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| Value for Money | 8.4/10  |
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| Reviewer Rating | 8.7/10 |
| Overall Rating | 8.8/10  |
Full review by
harveyjd
on 22nd Feb 2007
User Rating : 9
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Good Points: Long Battery Life, Compact, Clear screen,
Bad Points: Some parts on mp3 player are flimsy, sonic stage isn't very user friendly
General comments: Affordable Portable MP3 Players with loads of memory capacity, good looking, but delicate in places I would recommend the Sony NW-HD5.
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Review by
colinsrea
on 6th Dec 2006
User Rating : 4
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I purchased The NW5 for the wife so she could listen to her music without me having to and if she can use it anyone can. However after 10 months the unit just suddenly cut out in mid song and switched off, after blaming the wife saying she must have accidentally switched it off, the unit would not boot back up, I returned the item back to the retailer who said that they would have to send it back to Sony for them to look at it, after 4 weeks of badgering the retailer Sony said they would replace ...
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Review by
ragingtwister
on 27th Apr 2006
User Rating : 10
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Here 2 weeks ago my quest begins... my old i pod broke and I wanted to get a new one, though i was at Boots and the assistant said try the Sony NW-HD5, his hard drive on his old i pod died twice. So he gave the Sony a go and said it was great. "Right" I thought, I'll put some research. I heard all the remarks about the software, though the unit itself was deemed fantastic. I've been using computers for a while now, and have high end audio equipment at home.
The ipod is a big let down, and a ...
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Review by
eviepvie
on 9th Apr 2006
User Rating : 10
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I bought my Sony NW-HD5 in September last year, so I've had it for more than half a year. I use it regularly, for about 2 hours every day. For 3 months, everything was blissful, but then, my HD5 broke down, and started only playing in one ear. I sent it back to Sony, who fixed it, although it did take around 2 months. The Sonic Stage software is quite annoying. It is slow and is quite hard to navigate. It takes a longish amount of time to put songs onto the HD5, as songs first have to be importe ...
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Review by
macc
on 23rd Jan 2006
User Rating : 9
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Sonicstage has a mind of its own. It mixes up some of my tracks and places them in the wrong location on my Sony NW-HD5 MP3 player.
Other than the Sonicstage software, the Sony NW-HD5 is a great little device which seems to be very well thought out.
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Review by
llukeblyth
on 23rd Jan 2006
User Rating : 9
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I purchased the Sony NW-HD5 MP3 player after researching a lot of MP3 players.
I have not had any problems with it, and the battery life is amazing (I left it on for 2 days by accident and it was still playing). The size, weight and feel when you use it are all amazing, making it a pleasure to use.
The only problem I have is the scroll to fins things is not the best, and you can miss the item that you are looking for, but this is a minor fault on an overall amazing product. You do not rec ...
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Review by
paul45
on 11th Jan 2006
User Rating : 8
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I like the Sony NW-HD5 MP3 player. It's compact, well laid out, and it is easy to navigate through the menu options.
The sound quality is good, and now that I have disabled the EU volume preset restrictions built into the UK models, I can turn the sound up sufficiently to drown out the sound of traffic when I am cycling.
If you don't mind Sony dictating how you will handle/transfer your music, then this device is a solid and compact music player.
The downside is you cannot transfer musi ...
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Review by
evansncl
expert review 
on 9th Jan 2006
User Rating : 9
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I bought a silver Sony NW-HD5 portable MP3 player at a big reduction because it was ex-display, and mine does have the telltale cracks around the centre buttons. However, I've heard this may be peculiar to the silver version and not generally the black or red models. Anyway, if a minuscule couple of cracks around the buttons freak you out, so be it, but I don't worry about it considering that the quality of every other part of this player is excellent.
Sonicstage is just something you'll have ...
evansncl's full review | 503 words
Review by
natedewyea
on 5th Jan 2006
User Rating : 8
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The equalizer on the Sony NW-HD5 MP3 player can't be adjusted if music files are in MP3 format. Some other functions are only available with Atrac format, which is proprietary to Sony. The included ear buds are not great, and I would recommend purchasing better ones. The Sonic Stage software does not upload cover art for CD's.
In other ways the player is great. It is compact (2/3 the size of an iPod). It is also solidly built, and it produces very good sound quality. The display is not fan ...
natedewyea's full review | 117 words
Review by
olympicreject
on 2nd Jan 2006
User Rating : 3
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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 c ...
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Review by
mig
on 27th Dec 2005
User Rating : 9
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Firstly, when you open the box of your Sony NW-HD5 MP3 player you will be amazed by its unbelievable size. 20GB of data on such a small device! The standard headphones are slightly disappointing, and I would recommend purchasing new ones. However, the sound quality destroys that of the iPod and all competitors.
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Review by
dan iz back
on 17th Nov 2005
User Rating : 8
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I found that the Sony NW-HD5 mp3 player is very easy to use. I have recently destroyed two ipods and decided to change to a Sony model.
This is a very small mp3 player which is easy enough to fit in your pocket. I found it to be much smaller than an ipod, but have more memory than an ipod.
The design on this player is very user friendly. the buttons are laid out, so they are easy to use, while keeping everything tidy. it has a flap which slides over the socket for USB lead which is good as i ...
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Review by
t man
on 8th Oct 2005
User Rating : 10
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What can I say, I love the Sony NW-HD5 player, it can hold my entire cd selection and play them back with wonderful sound quality (I don't know what the moaning about a trac3 is all about, but it can suport mp3 as well if you wish). It's a great size for your hand, doesn't feel like it might slip out like some of the tiny players but definitely doesn't feel big (smaller than their ipod). It nice and heavy, but in a good solid way, not brick like. The only let down it has is the software it comes ...
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Review by
shahabja
on 1st Oct 2005
User Rating : 10
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I just wanted to ask if any of you guys have had problem with the buttons on the Sony NW-HD5 MP3 player. I also heard that they will crack after a while. I appreciate your help with this!
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Review by
MDDraco
on 21st Sep 2005
User Rating : 8
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On the whole, as I say above, I can't fault the Sony NW-HD5 MP3 player at all. It's simple to use, small (smaller than a ZEN or an iPod, which are the two main competitors at this time), easy to use, however, I find that on occasion, the player has problems with fast forwarding rapidly, to the point where it will freeze for about 5 seconds, which is most annoying, and as for the software well, I don't understand why Sony have to use such an awful bit of software, it really is terrible, oooh, an ...
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Review by
cuthbert
on 16th Sep 2005
User Rating : 10
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The Sony NW-HD5 mp3 player is a marvelous addition to anyone's music equipment. It's quite lightweight yet sturdy, and is easy to navigate. It's also very easy to use the Sonicstage software (included in the box), and very fast to put tracks on the player. It is outstanding, apart from the low volume and bad carry case.
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Review by
glamionius
on 15th Aug 2005
User Rating : 9
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This player could be excellent with a little more tweaking! But anyway: I really like it!
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Review by
Crosseyeddragon
on 10th Aug 2005
User Rating : 9
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I've had the Sony NW-HD5 mp3 player for a few months now and i still think its an excellent player, besides the problems above. It's volume is quiet to start with but if you use these commands you can turn off the EU regulation volume and let it roar...
1. Be in playback mode (playing a tune)
2. Press stop.
3. Straight away, flick the 'hold' button on the top of the player.
4. Hold the Search/Menu button down and enter the following combination of buttons in quick succession:
R ...
Crosseyeddragon's full review | 501 words
Review by
nabilrazzaque
on 4th Aug 2005
User Rating : 10
Respect :
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To begin with, I had my eye on the older model, the sony NW HD3. I thought it couldn't get better than that, but I was wrong! I first spotted the NW HD5, whilst shopping in a window display. From that moment on, I knew that that was the MP3 player for me!
I think people are misled by the 20GB storage. The HD5 compresses the tracks, into what is called atrac, which halves the amount of space taken by a track, so in effect we are really talking about a 40GB player!
It is so much better ...
nabilrazzaque's full review | 166 words
Review by
nabilrazzaque
on 4th Aug 2005
User Rating : 10
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I was first intending to buy the old sony model which is the nw hd3, I was sooooo close to buying it but I spotted the hd5 in a shop display window, man am I glad I found it!
The battery life is brilliant and it is 100% true that it has 40 hour life, the atrac compression is genius as it makes buying a 20gb IPOD (hiss) for the same price if not more expensive pointless as the hd5 atrac compression makes it a 40gb machine really.
The cover of the hd5 is brillant it makes the ipod look like a us ...
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