Sony VAIO Pocket or the NW-HD5

[MizuRyuu]

I am trying to decide between buying a NW-HD5 at a local store or the Sony Vaio Pocket off of ebay.com.... for people who have both, which one is better in your opinion??

[Christopher]

I consider the HD5 to be strictly music playback oriented -- whereas the Pocket has the vibrant color screen, skins, ability to see album art, and so forth. If you like the bells and whistles along with good music playback capability, get the Pocket. If you want longer battery life and just music playback capability, get the HD5.

[atrain]

the HD5 is significantly smaller too. almost credit card sized.

[dskywalker]

I had both and I decided to keep hd5 for its smaller form factor and longer battery life. One thing that made me really disappointed about vaio pocket is that its battery gets drained even when left unused (like the ipod). Otherwise, both players are quite solid.

[sane1]

i love my Vaio Pocket and i'm not sure how the HD5 is with lag, but the Pocket (even with no jacket covers and original skin) is very slow and laggy when manually picking a song... didn't think it would bother me at first, but it is now really getting on my nerves. other than that, the SQ is very good and, besides its size, has a very uniquely attractive design. looks very professional.