ipod vs. other playas

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Decide for yourself gohan. go to a store and play with a few, see which one you like the most. I personally have owned mini disk since it's inception and I have had a fair mix of players (awia, sharp, and sony) and every time a new generation of player comes out the sound quality improves (my series one mini from sony sounded just slightly better than a tape). I like the net-md for the simple reason that you cannot run out of space, just disks. You can cram 4 hours onto one disk, and when you are bored listening to that one you swap it out for another. The wallet the net-md comes with holds a few extra disks so are not fumbling them around and the battery life is awesome, I charge mine about once every other week (I only use it while mowing my lawn or working out at the gym).

Kak - do not get the 410.. you will be very unhappy with it. The interface is clunky and hard to use and the software only downloading/recording sucks. if you can find a n707, 710, 810 or 910, I think you would be happier. Hell they even make a sports model in a shock-proof case but I venture to say it probably has the same internals as the 410. Just keep in mind that if it does not say "net-md" or specify long play times (in the excess of 320 minutes) it may be a standard mini-disk player and cannot record (or convert) MP3's

Check http://www.ubid.com they usually have refurbs or overstocks.

there is also a new standard HI-MD comming out that can store 1 gig on a single disk and is backwards compatable with the current standard.

http://www.minidisct.com/products/sony_mz-nh600d.html

-Zero