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Title: Sony Network Walkman NW-HD5 (Black) Reviews
Pros: Supercompact and durable design; excellent sound quality; intuitive tactile interface; removable battery; stellar battery life.
Cons: No extra features, such as FM radio or recording; ATRAC3 is the only DRM option; must use SonicStage software for music transfer.
Verdict: If you want a slick alternative to the iPod and you're into Sony's Connect music store, then the NW-HD5 is a stellar choice.
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77/100 |
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Title: Sony Network Walkman NW-HD5
Pros: Supercompact and durable design; excellent sound quality; intuitive tactile interface; removable battery; stellar battery life
Cons: No extra features, such as FM radio or recording; ATRAC3 is the only DRM option; must use SonicStage software for music transfer
Summary: MP3 player with 20GB hard drive
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80/100 |
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Title: Sony NW-HD5 Review - MP3 Players
Pros: Supercompact and durable design, Excellent sound quality, Intuitive tactile interface, Removable battery, Stellar battery life
Cons: No extra features, such as FM radio or recording, ATRAC3 is the only DRM option, Must use SonicStage software for music transfer
Verdict: If you want a slick alternative to the iPod, then the NW-HD5 is a stellar choice.
Summary: Sony's 20GB NW-HD5 and the iPod are both dead simple to use, but the HD5 is smaller, and its removable battery lasts much longer.
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Title: Sony NW-HD5 (20GB)
Pros: Excellent battery life; solid form factor; decent sound; speedy file transfer time.
Cons: No equalizer support for MP3 format; lengthy transfer time using SonicStage.
Summary: It is Sony's best effort to date and, short of some vital features, the NW-HD5 looks to be a viable option for anyone intending to pick up a harddrive MP3 player.
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80/100 |
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Title: Sony NW-HD5
Summary: Yet another in the Network walkman range, Sony's new NW-HD5 is even smaller then their HD3 and it supports native MP3 too. With a new interface and a bigger battery it looks like some serious Ipod competition.
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Title: Sony NW-HD5
Verdict: We really like the way the Sony NW-HD5 looks; we're less impressed by the performance of the software we were press-ganged into using in order to listen to music. Swings and roundabouts, perhaps, but it seems like a hard sacrifice to make for pure vanity.
Summary: Rejoice. Sony has finally relented and included MP3 playback on its Network Walkmans. This makes the NW-HD5 much more consumer-friendly, as it doesn't tie the user to Sony's proprietary Atrac format. It's also a tempting proposition because of its small s
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70/100 |
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Title: NW-HD5 Walkman
Summary: After holding out for years on hard disk walkmans Sony has now released its third player in less than a year. Is the NW-HD5 the one that puts Sony back on the top of the portable audio market?
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80/100 |
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Title: Sony NW-HD5
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Title: Sony Network Walkman NW-HD5
Pros: Small and sleek. Removable battery. Impressive battery life. Very good sound quality. Easy to navigate and browse.
Cons: Must install the software to transfer music. No native WMA support. Device requires "authorization" to be used with more than one computer. Lacks extra features like FM radio or recording. Most of the sound enhancement settings work only with ATRAC tracks
Verdict: If you can handle Sony's strict DRM and clunky software—and live without frills like recording or a color screen—this is a solid player.
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60/100 |
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Title: Sony Walkman NW-HD5
Pros: Looks good, easy to use, good PC software, very light
Cons: No voice recording or FM tuner, must use SonicStage for file transfer
Verdict: A stylish alternative to the iPod, the Sony Walkman doesn't break new ground, but it's very light and works well.
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90/100 |
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Title: Sony Network Walkman NW-HD5
Summary: Sony's Network Walkman NW-HD5 is one of the smallest 20GB hard disk drive-based digital music players around. With its relatively light aluminium body, credit-card-size dimensions and outstanding battery life, this ultra-compact model ...
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Title: Sony NW-HD5 MP3 player - EXCLUSIVE
Pros: size, antijog, battery life
Cons: software, lack of accessories
Verdict: If you haven't been bitten by the iPod bug, this is the one to have
Summary: - With the announcement from Sony yesterday of its new 20Gb hard drive MP3 player, Pocket-lint was given an exclusive chance to get a hands on play with the new player. So does it have what it takes to challenge the wonders of Apple and have Sony final cr
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90/100 |
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Title: Sony Network Walkman NW-HD5
Verdict: Keenly priced (£30 less than the 20GB iPod), battery life and sound quality are excellent
Summary: It's said that fortune favours the brave, but if that's the case, then Sony's researchers must be wondering why the company is, in terms of...
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Title: Sony Network Walkman NW-HD5 (20GB)
Pros: Supercompact and durable design; excellent sound quality; intuitive tactile interface; removable battery; stellar battery life.
Cons: No extra features, such as FM radio or recording; ATRAC3 is the only DRM option; must use SonicStage software for music transfer.
Verdict: If you want a slick alternative to the iPod and you're into Sony's Connect music store, then the NW-HD5 is a stellar choice.
Summary: Sony's 20GB NW-HD5 and the iPod are both dead simple to use, but the HD5 is smaller, and its removable battery lasts much longer.
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80/100 |