Hello, I'm Laura and I'm a journalist/fiction writer - www.myspace.com/roseblue
Hello, I'm Laura and I'm a journalist/fiction writer - www.myspace.com/roseblue
Member since:12.04.2004
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First of all I'd like to state that this device deserves its nickname, The Ipod Killer.
I've had the NW-HD3 for over a year now and haven't been let down once by it, it's a fantastic little device.
The sound quality is excellent with no hesitation between tracks it plays everything smoothly and the 20GB capacity is brilliant, espeically for the size of the unit. I've managed to fit all of my music onto it, which pleases me no end!
Another thing I must mention is the battery life. 30hours of battery life is amazing, it beats the ipod and others by far. Although to get the full 30 hours you'd need to convert all your music to ATTRAC2, you still get an amazingly long playing time when playing normal MP3s.
To get music onto the HD3 you need to use Sonic Stage. For those of you familiar with the software, it should be a piece of cake but it can be annoying for first time users. Sometimes it's a bit slow or can stall, but it is still an okay piece of software and once you get used to it, it does its job effectively.
There is a volume limiter, which means that it may not be as loud as some other players, but this hasn't really bothered me and you can easily get past that by following instructions online.
It's a very sturdy little device, if you're like me and drop things a lot! It never seems to break and although I've had it a long time the battery life is still excellent.
12 out of 12!
Thanks for reading,
Laura
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Advantages: Great design, hi-quality sound (Better than iPod), easy to use, smaller than iPod, better software than iTunes. AMAZING battery life. Disadvantages: Menus on Walkman if you have a lot of albums to get through - are a little bit time consuming to navigate.
Advantages: Excellent sound quality, large capacity, good battery life and convenient size Disadvantages: Awkward to use software and low maximum volume
Advantages: Great design, hi-quality sound (Better than iPod), easy to use, smaller than iPod, better software than iTunes. AMAZING battery life. Disadvantages: Menus on Walkman if you have a lot of albums to get through - are a little bit time consuming to navigate.
Aug 22nd, 2006
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