Sony NWZ-A818 8GB MP3 Player Reviews

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+ This MP3 player scores high on battery life. - It has no outstanding negative points. “Great battery life superb sound ultra portable good menu system” Anonymous verified purchaser View all 61 real customer reviews

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61 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
95% of people recommend it.

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Pros: download facility, quality headphones, functionality
Cons: no mains charger, unable to add extra memory, no record feature

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Battery life	8.9
Design	8.9
Design/build quality	8.7
Display Quality	9.4
Ease of use	9.1
Portability	9.3
Range of features	8.2
Sound quality	9.1
Value for money (at time of purchase)	9.1
Overall rating	9.0

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Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Great battery life
Superb sound
Ultra portable
Good menu system

- Display could've been better

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17 of 17 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

Ant , London

+ If you care about MP3 sound quality then this is the product for you. The supplied Headphones are exceptional and suggest that Sony are still making products for people who care about sound quality rather than just appearance and gimmicks (like touch screens).
Previous Sony MP3 players were good, but the download software was awkward and problematic, the use of drag and drop or Windows Media Player eliminates any issues and creates the perfect player

- You need to use Windows Media Player to create a playlist.

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

hussan, plaistow

+ one word.........awesome...far better than a fashion gadget ipod...

- Reviewer left no comment

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

David, Halesowen

+ It's a Sony!!!!

- No mains charger or case

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Mar 2008

Score 10.0/10

mark, northampton , “technical addviser”

+ sound quality AAAAAAAAAA this is a far suppier machine than the ipod in my viev

- none

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Apr 2008

Score 9.0/10

Amy, Norwich

+ Good layout, good search functions, good sound quality

- short battery life

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Easy to use, very good sound and very easy to download music and files with drag and drop.

- Crashed once, but reset and it was fine

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Jan 2008

Score 9.0/10

Alfred, Flint Mountain , “76 years old”

+ Excellent design, easy to use. Has wonderful sound quality, and headphones are brilliant, and are "in ear" which I prefer.

- Can't think of any.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Mar 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Fantastic sound quality, battery life and display. Even videos on the screen are more than watchable.

- Proprietry USB data/power connector.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Apr 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Very simple product to use.

- You can't create a playlist on the player itself.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 May 2008

Score 1.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “plus 70, elderly”

+ Great for the car

- Diufficult to access via a "foreign" PC

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Jul 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “the sony walkman”

+ sound quality is really good

- difficult 2 put music on

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Compact and stylish, with good graphics and bags of space (8Gb)

- Charging connector is non standard so you can't just use any old USB cable to charge it.

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purchased 11 Dec 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ I found that the SONY NWZA818B was very easy to pick up and get to grips with, and within a matter of minutes I had already gotten to grips with the majority of its functions. I found the sound quality to be very good indeed and the earphones included in the package are among the best I have used.

- There is only one minor fault I found which was the battery, although it does last for quite some time I did expect it to last a little longer than it did.

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purchased 26 Dec 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Battery life, easy to use & excellent picture quality.

- Does not come with a mains charger

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purchased 20 Mar 2008

Score 9.0/10

Andrew, Tadworth

+ Sound quality, portability and ease of use all score highly (supplied ear phones are good too). That's surely what you want from an mp3 player.
It's also easy to sync with your computer and supports a wide range of file formats.

- You can't add extra memory, which is a great shame.
Also, why is the battery not user-changeable (you have to take it to a Sony dealer)

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purchased 13 Mar 2008

Score 8.0/10

steve, herts

+ Battery life, Sound

- ease of use

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purchased 28 Mar 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “love music! ”

+ A truly great MP3 that seriously beats the Ipod hands down, the sound quality is unbelievable, and you cant go wrong with Sony! The headphones supplied are of top quality an the battery life is awesome, great screen too. And what a great price too!

- NOTHING YET! getting videos onto it i hear is a little problematic but i have not tried myself, but to be honest this is not ideal for videos, go for something with a bigger screen if videos is your main reason for buying, dont get me wrong, this is prefect for a few vids.

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purchased 29 Mar 2008

Score 8.0/10

John, St Albans

+ Compact size, good battery life, adequate memory capacity.

- As a sometime user of iTunes the Walkman isn't recognised by the iTunes software. I seem to have to use a media convertor and RealPlay. Might just be my lack of knowledge of course.

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purchased 03 Apr 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Simple to use.
Slim.
Battery life.
Sound quality.
Good supplied earbuds

- Proprietary charger lead.
No screen protector.
Lack of accessories.
No record feature.

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purchased 03 Apr 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Sound quality, screen quality, features, ease of use

- Battery life shorter than advertised, no mains charger

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purchased 13 Aug 2008

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Expert reviews for Sony NWZ-A818 8GB

PC Advisor expert review - by PC Advisor staff

The NWZ-A810s (also known as the A series), which range from 2GB to 8GB in capacity and include this model ﾖ the Sony Walkman NWZ-A818 ﾖ are impressive digital-media players.

This Sony NWZ-A818 8GB review continued on PC Advisor

reviewed 21 Nov 2007

Product Features

Hard Disk Capacity in GB	8
Hard Disk capacity is measured in GBs which stands for Gigabytes. A gigabyte is 1000 MB or megabytes. The more GB you have the more info like photos and music you can store.
MP4 Playback	Yes
MP4 is a video format, a bit like MP3 for video. Simply speaking, an MP4 player is an MP3 player that can play common video formats like MP4.
Colour	Multi
The main colour of the product.
Music Playtime (hours)	33
How long the device’s battery will last when playing music. The number is usually provided by the manufacturer, and should be used as a guide only.
Video Playtime (hours)	5
How long the device’s battery will last when playing video. The number is usually provided by the manufacturer, and should be used as a guide only.
Screen Size in Inches	2
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Screen Resolution (pixels)	320x240
The number of pixels the screen has. The more you have, the more detail the screen can display, given a high quality source. A breakdown of resolutions can be found on Wikipedia here
Weight (g)	53
The weight of the product in grams.
Colour Screen	Yes
If you’re into watching video or viewing photos on your mobile phone, MP3 player or iPod you’ll want to make sure it has a colour screen.
Photo Viewer	Yes
Ability to display your photographs and jpegs so you can show them off to your friends.
USB Port	Yes
Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
WMA Playback	Yes
Windows Media Audio is a popular compressed music format, like MP3. If you’re planning to play WMA files, you’ll need to check that WMA playback is supported.
WAV Playback	No
WAV files are Microsoft’s standard uncompressed music file format. If you like listening to high quality audio files and use Windows, make sure your device supports WAV playback.
Dimensions (mm)	45x88x10
The size of the device in millimetres, in width x height x depth.
Release Date	24 Sep 2007
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Sony NWZA818-BLACK, Sony NWZA818-PINK, Sony NWZA818-WHITE, SONY NWZA818B, Sony NWZA818B.CE7

MP3 Players Buying Guide

Manufacturer's Description

Transfer video and music from your collection via Windows Media Player or simple drag-and-drop
High quality 30 frame p/sec video playback for outstanding clarity from even fast-moving images
2.0" QVGA (320×240) high brightness screen for superior colour reproduction. Plays video horizontally or vertically
Superb sound quality from 4 built-in audio technologies: Clear Stereo, Clear Bass, DSEE sound enhancement and EX professional grade headphones
8GB with capacity of up to 2000 songs or 32 hours of video files*
Plays most popular music formats: MP3, AAC (non DRM), WMP (DRM10) and WMA (non DRM)
Compatible with popular video formats MPEG4 & AVC (H.264) Baseline
Listen for longer – incredible battery life of approx. 33 Hrs music or 8 Hrs video
Express yourself – choose from 5 different colours
Exists in Black, White, Violet, Silver, Pink
Intuitive operation from mobile phone-like interface and menus
JPEG viewer with slide show mode
Song capacity based on 4 minutes per song and 128kbps MP3 encoding (actual capacity will vary by content)