Sony Walkman MZ-R70 Personal MiniDisc Player

Pros: Battery life, sound, skip-free, small
Cons: Too plastic, below par earphones and remote, price

The Sony MZ-R700 was my first leap into Minidisc. I have purchased numerous Sony products previously because of their renowned reputation for quality, style and innovation, even if you have to pay a little (sometimes alot) extra.

Sadly though,...

Pros: Easy to use, small.
Cons: The PC link is useless, takes a long time to record onto a minidisc

The minidisc player is only a little bit bigger than the actual minidisc, so it will fit in your pocket without weighting you down like a CD player. The minidisc, although it does not store pictures or movies yet, like the CDR disc, it can easily...

Pros: Back-lit LCD wired remote, rechargeable battery/adapter, PCLink, much more!
Cons: No digital line-out to transfer to computer

As a classical musician, my interest in minidisc recorders began with the idea of being able to record my practice sessions and recitals easily without lots of equipment. After trying out the MZ-R500 (see my other review) I settled on the MZ-R900DPC and...

Pros: Battery life, long play, optical line-in, mic input, very light
Cons: remote control, no 'return to start' button, no line-out

Quick review: great machine - great battery life, great quality. It's funky, i love it. It's got long play, which is grand. If you want to know about my little idiosyncratic issues with the way it works, read on. Other reviews have already covered how...

Pros: Compact size, battery life, backlit LCD remote control
Cons: No digital line out, USB PC interface lacks upload capability, cheap headphones

The good and the not so good:

I purchased the Sony MZ-R900DPC mainly to record live concerts. I found that the mini disc format was the perfect, if not the only format to accomplish this job. I shopped mostly the online stores and found that...

Pros: A beautiful musical device that provides hours of listening.
Cons: Hours? 4 on the rechargable and theoretically 17 on an AA.

When in college, you will have boring teachers. Teachers that lecture for hours in a monotone voice. My MD player has kept me alive throughout hours of lectures and studying periods. I can listen to my own mix and have hours of music on compact (2.75...

Pros: Small light weight, play your own personal cd
Cons: The remote Control is a little basic as in cheap...

My Friend spent $250 on A Mini Disc Player. At that time I had no clue what a minidisk were. And I swear that at MOST 1-week mini discs were poking out everywhere. That’s when I started feeling left out. So when I finally saved enough I got it. It’s not...

Pros: Compact, efficient, mdlp, just completely awesome.
Cons: works only with self,

Once again this just goes to show you how minidisc is sorely underrated and unacknowledged. Minidisc is completly awesome, and mz r700 is just the best one and only one you'll ever need. Number one, it runs on one aa battery, which is both a good and...

Pros: small
Cons: user unfriendly

I used to have a sony MZR-50. It broke, so i sent it back for a replacement. I got this piece of junk.


Sure, my R50 was pretty big and klunky by MD standards (it was about the size a cassette tape case), but it was well made! this thing,...

Pros: easy to use interface, records almost anything, extremely clear, ....MDLP!...
Cons: song naming takes forever, the standard headphones are horrible!

for christmas of 2001, i received an IROCK digital music player with FM tuning capabilities. by some chance it wasn't working and i ended up getting some major credit at a local electronics store. having owned for a while a really nice SHARP md...

Pros: Size, price, neat color =)
Cons: Lack of instructions on using PC interface, uncomfortable headphones

I purchased my mini disc player with my boyfriend recently when we saw it on sale. We had been debating between getting an MP3 player or the mini disc player, and we decided on the mini disc player because this particular one came with a PC interface...

Pros: Portability, sound quality, ease of recording, battery life
Cons: Battery Lump, PCLink records in realtime, No LCD on remote

I recently updated to the MZ-R700DPC, after my Sharp MD-MS702 couldn't record anymore, and thank god for those 4 year service plans at Best Buy, because that's how I got my new MZ-R700DPC with an additional 4 year service plan for free. First thing...

Pros: Great price, crystal sound, stylish, very portable, long battery life, MDs are cheap
Cons: Remote has no LCD, cumbersome naming, headphones OK, PC Link is not too easy,

I got mine in Hong Kong and this was one of the only US models they had. But it's been fabulous so far. Very durable, dropped it once or twice while listening and it did not skip at all. Easy to carry around, the only problem is that the pouch that...

Pros: Small sleek design, LONG playing time, LONG battery life (40+!!!)
Cons: Whole computer connectability, TMARK feature thinks it's too smart.

Hesitating whether I should buy one of that new fangled mp3/cd player, or that 64mb mp3 player, I decided to go look at the "Audio Oddities" of today. That's where I came along this minidisk player. When I asked for information on this unit, I couldn't...

Pros: Good looking, portable / small, long battery life
Cons: No line out. How about fm tuner functionality?

I'm really impressed with this MD from Sony. It's well built, easy to use, and unlike most gadgets this is one that actually serves a useful purpose.

Sony bought out the MD to replace the tape. I think the only reason why it never really...