Sony Net MD Walkman MZ-NF610 Personal MiniDisc Player

Pros: Small, easy to use - very portable...
Cons: The software for transferring has issues every now and again.

Preamble I don't know how it came up, but back in October, my buddy Mike and I were filling Garrett in on the Sony Personal MiniDisc Player. As we sat there, explaining what it is, how it works, it suddenly occurred to me to post a review ...

Pros: excellent sound quality, remote, rechargeable battery, radio, one MiniDisc holds over five hours of music
Cons: SonicStage software, the cable is too long, broke after 18 months

Finally, this is the moment you've all been waiting for. I have settled down to write a review on my new MiniDisc Player, the audio device that I chose to be the heir to my CD player. I ordered the player from ...

Pros: Better than most plus has Weather Band channels to listen to.
Cons: Not as good as Sony S2 Sports Net MD Walkman® MZ-S1.

[Functionality] Possibly one of the better all around performance md players for years to come, compared to the competition available for under $200 online and offline currently available for anyone willing to take the next step forward in ...

Pros: Good value, decent design, feature-rich, nice remote
Cons: Somewhat slow, rechargable battery has short life, HORRIBLE SOFTWARE

I was introduced to the world of Minidiscs by a friend at my high school (both now graduated, :-D) a ...

Pros: inexpensive media; portable; comes with remote; excellent sound, long battery life; elegant design
Cons: software imposes restrictions, uploading is difficult, no optical cable, a bit pricey

The MZ-NF610 is an excellent alternative to portable MP3 players because it’s small, very stable, has superior sound quality, and it uses high quality minidisc media. Furthermore, the MZ-NF610 is one of Sony’s newer portable MD players equipped wi ...

Pros: Small, 5 hours of recording on one disc, FA/AM/TV/Weather remote! Nice attractive design!
Cons: Too much cord on remote. Not enough cord on headphones.

I find it quite odd, that one of the greatest inventions in the 20th century has still not quite taken off! The minidisc. Remember when the CD first came out? It was the greatest, the sound quality was incredible, no more broken or mangled cassette ...

Pros: Works great in playing music from minidiscs.
Cons: Trying to get music onto the minidisc.

I've had this MD for awhile and I've found it more and more useless and more of a hassle than it's worth. Description: The Net MD Walkman copies music onto a minidisc, can fit about 4 albums on 1 minidisc at lowest quality setting. The walkman works ...

Pros: Cost vs. Benefit
Cons: Sony new HiMD players

I needed a replacement for my Sony MP3 CD player, the size was the problem with it. I like to go to everywhere with music on my ears and the CD player is kinda bulky for that purpose (that makes me wonder why I bought it in the first place). I started to ...

Pros: Disk capacity, Battery life, Remote control
Cons: moments of freezing up, headphones, Software.

I’ve owned the MZ-NF610 Minidisk for almost a year and a half now. Before buying this particular device I looked into some other portable music players (i.e. the Apple ipod) for a solution to my musical needs. I chose this Walkman over the ipod because ...

Pros: Cheap media, nearly infinite reuse, copies CDs and MP3s, protected discs
Cons: Annoying software, frustrating antennae, no music uploading

First, I'd like to give a little background about minidiscs for those who haven't seen them.

I've been interested in minidisc players and recorders since I read a preview in Discover magazine back in the late '80s. The first time I actually...

Pros: Cool looking,portable,great Simple Burning interface
Cons: Ugly headphones,terrible fm/am tuning

OK this is my first review but I think it shall summon what you need to know before buying this prod ...

Pros: battery life, sound quality, price, and durability
Cons: it doesn't come with a belt clip, and the head phones aren't the best quality.

this mini disc player is the best value because it comes with software for downloads and transfers, has a am/fm radio, and has a very long battery life, the sound quality is amazing, and for most bands can hold all of their cd's on one mini disc! how one down side is that it does not come with a belt clip and the head phones are not good quality and therefore you are forced to send an extra 20 or so dollars but really its not much more to pay for a great music listening experience.

Pros: Great sound, great volume, great battery life.
Cons: Display not backlit and only one line of text.

I agree with virtually everything the other reviewers have written.

Sony's proprietary ATRAC3 compression algorithm DOES sound better than MP3, no question about that. Fortunately, you probably won't care which compression method your player uses, so the fact that it is proprietary is pretty irrelevant.

It is astonishing how much sound and what long battery life you can get out of the single AA NiMH battery. It is a big plus in my book that you can simply pop it out if you need to install a new battery when you are traveling.

Sound quality is excellent. I use this unit most with my Sennheiser PX-20 headphones (closed) and my Grado SR60 headphones (open.) It is a great match for both of them.

The ONLY complaints I have are that the display is not backlit and that it only displays one line of text (scrolling) at a time. Other than that, this is almost the perfect MD player.

Pros: lightweight, battery life, removable media, low storage costs (i.e. cheap discs) AM/FM radio
Cons: design, durability, cost, SonicStage, SonicStage, SonicStage, SonicStage

This is one of the most poorly designed pieces of technology around. A four-year old could have designed a more logical system of using this device. I am a huge fan of the Minidisc technology, and I own a standalone and two portable MDs. Therefore, this unit disappointed me greatly, and I believe Sony desperately needs to reasses its design teams. The remote works independently of the main unit - with two separate "Hold" buttons - and thus becomes highly problematic when the main unit is banging around in your bag (with the "Hold" off) and you're using the remote outside (which is just one of a plethora of problems.) Hyperbole aside, Sony's SonicStage transfer software is - by a mile - the worst piece of software ever designed. I won't bore anyone with detail, but do NOT depend on this software for your needs. (This obviously applies to other Sony devices, too, so be careful in choosing portable Sony devices these days!) Sony, please, wake up: Your design and software teams are strangling your great ideas!!