blinky_182

I bought my DH710 rougly 4 months ago and I'v had zero problems with it, I live in Canada BTW. I'm pretty happy with it, but its a rather basic unit. With the box came the unit and Hi-MD disk, sonicstage cd-rom, usb cable, and a set of earphones (which IMO aren't bad). To answer your questions it does not have a remote or an AC jack, only headphones and a usb jack. It does not come with rechargeable batteries, but the box claims about 17hrs of battery life. Unfortunitally I don't have a digital camera, but here is a link to some pictures http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=11669 *BUT the pictures are of a recording model the RH710, the DH710 is a PLAYER ONLY model* The DH710 would not have the line in jack or a "Record" button, the button is instead "Download". I'm happy with my player, but if it's more features you are looking for (like opical in etc.) you will want to look at different units.

My specs are PIII 933mhz, 384mb ram, windows ME

Alright I'm new to the MD format, I'v been looking at the Hi-MD models and decided to get a MZ-DH710 becase of its price ($159 CAD). Recording is not a big issue for my music is already on the comptuer. Now my questions are 1) Is buying a MD player for playback only worth it? 2) Am I gonna get good sound quality compared to other MP3 players? 3) Most of my MP3s are 128bit rate, what Atrac compression would I use to match that? Ipods aren't an option for me as I need windows XP for iTunes. Also I'm too keen on the limited storage of MP3 players and the eventual replacement of built-in lithium ion batteries.