Sony MZ-DN430PSBLK Psyc MiniDisc Network Walkman (Black)

Love it , plays like a brand new player. I can now listen to my many mini disc recordings. You,d neveer know that this player was used. A great buy.

Unfortunately for Sony, this is just another format that has seen no appreciable success in the US. We purchased this device to listen to professional voice work done for our company in Europe and Australia. This format seems to be much more popular in those areas of the world, but in the US, it is nearly impossible to find MiniDisc equipment and supplies anywhere but online.I would say that the biggest challenge with MiniDisc, is that there is no digital audio extraction capability, even for unprotected content. Also, the device has moving parts, and spins just like a CD. Besides using more power, this makes the medium prone to possible skipping, and increased failure with the motor. Compared to modern music players like the iPod, the MiniDisc weighs more, is bulkier and holds a miniscule amount of data or music.If you really need a MiniDisc player, this one will work quite well. If you are buying a device to hold your digital music, pictures or videos, skip this and move on to a more modern technology.

Even tho it's not an ipod or one of the newest types of music players, this mini disc player is great. Make your own mix of music and no storage size limits.

Contrary to popular myth, this is NOT an MP3 player. It only plays a proprietary format. The PC desktop software will convert MP3 music to the proprietary format - and it will rip CDs to the proprietary format - but it's still a proprietary format.Additionally, after you have gone through the trouble and effort of making one of the mini-CDs it is only usable on Sony products. If your next MP3 player is an MP3 player versus a Sony lock-in, your mini-disks and the data they contain are useless. You'll have to go through and reconvert all of your songs.Even more irritating is that the software can only be run if you are logged in to the administrator account. Given Sony's root-kit fiascoes, do you trust them? Since the unit was purchased for my daughter, she has to ask permission to be logged into the computer each time she wants to make a new disk.My daughter finally decided that she really didn't like the mini-disk format and wanted a flash memory based MP3 player. We purchased a Sansa ... and had to convert all of her songs again. (We are happy with the Sansa).

I love this product so much because I can listen to my music on the go!-thank you.

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I've owned this MD for a few weeks, and I'm totally satisfied, the only thing is that even if it doesn't include the car kit, it should have, at least, the DC input (and may be the remote control input), so you could buy the kit as an accessory

Had purchased for a Christmas gift to replace an old minidisc player but didn't think of ordering it until the last minute. I was sure it would not arrive in time for Christmas but I was okay with that. To my surprise it arrived Christmas Eve day!