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Sony NWZE436FBLK Review by Darryl Pierce "RadioMan" (Georgia)
Sony has done it again. They took a really good product and made it mediocre. This is supposed to be the 3rd generation upgrade of their new line of Video Walkman Mp3 players. You would think it would be better than the 600 and 700 series players. Well, in IMHO it is not.
Yes, they added the radio,extended the battery life to an amazing 45 hours,added more and support for a couple of other video formats,and improved the build quality but come on Sony, the most important feature of an mp3 player is the Sound.
This one does not sound nearly as nice or clean as the 600 and 700 series Walkmans. If you have never heard the other Sony players, then you might think this one is great, but it does not compare to the older models in sound quality.
There are several sound enhancements that were included in the earlier versions of this player that are missing here. There is no VPT ( Virtual Surround), No Clear Stereo, No DSE and no Bass Enhancement. And most of all, the volume capability seems to be about 60 % of what you got on the older units. That may be how Sony got the extra 12 hours of battery life.
The tuner in the older units was awesome, this tuner is very weak. I compared the two units side by side, and it is not just a little weak, it is almost unusable.
The video does seem to be about the same as the older players,which was very good, and they did increase the size of the screen, but video was not a very important feature for me.
Shame on Sony..... I bought this to give as a gift to friend and I am now to embarrased by the performance to give it as gift. I am taking this unit back,and I already ordered another 600 and 700 series unit while they are still available on clearance.
Sony NWZE436FBLK Review by Dr R M. Siegfried (Garden City, NY)
My wife has an iPod nano, and while the sound is good, the iPod has had a reputation for breaking and I found the iTunes store a nightmare to navigate.
For me, it came down to the Sony or the SanDisk. While the SanDisk is less expensive and has the microSD slot, it is almost as fragile as glass. When I looked at them at the local BestBuy, the SanDisk on display was broken after 2 DAYS on display.
The Sony has been reliable (so far), the sound rivals anything that I've owned and it was easy to use and to download onto. I have been using My Computer to copy over files, but it comes with software that makes it a matter of drag and drop to download. And in my opinion, it's a better deal than the iPod, especially with 99-cent downloads from Amazon, compared to $1.29 for new tunes from the iTunes stores.
Sony NWZE436FBLK Review by J. Nelson (Phoenix, AZ)
I decided to buy this unit for my 10-year-old son as his first MP3 player because I didn't want to dish out the big bucks for the IPOD not knowing how careful he would be with it. I love my IPOD Classic but they are pricey. Additionally, I've always been a fan of Sony electronics. No more...at least not with their Walkmans. Loading music was easy - drop and drag to the folder using my PC, which recognized the Walkman as soon as it was plugged in. That's where the ease of use ended. One of the selling points of these units is the ability to upload and watch videos. I'm an experienced computer user but I spent half a day trying to get videos downloaded from YouTube to this Walkman device without success. I used the Sony Walkman Media Manager (program that comes on the CD that comes packaged with the unit) and that didn't work. It wouldn't upload any MP4 or AVC format videos despite these being the only formats Sony says it will accept for videos. I downloaded the content transfer program from Sony's Web site and that program immediately stopped working on my computer (On screen message: "This program has stopped working and needs to shut down"). Several reinstalls of the program and same thing result. Ugh. I finally just dropped and dragged the videos from my PC desktop directly into the Walkman video folder and they copied over fine. However, when I tried to play them on the Walkman I got the "incompatible format" error message on every video. To boot, Sony's Web site provides no troubleshooting assistance for the issue. I found many others online with the same issue I was experiencing. Lesson learned - spend a few extra bucks and buy the IPOD for trouble free operation. Good luck!
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Sony 4 GB Walkman Video MP3 Player NWZ-E436F (Black) Technical Details
- Supported audio formats: MP3, WMA, AAC-LC, and Linear PCM; supported video formats: AVC(H.264/AVC), MPEG-4, Windows Media Video 9
- Enjoy up to 45 hours of continuous music or 8 hours of video on a single charge
- 4 GB capacity for up to 925 songs or 15 hours of video
- 1-Year limited warranty
- 2-inch TFT color display with white LED-backlight, QVGA (240 x 320 Pixels) resolution, and 262,144 colors
- Item Dimensions: 1 x 5 x 7 inches; 0 pounds
- Brand: Sony
- Model: NWZE436FBLK
- Product Type: Electronics
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