Sony Walkman NW-HD3 20 GB

This was the first mp3 player that I owned and I listened to it almost constantly until it died. The sound quality is superb and more than adequate for the majority of the population's hearing. The controls are straightforward and easy to get used to and there are not too many buttons (as on some mp3 players) to make it confusing. The 20Gb storage capacity is enough for most of most people's music collections and definitely enough to carry the music that you listen too most frequently. If you do want to change it it does not take too long either, provided that your music is in the correct format. This brings me on to the main flaw of the HD3. The ...  Read the complete review

I originally bought this mp3 player in preference to an iPod because of the reasonable price given that it has a 20GB hard drive and the fact that you are supposed to be able to drop it from 1m without damaging it. This was of particular interest to me because I was planning on using the mp3 player whilst snowboarding and wanted it to be able to withstand small impacts if necessary. It has definitely lived up to its claim of being durable as I have been using it for 4 years now and it is still working as well as when I first bought it. Having a 20GB hard drive allowed me to transfer all of my music onto it which was very useful when I spent a year travelling ...  Read the complete review

I would call this Sony's techno-glamour. I had a close look at its predecessor HD1, beautiful, sleek but something was missing. That something has exactly been taken care of in Sony Network Walkman NW-HD3, but there are still some glaring and annoying flaws in this glamour product from Sony but chances are Apple iPod is in for a real push to exist at the top of consumer's mind and Sony Network Walkman NW-HD3 is taking the walkman culture to the 21st centaury and rightly so. On the face of it there is hardly any difference with the HD1 but just spend some time with it, quite few striking and key difference will be immediately noticeable. Like HD-1 it froths ...  Read the complete review

I bought this MP3 player about two years ago from Amazon Marketplace for about £70 and still absolutely love it, I bought an Apple Ipod classic a few months ago but sold it and went back to the Sony. It has everything you need in an mp3 player - ease of use, huge storage capactiy and good looks. It comes with SonicStage software which is really simple to use. The sound quality is great but you can end up listening too loud due to the volume not being limited. I prefer this to the Ipod as I find it much easier to use, this mp3 player has never crashed on me - unlike the Ipod, I never have to worry about using it in public and getting mugged as it doesn't have the 'rob me' ...  Read the complete review

This was my first major MP3 player. I love it to bits. I've got an extensive CD's collection and its pretty much all gone on to this walkmans 20GB hard drive. The menus and the way that the music is stored is very simple to use. The only downside is that its now unavailable to buy and that all of the newer models that Sony have brought out since have never had the same capacity - i think that the most you can buy is about 16GB which means once this walkman has past its sell by date I might have to move over to the IPOD to ensure that I can still have as many tracks on my MP3 player. I would recommend this walkman if you can get your hands on it. The sound quality ...  Read the complete review