Sony 8 GB Walkman Video MP3 Player (Pink)

CONS-
1.....while plugged into computer and charging...it automatically starts deleting songs sometimes !!! Lost 300 songs this way ! Almost flushed it down the toilet that day!! Purchased sansa because of this!

2.....no radio

3.....unable to organize songs or delete them from player , must go onto windows media to delete (can be a pain).

4....no real off switch, turns on easily and runs down battery

5. belt clip sucks, falls off once in a while and I use it at gym...I hate arm bands while doing weights! duh!

Could have had a sansa for much less that had more options !

PRO-
good screen, easy access to specific songs, sounds good, scratching doesn't seem to be an issue, thin..but a bit long for the gym

My first review and I'll keep it short. It's an excellent mp3 player, photo viewer and video player. Great sound and battery life. My only complaint is the uneven cord length to the earbuds. Sony and Amazon don't show a photo of this part of the earbuds, so most people are unaware of this design feature. I'll have to go buy me a normal earbud to go with this player.

I previously owned a 4gb Sony player, but found I needed more space. I really liked the 4gb, and decided to go with the 16gb. What a great player!! The sound that comes out of this player is exceptional, the earbuds don't fall out, and you have a lot of choices in customizing your music. The battery life is good as well. If you want a player that is easy to use, has GREAT sound, and long battery life don't look any further. I don't do video, so I can't give any opinion in that area.

The Sony 8 GB Walkman Video MP3 Player is great. The headphone sound quality is better than the ipods in my opinion, plus the battery last much longer. I've got over 500 mp3's loaded out of my collection and I'm only down to about 3 gig left. I can play that for several days at about 5-6 hours per day without having to recharge. The video quality is also excellent. For the screen size (and I wear glasses), you can't beat the color and resolution. I can load a few movies and play them on a long flight, much better than what is usually offered. I would recommend this mp3 player to anyone looking to spend this amount of money and get a good return.

The Good: Amazing sound quality, well built, good finger pad, dedicated volume buttons, screen quality, drag and drop file transfer, flash memory, decent headphones.

The Bad: Software interface is lacking compared to a Creative, proprietary USB connection, built in battery (I know most players have this know, but that doesn't make it OK), expensive, no microphone, no radio.

Overall the player is amazing. I give it 4 stars (would give it 4.5 if I could) because of the above mentioned 'Bad' qualities, but IMO it still beats everything else on the market, even considering it's high cost. I had some one of the old Creative players and enjoyed the f.m. radio, built in microphone, removable battery, and amazing user interface. However Creative has gone down hill big time. I bought the Creative Zen, and sent it back after 1 week.
The Sony is amazing. One problem I am having with it is that the sound quality is almost too good for some of the stereo's I plug in through auxiliary. With the EQ set to custom, and some of the other audio enhancers, I get some weird volume swells when listening to data rich stuff (heavy metal with lots of drums and distorted guitars etc.), but that could just be cheap speakers, because it's not on every stereo. It's easily fixed by flat-lining the EQ, and this still gives better sound than most anything else out there.
Definitely worth the money if you have it.