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sony nw-hd3

by stingray65 Jan 26, 2005 2:13AM PST

i have been offered a sony nw-hd3 player and would like some advise on it . 1 is it a good player most of sonys stuff is but every now and then they do turn out some rubbish .2 if i download music from the net will i be able to put it onto it , as i know some players aren't compatable many .any help would be gratefully recieved

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NW-HD3

by LifezFun Feb 9, 2005 10:18AM PST

"1 is it a good player most ... turn out some rubbish?"
-> I think since they've been hit by Apple and other MP3 players, they've refined it, and made it better. HD3 is a good device, I would say.

"2 if i download music from the net will i be able to put it onto it?"
-> As you suspected, there's format differences. When you download from Apple iTunes, they will only play with iPods, and if you download from Connect, they will only play on Sony device.
But there's a work around to this. Most online services allow CD burning, so what I do is for backup purposes, I always burn them to CDs. Once on the CD, you can always re-rip into whatever format you want, like MP3.
Then you can play them on whatever player you want.

Frankly, I'm a HD3 user, and I love it.
Sound quality of ATRAC3plus (64kbps) is great. When you get to know it. And the battery lasts forever on this guy.

Hope you love your device, whatever choice you make.
Cheers,

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