Sony Walkman S-Series Video MP3 Player
Model number: NWZ-S545BLK
Whenever I hear Sony Walkman, I picture a cassette player. As it progressed from a giant brick of a player to a smaller and smaller form, until cassette tapes went out of style. Even though it seems odd to see an MP3 player called a Walkman, it is understandable. It is still a known name for Sony products.
This new entry into the MP3 player world has many wonderful features to offer.
Features such as, an FM tuner, MP3 playback, Video playback, built in speakers, alarm clock, voice recording, and a 2.4” LCD screen. The supported format for music files are MP3, AAC, WMA (DRM), and Linear PCM. Supported video file formats are AVC, MPEG 4, and WMV (DRM). The Sony S-Series Walkman comes in sizes of 8 GB and 16 GB models and colored red or black. The battery is said to last forty-two hours for music playback and six and half hours for video playback.
Some of the drawbacks seen from reading the specs are as follows. The Walkman’s software only supports the Windows operating system, namely the various versions of Windows XP and Windows Vista. Which effectively cuts out a portion of potential customers. But they end the System Requirements with a question mark, so maybe they just haven’t tested it with other operating systems. The headphones double as the radio antenna, which may be annoying if you want to have a clean look while using the external speakers. All of the software is built into the player, so you have no backup if the player eventually malfunctions.
The reviews for the Sony Walkman are overall positive. One of the main gripes seems to be that the screen scratches too easily and that the body feels flimsy, since it is just plastic.