Shmee150
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Hi,
I bought an HD3 last week, and so far I think it is wonderful. I have owned a 3G 20GB iPod, a 4G 20GB iPod, an iPod Mini, a Toshiba Gigabeat G21 and at the moment I also have Sony NW-E99.
I find the menu structure on the HD3 very good, it is easy to use after you know how to and is very fast. Although the screen is smaller than that on the iPod, it is very clear and displays a lot of information on it which is still easy to read.
Before getting both this and the E99, I had all of my 5000 tracks in Windows Media Player, and I think we all know the pain of importing songs into SonicStage and having to reorganise and type out loads of names and albums etc... This is one big reason for not getting a Sony MP3 player, but when this was all done, I didn't want to sit there converting tracks so sent the whole lot over to the device as they were. 20GB of MP3s in around 2-3hrs, not really sure exactly.
The sound quality that comes out of the HD3 is very impressive, not only is it very clear, but it goes very loud, I generally listen to it around 1/4 of it's volume. Now also, contrary to what is mentioned by the reviewer is that I do not have any noises between tracks or any consistent background noise. There are of course sometimes random noises from the HDD but not through the headphones.
Anyways, the item looks fantastic, feels incredibly well made as you would expect from Sony. One thing that annoys me is the way to charge it/connect it to a pc, is to use both cables through an adaptor, although this is the same as the iPod, it is annoying as I have just had the Gigabeat which did it how it should be. Both seperate plugs on the unit. But seeing as this is the same as it's main rival; the iPod, it is not really a worry.
Well I am keeping my HD3 for a while, not getting my iPod back, what I don't like about iPods is how unbelievably common they are, perhaps nearly 1/3rd of the people i know have one, which just makes it not special enough hence a different device is a nicer thing to own, but obviously the fact that I believe it to be a better device is also quite important!!!
ShMeE
I bought an HD3 last week, and so far I think it is wonderful. I have owned a 3G 20GB iPod, a 4G 20GB iPod, an iPod Mini, a Toshiba Gigabeat G21 and at the moment I also have Sony NW-E99.
I find the menu structure on the HD3 very good, it is easy to use after you know how to and is very fast. Although the screen is smaller than that on the iPod, it is very clear and displays a lot of information on it which is still easy to read.
Before getting both this and the E99, I had all of my 5000 tracks in Windows Media Player, and I think we all know the pain of importing songs into SonicStage and having to reorganise and type out loads of names and albums etc... This is one big reason for not getting a Sony MP3 player, but when this was all done, I didn't want to sit there converting tracks so sent the whole lot over to the device as they were. 20GB of MP3s in around 2-3hrs, not really sure exactly.
The sound quality that comes out of the HD3 is very impressive, not only is it very clear, but it goes very loud, I generally listen to it around 1/4 of it's volume. Now also, contrary to what is mentioned by the reviewer is that I do not have any noises between tracks or any consistent background noise. There are of course sometimes random noises from the HDD but not through the headphones.
Anyways, the item looks fantastic, feels incredibly well made as you would expect from Sony. One thing that annoys me is the way to charge it/connect it to a pc, is to use both cables through an adaptor, although this is the same as the iPod, it is annoying as I have just had the Gigabeat which did it how it should be. Both seperate plugs on the unit. But seeing as this is the same as it's main rival; the iPod, it is not really a worry.
Well I am keeping my HD3 for a while, not getting my iPod back, what I don't like about iPods is how unbelievably common they are, perhaps nearly 1/3rd of the people i know have one, which just makes it not special enough hence a different device is a nicer thing to own, but obviously the fact that I believe it to be a better device is also quite important!!!
ShMeE