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I have an R900, and I love it. Its battery is a gumstick NiMH, and it takes
me bloody well forever to drain it. Granted I'm not CONSTANTLY listening to
my unit but it gets used several times a day.
It also comes with a little screw-on adaptor on the bottom that holds a
standard AA alkie. I used the two in tandem while I was on vacation for
about 9 days, for the whole trip down, while I was there, and the whole trip
back (many many hours) and didn't put a dent in the batteries. Very
efficient! The battery life is one of the things that's impressed me most
with these new Sonys. That and the fact the R900 is feature packed.
---
Mike Lastucka, B. Tech
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>Subject: MD: Sharp MD-MT877 vs. Sony MZ-G750DPC
>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 07:10:29 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>Hey all. I haven't been on this list since about '98
>or maybe '97 even (it was on a Rocketmail account, so
>I know it was before Yahoo took them over!). Is the
>list still alive?
>
>I personally got tired of MD when I got a cd burner --
>much harder to share your music when you're the only
>one with a Minidisc player! Now, however, I'm taking
>public transportation again, and it's amazing how big
>a cd player suddenly is! Add that to the new MDLP
>stuff, and I can see it's time to get back into
>MiniDisc.
>
>I was dismayed to discover that Best Buy has more or
>less stopped carrying my lovely little toys (they only
>have the Sony MZ-R700DPC (if I'm not mistaken) and the
>saleman to whom I spoke clearly thought that MD was
>pass (somehow holding the belief that 64 megs of
>flash memory, holding about an hour's music and
>costing more than $50 on a good day -- and don't get
>me started on the cost of those MP3 players -- was
>superior to minidisc). So I hit the web, and went
>back to trusty old Minidisco. This brings me to the
>subject at hand.
>
>Now, I've always been fond of Sony. They make pretty
>good investments in innovation (seems like Phillips
>invents everything good and then sells it to Sony),
>and when the technology is young, they make solid
>devices. When the technology is mature, they can be
>counted on to make some of the best equipment in the
>high-end consumer market, and some very respectable
>budget equipment. However, they always seem to be
>rather conservative. For example, what the h3ll is up
>with all of their player/recorders using AAs and not
>having built-in Li-Ion support? My favorite thing
>about my old Sharp MD-SS312-H (which, I would like to
>point out, is still very sexy) is the gumpack Li-Ion
>battery. I can not stand buying a few packs of AAs
>every week. I won't do it. Now, I notice that
>Minidisco indicates that Sony includes a NiCd AA with
>their MD portables, but NiCd, unlike MD, IS pass ! I
>have enough headaches keeping my cordless phone
>batteries from developing memory -- I don't want to
>add my MD player to that mess.
>
>Does anyone on the list have any experience with the
>Sharp MD-MT877? It looks cool (though I must admit
>the Sony MZ-R700DPC is a sexy little b!tch), it
>apparently has a NiMH battery (I'm guessing it's a AA
>format, can anyone confirm? If so, I may be able to
>replace it with Li-Ion, but I'm not sure how the
>onboard charger would feel about that), but at least
>it's less of an insult than NiCd. The battery life is
>respectable, and that charging cradle is the deal
>closer. I love dropping my phone into a cradle and
>letting it charge, and I want the same for my MD.
>It's the small things in life...
>
>Then of course, there's the Sony MZ-G750DPC. IT's got
>a sexy look to it (I do so love turning heads when I
>pull that MD player out of my pocket... "What kind of
>tape player is that?!" -- hours of fun for the whole
>family), plus it comes with non-earbud headphones,
>which is nice.. might save me a few bucks if they're
>halfway decent... it comes with a PC link (I thought I
>was going to have to buy a SB Live! or something
>similar for the digital-out) which'll save a few
>bucks, plus it has a built in am/fm radio. That's
>nice.
>
>What I'm looking for is opinions. Purely subjective
>comments on their livability. How fun are they to have?
>
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