sony Vaio music clip mc-p10

VAIO Music Clip MC-P10 by Sony



		The Music Clip brings Sony's engineers into the world of portable digital audio. From the aesthetics, it seems they did an excellent job. The Music Clip maintains a compact yet stylish and rugged look. The back-lit LCD seems to only display track number and little other information. Thankfully, Sony decided to include USB support for very fast transfer rates. Finally, Sony also includes support for the proprietary ATRAC3 digital audio format. The Music Clip can play back OpenMG MP3 and OpenMG ATRAC3 files. But what is OpenMG? According to Sony: "OpenMG is SDMI compliant application software that enables the PC to securely store digital music content downloaded from the Internet or recorded from other sources on the hard drive. OpenMG Software also allows the secure digital music content to be transferred back and forth from the VAIO Music ClipT Personal Network Player." Basically, you'll have to convert all of your MP3s into these formats.

Specifications:

.	Multi-CODEC: MP3, ATRAC3, Expandable
.	Memory: Built-in 64MB Flash
.	Security: OpenMG (SDMI Compliant)
.	Transfer Rate: 500 Kbyte/sec
.	Display: Back-lit LCD
.	Equalizer: 3 Presets (Rock, Pop, Jazz)
.	Play: Normal, Repeat One, Repeat All, Shuffle Play
.	Power: 1 AA alkaline battery
.	Play Time: 5 hours of continuous playback (approximate)
.	PC Interface: USB version 1.1
.	Weight: 1.68 ounces (with battery)
.	Dimensions (WxHxD): 4.69"x .91"x .88"
.	Color: Silver

The Sony Music Clip looks really cool to begin with, but the hassle of converting your old music into this format may make it unworthwhile. You're also going to have to deal with SDMI, but that may not be such a problem depending on what kind of user you are. It does sport a nice back-lit LCD, and even USB transfer rates. However, the 64 MB storage cannot be expanded (although the built-in CODEC's can be). At the MSRP of $299, it hovers between medium and high cost for an MP3 player. Sony may be a consumer electronics giant, but Music Clip is not a top contender.

Price: $299
Music Clip MC-P10 home page.

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