Sony MZ-DH710 Hi-MD Walkman Digital Music Player

- price: $179.95
SKU: MZDH710
Sales Rank: 29549
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Product Description
Sony has created a great, compact digital music player with the MZ-DH710 Hi-MD Walkman Digital Music Player. Music is stored on Hi-MD discs -- one GB of storage equals over 600 songs (depending on file format). You can easily expand your music storage with additional discs. They are available for only a few dollars, so increasing your storage capacity is affordable. The MZ-DH710 is also backward compatible with the standard MiniDisc media discs.
The three-line LCD screen lets you know what's playing -- the display provides album, artist, and song title. This recorder also comes equipped with Skip-Free G-Protection technology which provides virtually uninterrupted playback of your music. Music on the go has never been better!
Sony had the digital music lover in mind when they built this player -- it is highly compatible with your PC. With the included software you can transfer files from your PC to the MZ-DH710, and vice versa, at a break-neck, 100x transfer speed. And while you're doing this you won't have to worry about your digital music player's battery life -- the USB cable will power the unit when transferring music. Speaking of battery life, you can expect up to 19.5 hours of continuous playback with a single AA battery.
If you already have extensive music libraries, use the included software to store and play back your collection of MP3s. On the other hand, if you're just getting into digital music and downloading, Sony's ATRAC format provides higher sound quality with smaller sizes than many competing formats. This enables you to store more music and have longer listening times. And the system allows you to play back the most popular Internet audio formats, including WMA and WAV files, with quick, easy conversion to ATRAC.
What's in the Box
MZ-DH710 Hi-MD Walkman, Walkman earbuds, SonicStage software, and USB cable.
Product Specification
- Binding:
- Electronics
- Brand:
- Sony
- EAN:
- 0027242664234
- Feature:
- Skip-Free G-Protection technology for uninterrupted playback
Three-line LCD screen for data display
Huge song and data storage capacity with one GB Hi-MD disc
USB connectivity for 100x, high speed file copying - Label:
- Sony
- Manufacturer:
- Sony
- Model:
- MZDH710
- ProductGroup:
- CE
- Publisher:
- Sony
- Studio:
- Sony
- Title:
- Sony MZ-DH710 Hi-MD Walkman Digital Music Player
- UPC:
- 027242664234
- MPN:
- MZDH710
Customer Reviews
Beats the heck out of an iPod
I bought this player last year. Not only is the sound far, far superior to that of an iPod, the Atrac 3+/Open MG file format is superior. It's like a half-bitrate MP3 with greater sound quality! At 48kbps with Open MG/Atrac 3+, the sound qualityis only slightly below that of a CD. With a file 1/4 to 1/3 the size of an 192 or 128 kbps MP3 respectively, the 1GB disk suddenly gets a whole lot bigger. I was able to fit every Metallica, Pantera, Offspring, and Black Sabbath album I own (just about every...
9/7/2006 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews
Nice!
I already had a few old minidiscs lying around so this was a good idea as I didn't want to spend a lot of time re-transferring my music library onto a new mp3 player.Bad:- converting files into atrac3 format takes rather long.- Sonic Stage is confusing and sticks often.- no handstrap loop. Dangerous when combined with the Queen of Klutzes.- You can't listen to the player when connected to the computer. Minor thing I guess, but I prefer being able to listen to and delete the files I mistakenly transfered...
4/19/2006 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews
Improved Software and updated (solid) Hardware
The MZ-DH710 is the 2nd generation entry level HiMD, successor to the MZ-NH600D, much praised for the audio quality but bashed for the software. I got mine for under a hundred shipped at amazon.com.Hardware-wise, MP3 playback is native, so it's only transferred to the unit rather than being recompressed with ATRAC - much faster. Sharing the technologies with step ups RH10/RH910 and predecessor NH600D, I suspect that Sony uses the same high standard LSI circuits rather than redesigning an inferior...
8/9/2005 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews
i like my hi-md but...
the player is way cool, the software that comes with it is not. sonic stage sucks. for the first week it wouldn't take any of the my mp3. it just crashed. i spend the whole week trying to find out what was wrong with it. it turned out that it didn't like the tags on the mp3s. the other uncool thing is that if for some reason you loose your music in your computer, the software won't allow you do download it from the player. its either loose it or leave it. i don't know if i would recomend it. it...
7/22/2005 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews
Great unit.
I was looking for a nice alternative to the ubiquitous iPod.My objective was simple:no moving parts.After scouring the web for alternatives I set my sight upon MiniDiscs.MD's are the type of technology that is often overlooked.This unit is great.You can't beat its battery life (close to two weeks or more with regular use).There are no moving parts, so if the unit falls (has done it twice) the music and the media is safe.Carrying MD's is a hassle in today's age of tiny Hard Drives and Flash memory...
7/13/2005 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews
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