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WOOOOHOOOO!! 199€ at sonystyle Italy for nwz-a818 + case. Ordering it right away!

190€ is a hell of a deal!! crossing my fingers...

I do hope they will extend the price drop to Europe, too. nwz-a818 is still €249 here... :\

Thanks, could you please post a close-up screen, I'm just curious to check if it is worth to buy a video player...

I still couldn't judge the actual quality of the screen, all video rreviews on youtube are low quality. It would be helpful to have a frame of a movie from nwz and compare it to the "original" one.

Hi, great review! One more effort: did you manage to play videos and pictures? Will you please upload some close-up shots of the screen when viewing videos and images? (you may Pause the video) Is it detailed enough to read subtitles? (thinking of Death Note anime and such) I'd like to have such information before buying one.

a tool is provided, to convert atracs to mp3.

LOL! @Akai Kenshi: it's 30€ actually. anyway, the smaller brother has an FM tuner and a new hardware. I can't explain why it's cheaper...

aaah!! drag and drop, eventually! I like the controls of the S61x, but not the round shape and the smaller screen... The new A81x looks the same as its father, a pity they didn't add FM to it. I'm wondering if some chip actually changed inside or if it's just a disguised software upgrade... uhm... Also, why is S so much cheaper than A??

well, good to know. I was about to buy one. I'll wait for the new one, to see if it's really better or not.

Damn, I was considering buying a 808, but I would mainly use it connected to my hi-fi and car stereo... Do you think I can have it working despite there's no dedicated line-out fature? Can such a feature be implemented via firmware or does it require specific hardware? Do you think Sony will make an effort to add it in near future? (is there even any firmware update planned?)

€299,99 the 8GB here in Italy, at SonyStyle...

Well, keep in mind I still don't have an mp3 player, waiting for the "perfect one" since I first saw NW-HD3, which looked superb to me, but I didn't buy because not available in black. since then I've been looking for a pure mp3 player, the direct successor of a cd player, but couldn't find one which satisfied me. I'm still waiting. I must admit all those new brands like the mentioned Cowon did a great job in the last years, but I still prefer known brands like sony, samsung, etc. Don't like the Ipod. Right now I think the time has come. I'd like to try the a800 myself, first. I might also consider a samsung or something similar, 8gb flash, but I still would like a sony. Don't know...

sony style italy: http://shop.sonystyle-europe.com/SonyStyle...mp;id=spring07* WTF? 300€ for that? Damn... argh! no OLED and no mp3 support (i dont care for this one so much).

I heard something like that quite a while ago. Let's hope to get some new info soon. I'm expecially interested to the price range. nwa3000 wasn't that competitive...

I was wondering if sony is about to release something new for winter season, if not I guess I'll have to buy a zune, which has very intuitive interface at a very competitive price. I'm asking because on the other hand, zune wouldn't beat an upcoming sony player in terms of sound quality and battery life. Any insider news?

...unless you buy quality headphones with built-in noise-cancelling.

AH! it looks damn good... If only they made a 6/8GB version... Afterall, it's as big as the Nano. ...the screen light looks a bit weak, doesn't it?

ah, well. that's fine to me.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? So even if I was playing in shuffle mode it won't start with a random track when it boots? Or, at least, it won't start with the last track listened?

Wait a minute! Isn't the cradle NECESSARY (read bundled) to load music and charge? Haven't seen any usb/ac plug on the device... Does it have a clip like the hd3?

Obtaining a black NW-HD3... same here. at sony center downtown they only have those in the serial# range which don't work. at many malls are finished and won't be oredered. at the electronics shop in my block they have only a silver one. at another big electronics shop i've been told they are just finished. today they are calling me to tell me if there is a black one left at their shop in a nearby town. fingers crossed. if I don't find it, I'll go at sony downtown and ask if they sell me a not-working one for less than 20€ and try to repair it myself. or try to ask if there's a chance that sony italy has one left in milan...

I am interested in this topic since I'm considering to buy one of these vaios. I have a digital photo album with folder names that I dont want to change. Have you eventually found a workaround? (sry not easy to read longposts in eng) Is the trick of the english old fw over the jap one workin? Is there a chance that they will release new fw?