Sony Hi-MD recorder

Not just a minidisc-player, but not quite an iPod.

Advantages: Great sound, small size, large memory, good battery life
Disadvantages: Screen display, Sony software, Uploading time

. Firstly, as a minidisc player it lacks certain functions that limit its ease of use. A fine example of this is the lack of backlighting on the LCD screen. Thus making it nigh on impossible to find music in the dark. Secondly, the Sony 'SonicStage' software that accompanies this player is nothing to write home about. You will not find yourself using it to manage your music collection, or as your default media player - it simply is not anywhere near as good as Windows MediaPlayer or iTunes in this role. However, you WILL have to use it to upload/download tracks to/from the minidsic player. This can end up being a lengthy process as it is necessary first to import the music you want to the SonicStage software profile, and then to convert and upload it. As much as the 'Simple Upload' function is faster, it does not allow you the same file ...

Rob-E 22.03.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Sony Hi-MD Walkman MZ-NH600

mini disc, maximum quality

Advantages: Loooonnnggg battery life, good sound quality Hi-MD
Disadvantages: Mediocre earphones, plastic body, 1gb discs too pricey

this player because of it's Hi-MD feature which lets you store up to 45 CD's per Hi-MD disc. This is a tad optimistic and is the norm for manufacturer's unrealistic claims. The fact is the more CD's you squeeze on it the lower the quality they have to be ripped. The lowest quality sounds like AM radio so you can guess what your 45 CD's will sound like. The software supplied is nothing special, most of it is easy to use without instructions and you could have your first couple of CD's ripped and transferred to your minidisc in a few minutes. The player needs to be hooked up to the PC with the supplied cable and is recognised by windows as a mass storage device. You can drag and drop any file type you wish onto the minidisc including mp3's but you cannot play them back this way. The software first of all has to convert them to Sony's Atrac3 ...

LawrenceP 19.11.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Sony Hi-MD Walkman MZ-NH600

Sony RDR-HXD-890 Hard Drive & DVD Recorder

Advantages: Record to hard drive, DVD drive, watch and record at the same time.
Disadvantages: I needed to read the instruction manual!

Last weekend our old video-recorder started chewing tapes, so it was about time that we upgraded. We already had a DVD recorder, but had been using it in tandem with our video recorder through an aerial booster that split the signal between the two machines without loss of quality. When it comes to such gadgets, being the sort of person that likes to see what I am buying, I went off to Comet's to see what was available. Being a Sony lover I was impressed by the RDR-HXD-890, one of the latest hard disk drive/DVD recorders from Sony's Range. It seems that black is back in vogue which I have always preferred; when I bought the last recorder, all I could get was silver, but there is a choice of black or silver with the RDR-HXD-890. When I got the machine home, I discovered that there were so many options on this machine that I had to ...

derek-j-a 23.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Sony RDRHXD890B.CEK