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Electronics : Sony MZ-NH900 Silver Hi-MiniDisc Walkman
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Rating: 
- SNAZTASTIC
i have been using my beaten up MZ-NH600 for a long while now, and it has done me proud, having taken the brunt of a 10 feet drop down some concrete stairs and still worked.....but now none of the buttons work, so i thought it is about time i upgraded. and what an upgrade. the MZ-NH900 is sweet. the main plus point is i have upgraded my sonic stage software, which doesn't look like much compared to i-tunes, but i like it much more, and it seems a lot more stable. the playing format is pretty much standard, and what you would expect for a minidisc player of this day and age, and i am well chuffed with the purchase.
the only thing i don't get is why on earth minidiscs never caught on!!!!
if you want a top quality minidisc, at an affordable price, and with decent software, then i think you can't beat this bad boy!!
Rating: - simply the one
i got my Hi MD around 9 months ago and in that time there has not been one problem. Ive dropped it once knocked it around a few times
but nothing happened so its pretty durable.
i have got around 700 songs on one 1gb disc compared to the i pod mini which gets 1000 songs in 4 gb.
the remote is extremely useful you can keep the MD in your pocket and still control everything.
The battery life is quality up to 30 hours on one AA battery.
the only problem is the head phones but you can always buy new ones
the best walkman i have owned im sure you will feel the same.
Rating: - the most versatile music player so far?
i got my sony mz-nh900 at christmas, and since then, i have been thoroughly happy with it. ive had upto 720 tracks on 1 mini-disc, which is outstanding!
the player might look sleek, but it is very tough. i dropped mine on the floor and it continued playing.
most people who have mini-disc players complain about sonic-stage. well, my player came with version 2.1. but i was looking around the net and came across version 3.1, which is going out with the new hd5 players. i use sonic-stage 3.1 for my hi-md, and its great. its fast, easy to use, and doesnt drain away the speed of your computer. the only downside to sonic-stage, just the same with itunes, is that you cant copy the music from mini-disc to computer, if the music was from a different computer. (you can copy back from a mini-disc you made to your own computer though)
in one of the above reviews, someone said that when hi-mds are used for data storage, it is permanently burned to the mini-disc. this is UNTRUE!!! i use mine nearly everyday to bring data to and from school. and the discs are fully re-writable. even if u have music transfered from sonic-stage on the disc, they still can be used for data. i even use a hi-md disc to back stuff up from my computer!
the line-in microphone recording is very useful, and is really good quality.
the playback sound quality is outstanding, even at 48kb/sec.
a lot of my friends have zen micros, and they r filling them up, and having to remove stuff, where as i went against the grain and got the hi-md. i worked out that for 5gb of music on a hard-drive player, you only need four 1gb hi-mds, which is great.
the backlit in-line control is great, but why didnt they backlight the player aswell?
battery life is great. can listen all day at skool, and then the next day again, without needing to charge up. i rarely need the additional battery pack.
people say you cant get hi-md discs in this country! UNTRUE. i bought a box of five 1gb discs from my local dixons store, at £6.99, it wasnt that bad.
dont be dragged down by a hard-drive player, get one of these. it is something completely different to get u away from the ipod crowd, it really is something different!!
one of the best buys ever, and amazon have them at great prices.
if u get one, look around the internet for sonic stage 3.1, it is a great imporvement on the one that ships with the player. it can be used as a very good media player aswell, almost comparable to windows media player 10!!
Rating:
- A pleasing role in the musical world
Due to this product's massive price reduction, the HI-MD is well worth it. Take advantage over HDD mp3 players by having a shock-resistant shell and an unlimited amount of music storage.
For most people on the move, 1GB is more than enough music!
Rating: - Superb improvement to minidiscs
With the increased popularity of MP3 players, in particular the i-pod, minidisc players looked set to be doomed to the pages of history.
However, Sony have come back with the new HI-MD player, capable of playing higher quality music at lower compression rates, and of course utilising the new 1GB discs which can store up to 45 hours of music.
With Sony's new ATRC3plus compression method you can have high quality recordings (at 256Kbps) lasting nearly 8 hours.
The next recording level is HI-LP which uses a compression rate of 64Kbps. This may seem like a big drop down in quality, but with ATRC3plus's advanced compression methods, it is comparable to MP3 at 128Kbps. HI-LP is more than adequate for mobile listening, on the train, bus etc. The difference in quality is noticeable, but really not a problem.
On top of this, you can also convert your music to regular ATRAC3, which allows for compression rates of 132Kbps, for those of you who want something in between.
The biggest advantage the HI-MD player has over MP3 players is it's ability to record continuously with track marks. This is particularly important for mixed albums or the recording of a continuous source where track marks are required. There is no gap between tracks, whether they music is taken from a CD or whether the tracks are added after the recording of an external source.
Add to this the ability to use the player as a USB storage device, the ability to convert all recordings to whatever format you wish using your PC (using Sony's new FREE WAV converter tool) meaning you can then make your own MP3's, CD's etc. The long battery life (better than most MP3 players) and the ability to re-use those old minidiscs while still doubling their capacity.
The new HI-MD players are really an excellent buy, I can't recommend them enough!
- SNAZTASTICi have been using my beaten up MZ-NH600 for a long while now, and it has done me proud, having taken the brunt of a 10 feet drop down some concrete stairs and still worked.....but now none of the buttons work, so i thought it is about time i upgraded. and what an upgrade. the MZ-NH900 is sweet. the main plus point is i have upgraded my sonic stage software, which doesn't look like much compared to i-tunes, but i like it much more, and it seems a lot more stable. the playing format is pretty much standard, and what you would expect for a minidisc player of this day and age, and i am well chuffed with the purchase.
the only thing i don't get is why on earth minidiscs never caught on!!!!
if you want a top quality minidisc, at an affordable price, and with decent software, then i think you can't beat this bad boy!!
Rating:
- simply the onei got my Hi MD around 9 months ago and in that time there has not been one problem. Ive dropped it once knocked it around a few times
but nothing happened so its pretty durable.
i have got around 700 songs on one 1gb disc compared to the i pod mini which gets 1000 songs in 4 gb.
the remote is extremely useful you can keep the MD in your pocket and still control everything.
The battery life is quality up to 30 hours on one AA battery.
the only problem is the head phones but you can always buy new ones
the best walkman i have owned im sure you will feel the same.
Rating:
- the most versatile music player so far?i got my sony mz-nh900 at christmas, and since then, i have been thoroughly happy with it. ive had upto 720 tracks on 1 mini-disc, which is outstanding!
the player might look sleek, but it is very tough. i dropped mine on the floor and it continued playing.
most people who have mini-disc players complain about sonic-stage. well, my player came with version 2.1. but i was looking around the net and came across version 3.1, which is going out with the new hd5 players. i use sonic-stage 3.1 for my hi-md, and its great. its fast, easy to use, and doesnt drain away the speed of your computer. the only downside to sonic-stage, just the same with itunes, is that you cant copy the music from mini-disc to computer, if the music was from a different computer. (you can copy back from a mini-disc you made to your own computer though)
in one of the above reviews, someone said that when hi-mds are used for data storage, it is permanently burned to the mini-disc. this is UNTRUE!!! i use mine nearly everyday to bring data to and from school. and the discs are fully re-writable. even if u have music transfered from sonic-stage on the disc, they still can be used for data. i even use a hi-md disc to back stuff up from my computer!
the line-in microphone recording is very useful, and is really good quality.
the playback sound quality is outstanding, even at 48kb/sec.
a lot of my friends have zen micros, and they r filling them up, and having to remove stuff, where as i went against the grain and got the hi-md. i worked out that for 5gb of music on a hard-drive player, you only need four 1gb hi-mds, which is great.
the backlit in-line control is great, but why didnt they backlight the player aswell?
battery life is great. can listen all day at skool, and then the next day again, without needing to charge up. i rarely need the additional battery pack.
people say you cant get hi-md discs in this country! UNTRUE. i bought a box of five 1gb discs from my local dixons store, at £6.99, it wasnt that bad.
dont be dragged down by a hard-drive player, get one of these. it is something completely different to get u away from the ipod crowd, it really is something different!!
one of the best buys ever, and amazon have them at great prices.
if u get one, look around the internet for sonic stage 3.1, it is a great imporvement on the one that ships with the player. it can be used as a very good media player aswell, almost comparable to windows media player 10!!
Rating:
- A pleasing role in the musical worldDue to this product's massive price reduction, the HI-MD is well worth it. Take advantage over HDD mp3 players by having a shock-resistant shell and an unlimited amount of music storage.
For most people on the move, 1GB is more than enough music!
Rating:
- Superb improvement to minidiscsWith the increased popularity of MP3 players, in particular the i-pod, minidisc players looked set to be doomed to the pages of history.
However, Sony have come back with the new HI-MD player, capable of playing higher quality music at lower compression rates, and of course utilising the new 1GB discs which can store up to 45 hours of music.
With Sony's new ATRC3plus compression method you can have high quality recordings (at 256Kbps) lasting nearly 8 hours.
The next recording level is HI-LP which uses a compression rate of 64Kbps. This may seem like a big drop down in quality, but with ATRC3plus's advanced compression methods, it is comparable to MP3 at 128Kbps. HI-LP is more than adequate for mobile listening, on the train, bus etc. The difference in quality is noticeable, but really not a problem.
On top of this, you can also convert your music to regular ATRAC3, which allows for compression rates of 132Kbps, for those of you who want something in between.
The biggest advantage the HI-MD player has over MP3 players is it's ability to record continuously with track marks. This is particularly important for mixed albums or the recording of a continuous source where track marks are required. There is no gap between tracks, whether they music is taken from a CD or whether the tracks are added after the recording of an external source.
Add to this the ability to use the player as a USB storage device, the ability to convert all recordings to whatever format you wish using your PC (using Sony's new FREE WAV converter tool) meaning you can then make your own MP3's, CD's etc. The long battery life (better than most MP3 players) and the ability to re-use those old minidiscs while still doubling their capacity.
The new HI-MD players are really an excellent buy, I can't recommend them enough!