Sony MZ-N420D Net MD Walkman (Blue)

We were unhappy with this product. We have a asortment of mini disk and we thought we could play them on this player, but it has its own mini tape that it only plays. You have to record on it and can ONLY play what you recorded on it.

The sony minidisc walkman that we received was defective. It did not function in the "shuffle" mode. However, we did appreciate being able to return the item for a refund.

i received my mini disk player very quickly.. actually was amazed how quick i received it..ran great and just like the other i ordered i have no complaints in fact, the opposite...paul

The MZ-N420D can not directly record from any out put sorce such as a radio etc... It can however hook up through your computer via usb cable.. i have yet to set it up succesfully, as it is actualy quite a bit of a hassle. The software seems dated and wont recognise the MD's presence at all. I have tryed trouble shooting to no avail... Hopefully this was not a wasted purchase...

I gave it a 3 star ratting for now until I can get this thing to work in which case i will change the review/add another one.

A recent review I read in PC Magazine where they felt the ATRAC
format was noisy, not the case. A disk I started (using ATRAC) sounds roughly as good as some disks I dubbed using an MD deck some time earlier. Hence my decision to go with this technology as opposed to the FLASH RAM or hard drive based devices since I already had an MD library. It sounds pretty good, not great as it is a portable device and my ears are pretty good for such things. I hope it lasts a while because looks like Sony is getting ready to bail on the MD format and I don't want return to make any more Sony electronics (non-media) purchases. Don't get me started on the rootkit nonsense because I believe the music execs all deserve jail for creating a new conduit for spyware.