http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/ Engadget Comments for Sony's NW-A800 Series outed http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/
Made for a confusing read the first time through.]]>Feb 16th 2007 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/
I'm not a Sony hater, in fact I would like more companies to compete with the iPod, but that is the ugliest PMP I've seen by a major company.

That looks like something from the Radioshack clearance shelf. Geez.]]>Feb 16th 2007 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/Feb 16th 2007 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/Feb 16th 2007 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/Feb 16th 2007 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/Feb 16th 2007 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/Feb 16th 2007 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/Feb 16th 2007 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/Feb 16th 2007 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/Up untill recently, most major films recorded all location sound onto Minidisk using sony's "famous" (yeah right) ATRAC format, and was among the prefered audio formats for film. Then it went from mini DVD to HDD as the prices for those formats fell. The point? Most of you couldnt tell one pile of crap from the next. If youre going to hate somthing, at least learn about it first.

... atrac is kinda meh though from an audiophile POV. But then again, so is mp3.]]>Feb 16th 2007 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/MiniDisc (Hi-MD) these days can record with no lossy compression (since 2004).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniDisc#Hi-MD

As far as I can tell ATRAC has never been a 'standard' for location sound for major films. Care to name any?

But that's besides the point. People bash ATRAC 'cause it's Sony (or related to SonicStage's bad history with DRM), not because they can necessarily say it's any worse than their MP3s, IMO.

I think this device is miles ahead of the fingerprint-laden plasticky reflective devices that came before it - looks-wise AND functionality-wise. Would I ever buy it? No way. There are far better competitors offering open-source codecs like FLAC and Ogg Vorbis that don't require clunky Windows software to get it on the device. ]]>Feb 16th 2007 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/
It comes down to the price, if this thing is priced similar to an iPod nano, I would consider it a good rival, however if its a dollar more its pointless.]]>Feb 16th 2007 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/Feb 16th 2007 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/Feb 16th 2007 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/Feb 16th 2007 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/Feb 17th 2007 6:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/
The Cowon D2 craps all over this POS.]]>Feb 17th 2007 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/
Also, the fact that people reading a tech site think Sony players still only do ATRAC shows just how poor Sony's marketing has been - they now natively do MP3, WMA, AAC and, of course, ATRAC and ATRAC Lossless.]]>Feb 17th 2007 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/awaiting for more specifics, though.]]>Feb 18th 2007 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/16/sonys-nw-a800-series-outed/Feb 18th 2007 1:44PM