Sony NW-HD5 Review

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Sony NW-HD5
4.4 stars
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olympicreject's Review of Sony NW-HD5 MP3 Player

2nd Jan 2006

Overall Rating

1.5 stars
  • Value for money
    2.5 stars
  • Sound Quality
    4 stars
  • Features
    2.5 stars
  • Time MP3 Player Owned
    Between 1 - 4 Weeks
  • Battery Life
    5 stars
  • Memory
    20GB
Good Points

Size, weight and battery life


Bad Points

The Sonicstage software (no usable alternative)
The user interface (cannot create playlists on the go)
Inability to transfer songs back to the PC
All MP3's are converted to Sony's own format


General Comments

The Sony NW-HD5 portable MP3 player is great, but it is let down badly by the software and the user interface. The Sonicstage software is a disaster. It can't even transfer my music library to the player in one go. When it does work it converts all the files, which prevents them from being copied back to my PC.

Before I bought the Sony HD5 I had an old creative MP3 player which had an active playlist, which I could create and save as a playlist. There is no equivalent on the HD5. Bookmarks can only be created for the song which is actually playing, and they can not be saved back on my PC.

All in all I am disappointed, as the player could have been really good with decent software. I guess that Sony are protecting their interests.

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