricey. You can get a decent CD player for $30-40, but this is over $100 more than that, it's worth it though.
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Summary: OMG I LUV IT!!!! <3
Review: I got this as a gift from my parents for Christmas and loved it. Unfortunately, I look at too much pr0n and it no longer works on my computer. Buy this.
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Summary: This is a great deal, too bad it's on clearance and not ava.
Review: This is a good deal! Too bad it's on clearance at Best Buy, and no other stores in my area had this in stock, so go get it while it's still here! Overall, the player is really neat and a great thing to have if you don't want to carry around a lot of CD's. With this, you can put a lot of your CD's onto one mini-disc-minimizing having to always switch CD's. Also, you can download songs(MP3), erm, "illegaly" from the most popular sites (Kazaa for example). The only problem is the software: It is a little confusing, but you'll get the hang of it soon. What stinks is that the software only allows you to "check out" and "check in" songs. So, if you transfer a Beyonce song onto the player then you are "checking out" the song. But, in order to not exceed the 3 "checking out" song limit you have to "check in" the songs back to the computer.
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Summary: Poor Reliability
Review: I bought this thing about a year ago now. At first I really liked it, the music played well, and it never skipped or anything. After a little over 4 months of use it broke. I had to take it to the shop where it took 2 months for them to fix it. After talking to my friends and other people who had them, all I hear is things like "what a piece of crap", etc. Everyone's seems to have broken at one point or another, and even after it gets repaired in several months it breaks again! In my case it was the headphone jack, and apparently a transistor. This caused it to only work in one ear of the headphones and it skipped because of the transistor. I think the best advantage to this product over everything else in this category is the length of the battery power. One battery lasts me something like 52 hours. That's great. The software is sort of annoying, it tries to make it so you can't copy music more than three times, and you cant transfer the songs back onto your computer! But if you just keep it on your computer it no real problem. Bottom line: Don't Bother.
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Summary: Terrible software - hold on to your old MD.
Review: - Software will NOT allow you to write CD to MD more than three times. - Software will NOT allow you to write from MD to PC if the MD recording did not originate from that same PC. - Software will NOT allow you to write from MD to PC if the MD recording was made with a microphone, optical or analog line (from a hi-fi). - Software is horrible to use. This software could have been great if it ALLOWED me to transfer microphone recordings from my MD to the PC. The three time transfer rule (you can only record a CD to MD three times) should also have been advertised. Copyright restrictions do not apply to me as I own it my own music.
I am a songwriter & used the old MZR700PC to record rehearsals and interviews. I purchased the MZ N710 to help me manage these recordings I have collected over the past four years.
I have brought my old MD (MZR700PC) around the world with me a few times and it still works fine; I have no doubt that Sony make a quality product. So: Hold onto your old MD, Net MD is only as good as the terrible software that controls it. Dear Sony,
I have always considered your products to be at the front of technology and innovative design.
Having "upgraded" my minidisc recorder from the MZR700PC to the MZ N710 I am not so certain.
Does your company really feel that it will be able to compete with the iPOD?
I am certain that you can do better than this muck (SonicStage software) if you take a few days to read your criticism at: (...) Regards, A concerned costumer.
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Summary: Great product - lousy warranty and service
Review: I love the product itself--very easy to use and perfect for carrying around a lot of music in a small package. However, 5 months after I got mine, the external power connector fritzed in some way--both the AC and cigarette lighter power adapters wouldn't make a good connection unless I held them in the hole at an angle, and then the back of the unit would get hot. So, I sent the player back to Sony under warranty (parts only--the labor warranty runs out after 3 months). I was told that the warranty is an exchange program, so I'd need to ship mine to them and they would replace it with a refurbished one. So, after owning this for less than 6 months, I had to pay to ship mine back to them ($7 for UPS with a tracking number and insurance) and pay $29 labor for them to send me back a used one. They received mine a week ago today (UPS tracking info), and I was told today that they have no estimate of when they will have one to ship back to me. My advice would be to get one, but not from Sony directly so you can get an extended replacement warranty.
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