Buy Sony MZ-NF610 High Speed Net MD Walkman RecorderSony MZ-NF610 High Speed Net MD Walkman Recorder Product Description:
- Stores more than five hours of music on an 80-minute minidisc; speedy USB connection minimizes recording time
- Compatible with MP3, WMA, and WAV music files as well as with the pressplay.com online music subscription service
- Bundled software helps you organize your music by artist, song, style, or tempo
- Bookmark function lets you "mark" or program your favorite songs on the disc in real time during playback
- Includes a remote control, a rechargeable battery, and a radio/TV/weather-band tuner
Product Description
You get a mini disc player plus an AM/FM radio, TV audio and weather band tuner with this Sony high speed net mini disc walkman recorder. Enjoy high-speed recording of your MP3s and CDs directly from your PC. Features: easy pop-up eject mechanism, LCD display, bookmark function, ATRAC3 playback, MP3, WMA and WAV compatibility, LP2 or LP4 modes, SonicStage music management software, RealOne compatible, Skip-free G-Protection, AC power adapter, remote control, headphones and multiple playback modes. Available storage capacity may vary.
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43 of 45 people found the following review helpful.
NOT an MP3 player - but in many ways, better.
By Blodwyn
Hey everybody - this is not an MP3 Player! It is a MiniDisc Player. Yes, you can "transfer" MP3s to it using the software, but really it is meant to record directly from CD to ATRAC - which is Sony's proprietary (and superior) compression algorithm. When you transfer an MP3 - the software first converts it to ATRAC, then copies it to the MiniDisc player. So doing the math - the music is compressed twice. If all you want to do is listen to MP3s - GET AN MP3 PLAYER!!! Using an MD player to listen to MP3s is kind of like buying a bunch of DVDs, then recording them to VHS tape and watching them on a VCR.
As far as the software is concerned - if you don't care about transferring MP3s - you don't have to use the SonicStage software everybody whines about! You can use the supplied SimpleBurner - which records CDs in your PCs CD-ROM drive to your MD at either LP2 (160 minutes on an 80 minute blank MD) or LP4 (320 minutes). The quality of LP2 is very near CD quality. You can also hook the unit directly to a CD player (remember those) using analogue or digital connections. When you do it that way - you can record at SP (highest quality - 80 minutes on an 80 minute blank MD) or LP2/LP4.
Why would you want an MD player vs. an MP3 player? If you don't have a bunch of MP3s, and all you want to do is make your existing CD collection portable - MD offers a cheaper, more versatile, and sonically superior alternative to MP3. Blank MDs are cheap (less than $2) - re-recordable, durable, and easy-to-handle. Individual tracks can be split into multiple tracks, re-ordered, re-titled, and deleted directly on the MD unit, or using the supplied software. This is very useful for students, musicians, etc. Can't do any of that w/ an MP3. Again - if you have thousands of MP3s - then get an MP3 player. But if you don't - you should check this out.
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful.Great little recorder
By A Customer
I had been researching mp3 flash and hard drive players, when I found out about the Sony NetMD minidisc players. This player has everything I wanted in a mp3 player: small size, expandable memory, am/fm tuner. One of the big selling points for me was the inexpensive minidiscs: they cost only [...] dollars apiece and provide up to 5 hours of music (in the LP4 mode). The player comes with software that allows you to rip music directly from a CD or copy from a hard drive. So far, I have been using it only to rip my CDs. I have read if you have mp3 or wma music on the hard drive it will take longer to load because the Sony converts files to ATRAC3.
NOTE: This player uses Sony's proprietary compression scheme for music files (ATRAC3). This player will not directly play mp3 or wma file format. Also, software has a check-in, check-out feature for music; you are allowed to copy or check-out a song only 3 times. If you want to copy more times, you have to check-in the song. This is some kind of copyright protection scheme to keep you from making unlimited copies of music.
27 of 31 people found the following review helpful.
Misleading info in Amazon listing????!
By J. Mensch
This "review" is really a caution: the Amazon page on this item lists a microphone in the 'Accessories' category, yet a review states that no direct voice recording is possible, and the Technical info does not specify any input for a microphone.Amazon browsers beware!I believe older MD recorders did have line/mic inputs, but the newer "Net-MD" types may lack them.I gave this 1 stars because I had to choose something and wanted to get the browser's attention--I don't have one of these devices (trying to find one that will record live music via a microphone).
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