Sony Minidisc Player
I got a new toy on the weekend…I bought a minidisc player! It was a really good buy. We went to the Sony outlet store and I bought a refurbished one (Sony MZ-N505) for $100 US. Compare that to the same model for close to $250 Canadian for a new model. I was comparing mp3 players vs. mp3 discmans vs. minidisc players for a while now and i don’t think I would ever buy a mp3 player because of the cost/meg of storage. I can’t fit enough songs on the typical mp3 player. 1 hour of music just won’t do it for me. With the minidisc, i can fit 5 hours of music on a disc that costs $3. Compare that to approx $100 for a memory card to store 1 hour of music. So to get multiple hours of mp3s on a player, I’d have to switch to a harddrive style player like the Nomad Jukebox. 6 Gig of music is nice, but it’s a huge form factor, much bigger than a discman. Even a discman was too big for what i wanted to use it for. I was looking for something i could throw in my pocket and take anywhere. The minidisc players are the perfect size. Nice and small. The only mp3 player I would consider would be Apple’s iPod. I don’t have an Apple to hook it up to, don’t want to install that other software to run it on a PC, and it’s still a bit expensive…but very nice. And the minidisc will be definitely in my pocket when i’m out snowboarding. So lightweight and enough music for the entire day of riding.