Customer Reviews:
 Minidisc fan turned over to the ipod January 6, 2006
5 out of 13 found this review helpful
I have had a net md minidisc player for around a year until it started malfuncioning. Then I just gave up and wanted to look for something that is more practical and easier to use.
I bought a ipod nano and wow what a difference. I don't really care for all the functions that the nano has because it is used for music. But one thing that I have noticed was how easy it is to transfer songs by itunes. It is soooooooooooooooooo much easier and faster than sonicstage. Sonicstage is just a burden.
Let me just say that the transfer speed from the ipod nano comparing to the minidisc players is such a difference. My ipod transfers 2 songs per second on it comparing to the awful slowness of the sonicstage. While writing this review I am going on a trip so I decided to bring my minidisc player instead of my expensive nano. I downloaded 22 songs onto the minidisc player and it took 20 minutes! I understand that the new HIMD's have a 100x transfer rate but the program never changed since I am using sonicstage 3.3. What I am trying to say is that the minidisc player might be functional since it is rather durable and consists of high battery life. But the software that is comes with, and you can't use anything else! That is unacceptable.
I hope that you listen to this because you hear many complaints of sonicstage on the reviews on amazon but it really is that bad.
Itunes is one of the best digital music programs that involve transfering to portable devices (only ipods) but I guarantee that you would not be dissapointed.
Good for recording, bad for anything else December 27, 2005
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
The SonicStage software is terrible, and you can't use anything else to download music to the device. It's slow, it hangs, and it wastes a lot of harddrive space converting everything.
 It worked great, at least for the first four months. December 14, 2005
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
It worked wonderfully for the first four months. And then it quit reading Minidiscs. Hey, it's under warranty for a year, right? So I sent it in.
They got back to me a month later and said they'd fix it for $76. That's almost half the cost of a new one! I've had this thing for four months! Isn't it under warranty for a year? Well, the parts are under warranty for a year - but the labor for only three months. I said no way. They said they could cut me a break and charge me only $50. Wait, so this is negotiable now? Why don't you just fix it for free, considering it cost $200 and didn't last even six months?
They said they'd pay the return postage to send it back to me with a customer service comment card. Wow, incredible.
Screw Sony. This company deserves to tank.
P.S. They just pulled any future development for the HD format.
I can not believe buying this product is a disaster December 3, 2005
6 out of 13 found this review helpful
I just got the RH910 for me, and the RH10 for my wife.
After reading so many good reviews, I do not believe these 2 little guys are that bad.
I transferred about 150 mp3 to RH910. It did not complained when transferring. But when playing back, only about 10 files can be played. All of the rest just got a Can not play message. Why? Do not tell me because I do not know how to use the software. I had a first generation MD player. The software for the MD player is much harder to use.
Then I gave RH10 a shot. Guess what? Even worse. All of the 150 files even can not be transferred. I just got a message said can not transfer. No reasons.
Hahaha. It is funny, right?
I cannot believe the software doesn't support Macintosh!! November 14, 2005
5 out of 13 found this review helpful
I am very disappointed. It is unbelievable that the software is not compatible with Mac. When I bought it I didn't even think that could happen, most of the musicians I know have a Mac. What were they thinking?
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