Home > Consumer Reviews > Sony Network Walkman NW-HD3 - Digital player - HDD 20 GB - WMA, MP3 - red

I've had one of these now for nearly two years . Recently I had to replace my hard drive . Now the Sonicstage software is unable to find the player and the player refuses to create a database making it unusable . Clearly this software has been designed to stop piracy even at the expense of the user . My advice is to not buy any device that uses sonicstage . The shame is that the player is really good but I'm off to purchase a replacement and start ripping 200+ albums to it . I actually had an E-Mail from them before my hard drive failed but after a reinstall of windows telling me that the music I could no longer play using sonicstage needed to be re-entered ! 200 cds ! Bad enough but what if I had downloaded them ? Buy them all again ? Well I've had a creative mp3 player nearly 3 years now so I shall probably get one of their hard drive models to replace this expensive paperweight .

One of the best buys I've ever made.

Bought this 2 years ago the week they arrived in the UK while I was commuting 4 hours a day. Only had to charge it up weekly even then.

Even better it's smaller than any I-Pod I've ever seen, looks as good as, if not better and while I'm still using this my I-Pod buying colleague is on her 4th I-Pod after batteries dying, players dying etc and her excuse is that she's stuck with a load of tunes copied so they only work on Apple players...

Think ahead everyone. Buy what you like as long as it can play MP3's. I doubt you'll regret an HD-NW3 or NW5 (apart from when you're trying to remember the bloody name).

I purchased one of these a couple of years ago to take with me when I go abroad and down the Gym. After a few weeks, i realised how good the player was. It is compact, sturdy and good to look at. At first i was disappointed with the low volume level, however a simple "hack" which was selecting an option from the menu (no flashing ROMS etc)enabled the volume limiter to be switched off. The software is easy to use, i prefer to use it in manual mode so i have full control. After i had to perform a format of my PC (nothing to do with the product/software), On re-installation of the software and the backup of my music, it took off from where i had left off. Transfer rates is FAST - a standard album takes approx 20 SECONDS. After about a year, I purchased one for my wife and I am able to transfer files to either player from the same piece of software. Now my son is getting older, I am thinking of buying one for him as well!

The best of the Sony MP3 players. Download MP3 from your computer super fast. The battery life is excellent. Use medium quality recording rate and fit loads of tracks on the 20Gb disc. Sound quality is the best as you would expect, as usual ditch the supplied earphones and get some fontopia. Also a lot cheaper than the later models.