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Amazon.com Product Description This stylish and versatile player lets you store up to 45 hours of digital music and bring it with you on a single, skip-free, 1 GB Hi-MD MiniDisc. The Walkman supports MP3, WMA, and WAV, plays back in ATRAC3 and ATRAC3plus audio formats, and includes an AM/FM/TV/weather radio built into the remote. When you want to record, the USB connection delivers burn rates of up to 100x for your MP3s and CDs. 
The new, high-density (Hi-MD) recording technology doubles the recording capacity of standard MiniDiscs. | |
A handy Jog Dial provides easy navigation, and music management software lets you group your tunes and customize your playing environment. This player also includes line-in functionality for line, mic, or mini analog optical inputs and a USB-in port, as well as such niceties as volume control for the included set of headphones. And, the player's three-line LCD display provides album, artist, and song title information on a clean, single screen. You can even store data from your computer, such as documents and presentations, on this player using its USB interface. A single AA battery, which you'll need if you want to use the device away from your computer, is not included. Note: The MZNHF800's recording features and bundled software are not compatible with Macs. What's in the Box
The Sony MZNHF800 Hi-MD MiniDisc Walkman, a digital-tuning remote control, an AC adapter, a digital cable, headphones, a SonicStage software CD-ROM with a simple MD burner application, and a USB cable
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 Wow!! A versatile little gem. |
| Review Date: August 17, 2004 |
| Reviewer: Jen ML, Northeast US |
I've been looking at mp3 players for awhile, but ended up waiting for this little gem to become available. Glad I waited!
Let me explain one thing, though - I don't download from file sharing services, so I can't vouch for how it works with those files. The manual says the software won't work with dual-boot systems, but I use PowerQuest's BootMagic and had no problems. I have heard of people having problems if their machine does not have OEM Windows, so be careful.
The ability to transfer from a cd right to the MD is great, and quick. My previously-stored mp3 files went in with no fuss, but took longer. This unit has an optical-out for use with a good stereo system, and a line-in to record from tape players, turntables, or stand-alone cd players.
The minidisc is fully enclosed like a floppy disc, which is great. The hi-md disc will hold up to 45 hours of music on the most compressed settings. The next lowest gives about 30 hours, and sounds terrific. The player is about the size of a deck of cards and very light. This player can also use the traditional minidisc in either the old formats or the new, hi-md (up to 13 hours on the disc, I believe). The player is easy to set up, use, and navigate.
There are 2 reasons I went with this unit rather than a hard-drive type player. 1) No problems with skipping and 2) If the worst happens and the player dies, the music is safe on the disc.
Since this unit will also record with a mic, I think my 13-year-old son, who plays trumpet, will get his own for Christmas. By the way, SonicStage will not allow conversion from a recording on this machine to mp3, but a software update to fix this problem is due out in the fall.
If you want a small, sturdy, versatile mp3 player, this is a great choice. |
Useful tool but UI is a bit too complicated
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| Review Date: August 19, 2004 |
| Reviewer: Woland99, Austin, TX USA |
I use MZ-NHF800 to record guitar lessons and rehearsals of
my band. At home I plug MD into Pandora guitar box (that
has looper/phrase trainer capability) and transcribe the lesson.
Being able to record 45hrs of lessons on one disk is very
convenient. You can FF thru recorded lesson while Play is on
and very easily locate phrase you are looking for (recorder
will play short fragments of music in real tempo - not sped-up
like tape recorder). However doing it with remote requires
a bit of finesse - it is not very ergonomically designed part.
The worst part so far is display - the letters or VERY small
and hard to read if you wear glasses. The great feature is
ability to upload to PC (so far only to ATRAC format).
Sony promised to provide free software to convert ATRAC to
WAV in sometimes this Fall - it will make this recorder into
GREAT tool to transcribe live music since there are some great
PC utilities to slow-down WAV files. BTW - quality of recording
in Hi-LP (45hrs per 1GB) disk is very adequate (64kHz sampling)
for recording live music.
(03/05)
I decided to add couple remarks to my review.
I had problems running SonicStage software on XP machine -
app would crash immediately after UI would come up. I used
the link to support site on installation disk - the URL is:
http://esupport.sony.com/perl/modelpage.pl?template=EN&mdl=MZNHF800
The site itself proved to be very helpful - you can D/L newest
installer from there and in the FAQ section I found the answer
to the problem: "It has been confirmed that some of Sony's
application software for managing music files on the computer may
not work as originally intended if a user installs Microsoft
Windows Security Update Program MS04-032 (KB840987) on his/her
computer."
The solution is to D/L countermeasure from Microsoft:
For Windows XP Operating Systems* with no Service Pack or with
Service Pack1:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=BF04ACA3-7C7C-428B-9E59-72057A21021E&displaylang=en
And it WORKED.
After that SonicStage 3.0 was working flawlessly. I transfered
files that I recorded on MD to computer - converted them to WAV
and then MP3.
As far as using MZ as Walkman - I can transfer about 11 (ELEVEN)
full lenght albums to a standard 80 min minidisk (<$2 each).
For my money that is more convenient solution then iPod.
And the quality of sound is EXCELLENT - much better then playing
same mp3 (before converting to Hi-MD format - ATRAC3plus) from a
computer. |
Excellent recorder - superior compression
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| Review Date: October 12, 2004 |
| Reviewer: Luis Muñoz Guajardo, Santiago, RM Chile |
| This Hi-MD recorder meets any requirement a music fan can have. I bought it last week and started downloading my music immediately. The sound quality it achieves in high compression is astounding. It really overcomes LP4 limitations of the old Netmd format. The process of transferring the music with SonicStage becomes very easy with the Import Folder option so All your music can be imported to SonicStage with just one click. I have also used the upload feature and the process is very easy. You can just record anything with your Hi-Md unit, upload your tracks to your PC using SonicStage, then transform the tracks to Wav using Hi-MdRenderer (http://www.marcnetsystem.co.uk) and then burn a CD. The process is easy and quick and the Md quality is preserved. I loved the unit and encourage everybody to buy it. |
AFTER ALMOST 4 YEARS WOULD NOT TRADE FOR ANY I-POD
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| Review Date: November 24, 2007 |
| Reviewer: JON STRICKLAND, Smithfield, NC United States |
The Sony MZ-NHF800 Hi-MD Minidisc Walkman is an awesome machine that is equipped with AM/FM/TV/Weatherband radio controls. With the 1 GB minidiscs and the minidisc-compatible technology that has been created since 2004, when I purchased this item, there is so much that you can do with this recorder that it is staggering!
It is amazing how this player, when combined with the right gear, can access MP3s and WAV files, and it does it in ways that I don't think that the Ipod can. For those who have thought of giving up on MD, I say don't! Especially the HI-MD!
There are companies that have come out with driver updates and products that have made this particular product compatible even with Windows Vista. Among them are Xitel and M-Audio.
I am excited about seeing what more I can continue to do with this recorder, whether on the computer or on the field! Forgive the exclamations, but I am not hamming all this up. |
A terrific recorder!
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| Review Date: September 12, 2004 |
| Reviewer: A. Poulios, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| I bought this recorder as soon as it was released and though I was initially disappointed with the restriction in converting uploaded files into .wav files, this has now been solved! This recorder will be an invaluable tool if you are interested in making live recordings and burning them on CDs. I'm not sure if this model is still available, but do look for more recent models that now allow for older (pre Hi-MD) Minidisc files to be uploaded and converted into .Wav files as well! Thank you, Sony! |
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