An Atrac-tive player

Advantages: Ultimate in portability, use in car or on foot
Disadvantages: Atrac cannot be used on any other players

...and very stylish silver box I found: The CD Walkman Earbud earphones AC power adapter Car battery adapter Car connecting kit Remote control CD-ROM containing Simple Burner software. Instruction manuals for both the player and the software. * * * * * * * * * * * The Software * * * * * * * * * * * The simple burner software was very easy to install on my computer, simply put it in my drive and accessed it through my computer (I have auto-run disabled, but if you have it enabled the installation will begin automatically) And the software was indeed easy to use, I had to simply click and drag music files into the window ready to be converted, however these converted files cannot be played on anything other than a Sony atrac system (not even the computer), and as such I found them pretty useless as I like to use my discs in...

sandemp 09.12.2004 · Read review
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Review of Sony CD / MP3 player

The PlayStation 3 is glorious!

Advantages: Cheap Blu-Ray player, stunning visuals, free online gameplay, fun tilt controls, excellent multimedia playback.
Disadvantages: Expensive, lack of PS2 game playback.

...already as the menus glide between options seamlessly and very smoothly with no delays. Before I talk about the gaming side of things, it is important to remember that the PS3 does have some very good media functions. Photos can be viewed on the system, using a variety of interesting and even fun slideshow options. Music can be stored and even imported onto the system from CDs and other USB memory devices, and videos can be played back from data CDs and DVDs as well as memory cards and external hard drives. The PS3 supports a decent selection of formats including png, bmp, wmv, mp4, divx, mp3, aac, atrac and wma, to mention but a few. The only disadvantage is that if you are going to put your entire music collection on the PS3, then scrolling through it to find a particular song can be arduous, even though you can change between album...

the_reviewer_of_doom 01.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3)

PSP - Excellent All Round Gaming System

Advantages: Battery Life, Screen, Great fun!
Disadvantages: Poorer battery life than DS, UMDs expensive

...like to hook up with friends since the PSP offers many cooperative and competitive titles out there so if you know a group of friends it could be very ideal. The psp also doubles as a good PMP playing high resolution video files and mp3 / wma/atrac audio files with aplomb and with up to 12 hours battery life playing music it could easily double as a music player, and 5 hours playing videos it does that well too. The only key concern is its size but provided you use the supplied carry case these concerns can be forgottern. When playing games battery life drops to around the 4 hour mark, however expanded batteries are now available and the PSP scene has exploded quite violenetly with ricochets of accessories now available, just looking on ebay for a minute brings up hundreds of carry cases, speaker docks, batteries, chargers...

MurphmanL 25.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP)

Sony PSP

Advantages: Amazing power for a handheld
Disadvantages: Screen does scratch quite easily

...: Approx. 65 mm (W) x 64 mm (D) x 4.2 mm (H) Weight: Approx. 10g Disc Diameter: 60 mm Maximum Capacity: 1.8GB (Single-sided, dual layer) Laser wavelength: 660nm (Red laser) Encryption: AES 128bit Profile: PSP Game (full function), UMD Audio (codec ATRAC3plus?, PCM, (MPEG4 AVC)), UMD Video (codec MPEG4 AVC, ATRAC3plus?, Caption PNG)...

shooga 26.05.2006 · Read review
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Review of Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP)

Sony D-NE1

Advantages: Great quality all around.
Disadvantages: Poor software

...I bought one of these a long time ago, just before the iPod craze went off and to be honest for it's time it was fantastic. Of course it is a little bulky taking CD's and all, but not too much so. It is barely bigger than a CD in fact and was ideal for my needs at school. I used to have the CD part in my bag, then the remote trailed out of the zip. The remote is the coolest feature of this product as it has a small screen on it so you can read your albums and songs. The major problem with it was the software, when you were creating an ATRAC CD it just took forever, once it was made it was perfect however. After my 3rd Gen iPod broke, and my newer Sony HDD system is on the blink this little bad boy is still going strong! Pity they're being phased out :( Because it takes ATRAC CD you can fit stacks on CD's onto one CD (the amount depends...

Tsportmat 25.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony D-NE 1

PSP - Almost Perfect!

Advantages: Screen Quality, Graphics, Analog Stick
Disadvantages: Few Decent Games, Memory Sticks are Expensive

..., with only one analog stick, it makes playing FPS games difficult, as there isn't a right analog stick for aiming. Furthermore, the D-Pad isn't quite as responsive as it shold be, but in general this is not a problem Features - Games: Whether or not you like th games available for the PSP is really a matter of opinion. Most of the games are basically cut-down ports of existing PS2 games, and so this could be seen as a negative point. There are few innovative and original games that use the PSP's potential, and are really designed for portable gameplay. Also at £35 RRP they are a little pricey. Music: The music feature on the PSP is solid, and works perfectly with Sonicstage, to transfer music files in the Sony Atrac format. Although some people do not like this software, I've not had a problem with it, and find it generally very good...

billybilly4 16.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP)

Sony and techno-glamour

Advantages: Read the review
Disadvantages: Nothing loud except the price tag

...be guide to all its album. It has got a user defined bookmarks and in fact can have 100 bookmarks. The file formate support has been taken care of quite successfully more or less. It supports native MP3, WMA, ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus. The big plus is HD3?s excellent and power packed audio quality while playing ATRAC3 and MP3 formats. Virtual surround and EQ settings works with least fuss and in fact top class. The LCD lovely settings. At default settings even, looks great, gray back ground with dark text which can be changed. Performs excellently both indoors and outdoors. Essential informations like track, album, artist, genre and time elapsed are displayed by the player interface complete with individual icons. Besides HD1?s proprietary port it has a very handy adapter clinging to it and includes power, USB as well. helping those...

roktimdutta 30.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony Network Walkman NW-HD3 20 GB

Lots of features and plenty of battery life

Advantages: Quite cheap, yet good sound quality and range of features.
Disadvantages: Volume doens't go high enough!

...When you buy a CD player there are a few main criteria that need to be met and this CD player meets most of them. Unlike a normal MP3 player it can also play ATRAC3plus files. This is a compressed file type which gives similar sound quality to MP3, but about half the size. Put simply, you get more tracks on your CD! Like all MP3 players it can handle both recordable and re-writable CDs, as well as standard audio ones. One feature which is very useful is the ID3 tag facility. This means that you can choose a track by its name and then see the artist and album name. This applies to both ATRAC and MP3 files. As an added extra for MP3 CDs, you can also create personalised playlists when you create the CD. Also, if you put in an audio CD with ?CD Text? then you can also see track names on the display. The sound quality of the player is...

goodematthew 22.12.2003 · Read review
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Review of Sony CD / MP3 player

----LIGHTWIEGHT WONDER----

Advantages: A stunning-looking device with great sound quality, that won't weigh you down.
Disadvantages: Lack of expansion

...This little wonder weighs in at an unbelievable 45g (including the AAA battery) and it is no exaggeration to say that you cannot even feel it in your pocket. Finished in stylish brushed silver, the Sony looks every inch the futuristic device it is. Unlike most MP3 players, the NW-E3 does not use removable memory, but has built-in memory that cannot be augmented. In fact, this machine does not use MP3 format, but the higher quality Atrac format – which means you will have to convert you MP3 files before you can play them. Music transfer times are incredibly fast, although be prepared to pay a premium for such speed and finesse. It costs £249, has 64 Mb memory, and takes 1 AAA battery....

ChrisCooper 09.01.2001 · Read review
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Review of Sony NW E3 64 MB

MP3 player smaller than a lighter!

Advantages: Very small, excellent quality
Disadvantages: It's a Sony, restrictive software and formats

...This review is based on a Sony NW-E3 MPE Player. I bought one of these Sony MP3 players a few years ago and at the time it seemed like a cracking piece of kit, extremely small and light. The build quality of the player is excellent as is the sound quality, it has 3 levels of bass and the supplied headphones even cope with the sound turned up very high. The 64mb of space on the player isn't expandable and isn't very big, only room for around 20 songs, the songs on the player unfortunately can't be traditional MP3's instead they have to be converted to ATRAC format (a Sony MP3 format) using the supplied Sony software before they can be used on the player and they have to be uploaded using the same Sony software which isn't very good to be honest. The cable supplied as with the rest of the unit is well built but only suitable...

Hsaxo 28.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Sony NW E3 64 MB