Sony MZNH600D Hi-MD MiniDisc Walkman
Sony MZ-NH600D is a portable minidisc powered by a single AA battery or, when connected to a Windows PC computer, through a USB port. It can be used to record MP3 and ATRAC music files, downloaded from Internet sites and includes advanced ATRAC-plus compression. Each HiMD disc has a capacity of up to 1GB of information. The unit also offers backward compatible playback of previously released minidiscs. It also supports playback of WMA - Text - Spreadsheet files. Plays back in ATRAC3 Audio, ATRAC3plus Audio -- And supports MP3, WMA ( Windows Media Audio ) WAV Music Management Software Supplied Skip-Free G-Protection(TM) Technology Easy Skip Group / Folder Function Included Music Management Software - SonicStage 2.0 and SimpleBurner Unit Dimensions - 3.3 x 1.13 x 3 inches / Weighs 3.5 ounces
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Sony MZNH600D Hi-MD MiniDisc Walkman Reviews
I've read that some people get 34+ hours of battery usage & I wouldn't doubt it. Well, shop twice buy once I reckon. I got a refurbished model for I think around $90(). And the Hi-MD format is just terrific. I'd love to have a more versatile machine using Hi-MD, that I could easily record things with, move files around under Linux, and use OGGs etc. I'd read a lot about the Hi-MD format so I wanted to check it out in person. with. I don't know how in the world I missed this when shopping, but this model DOES NOT HAVE A MICROPHONE, NOR ANY WAY TO USE ONE WITH IT.
and everything was great. With a mic jack, and some software tweaks, this would be a heck of a machine I could be happy with for years. Oh, and the folks I ordered it from (ship2you) did an absolutely superb job, thanks, it got to me in 2 days. Shame. It's just too limited, and only because of the iron paw of Sony. So why the 4 stars. To me that eliminates at least half of the usefulness of such a device, but it's my fault for not finding that out before buying.
Yah SonicStage is a pain (though better than I expected from reviews, I guess Sony did improve it) but the Japanese lessons & music I put on the disc sounded absolutely fantastic. Now that my little experiment's over it's probably heading to Goodwill. But this machine ain't it. The Hi-MD format is everything I'd read, I can't for the life of me fathom why Sony isn't doing more to spread the use of MiniDisc. The interface on the machine is kinda clunky but for stuff like Japanese lessons that won't really matter too much since you won't be fishing around too much. So as just a player, I really like this little booger. Because, as a player it's awesome.
Minidiscs have a much longer life span.
Since the advent of HI MD minidiscs Sony has made this the only portable way to listen to music.
Minidiscs last longer than cds.
Minidiscs are rewritable a million times according to Sony, and act as a hard disc drive meaning you can delete and rearrange the music or data on the disc.
In contrast, you always have your mini-discs.
The 1 gig capacity and atracplus codec are reason enough to use HiMD.
I've had cds corrupt data in as few as 2 years.
The fact that the media is removable makes this device even more attractive.
If your hardrive player or flash player breaks and it will, or if the battery fails then you can't access any of the music on the player.
Well may be true priced at $100.00+, but that aside I would have to disagree. Sonicstage isn't music-sharing friendly. Runs on a single AA battery for days. It uses the obsolete USB 1.0 so it take 45 min to 1 hr to transfer 1gb music or data. Sound quality is excellent for compress music. The Pros: It's a thing of beauty. The bad. Some people say it's made of cheap plastic.
When it does, you will get the famous "BLANKDISK" error whenever you insert your disc. It may be 6 months, it may be three years, but it will happen. This will destroy whatever data was on the disc. The read/write heads have to move back and forth across the media, and this is the weak point. After loosing valuable data, I have put all 3 of my units and dozens of recorded and blank discs in a drawer. I have been a long time user of Sony's minidisc equipment. There is one inherent design flaw with a media that has to spin. I researched this on minidisc forums and found that It had happened to others.
For about $3, I could copy a whole CD to one regular minidisc and keep it in my media library. THIS CABLE WILL FAIL in time. I used minidiscs for data backup because the $3, 300MB discs were perfect for my needs.
No great loss if you use the minidisc for music only, but a potential disaster if you use it for backing up data (which I used to do). Probably never to be used again. There is a tiny ribbon cable that attaches to the read/write head.
The more recent units look to be cheaply made. The early units seem to be made better. I mainly liked the removable media feature.
Peace out Sony is a really screwing themselves over this time by not making faster improvements with the software and etc., so Magnavox, I hope you hear me. Since I deal with a huge number of mp3 files, mainly on mp3 cd's, the idea of being able to put them on a minidisc sounded to good to be true. One big thing that disappointed me was way these things were pitched to work as removable drives for a computer, but in reality, they are a long way from that. Sony has a very long road to make that particular part of the dream a reality, but I get the feeling they are just going to sit on their hands, and these things are eventually going to be phased out.
I know people who are using the same minidiscs from ten years ago with no trouble, and these guys are professional mobile dj's. So I say, pitch any other company out there to actually take over the market for them, maybe Magnavox or Panasonic, two companies who aren't afraid to improve their products and are known for decent reliability. But, as I mentioned in the title, they work for what I need them to, which is to put large amounts of music onto a tiny disc and never having to worry about the disc again, which is a huge improvement over cd's, which have to be replaced from time to time. Other people have said that the updated version is better, which is the version I have, so I can't even imagine how terrible earlier versions were. And it was, because the files are converted before they are transferred to the minidisc, so technically, they are not actually mp3 files, they are oog files.
Ok, first things first. SONY is really screwing the pooch, as they could absolutely rule the mp3 world, with major improvements, because with these Hi MD players, if the unit messes up, you don't lose your music, because it is on a removable disc, whereas with a conventional mp3 player, if something happens to the unit, you're done. Plus, the software is a nightmare.
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