Sony Video Walkmans, Free of ATRAC and SonicStage

Sony

By: Travis Booysen on August 30, 2007 9:45 AM

Sony has announced the introduction of two video walkmans to the US in September, both of which will not support their proprietary ATRAC format or require the use of SonicStage.

The first of these, the NWZ-A810 series, is identical to the NW-A800 available in Europe, but completely new from Sony is the NWZ-S610. It features a 1.8-inch screen (0.2-inches smaller than the A810) with the same 320 x 240 pixel resolution, and FM Radio which is absent in the A810. The two players share the same support for MP3, WMA (DRM), and unprotected AAC audio formats, as well as the H.264/AVC and MPEG-4 video codecs.

Each model will be available in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB versions, and cost $120, $160, and $210 for the S610 and $140, $180, and $230 for the A810 respectively.

[Press Release via Engadget]

Comments

Michael Pereira on August 30, 2007 1:38 PM

Your pricing figures are wrong

Also what's up with the word verification with every comment. Please disable that.

akasan on August 30, 2007 3:19 PM

NWZ-S610 button layout makes me think this is the flash incarnation of the hd5 (i miss you..lol) going to pick up either one of these tomorow at the sony store in nyc (my s706 headphone jack just broke monday...maybe sony sent out a secret signal to disable it so I'd go and buy the new ones?) anyone know if there is any difference between the sound quality of the two?

dfkt on August 30, 2007 11:38 PM

Michael, what's with the constant nagging and nitpicking?

I respect DAPReview, and I don't go there to "edit" each and every article...

Michael Pereira on August 31, 2007 11:21 AM

nitpicking? I corrected you on pricing for the public's sake.

I commented personally on the word verification in the sites setup. Just because I'm an editor at another site doesn't mean I can't comment on a direction that I feel is wrong for commenters like myself. I also comment at Gizmodo, engaget and other sites and I've put suggestions there for new features I didn't like.

How many articles have I "edited" btw? Please give me substantial evidence of me doing this enough for you to even justify saying that.

Deso on September 12, 2007 1:28 PM

Cant we all just get along?

That pricing is funny when compared to the upcoming sandisc player :P
200$ for 16 gb hehe
Allthough i am a sony fanboy (i luv my hd5h) im very disappointed in the new design.

sigsegv0x0b on November 30, 2007 11:51 AM

Are you going to review this unit?

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