Sony MZ-DH10P Hi-MD Walkman Digital Music Player with 1.3 MP Digital Camera

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.8 x 2.8 inches ; 5.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007Y6AKI
• Item model number: MZDH10P
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #160,044 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Are you looking for the ultimate digital music player? Are you tired of toting around multiple electronic gadgets? If so, you've landed on the right device. It's no illusion: the Sony MZ-DH10P has combined a Hi-MD Walkman Digital Music Player with a 1.2 MP Digital Camera to give birth to the ultimate 2-in-1 personal electronic device!

The built-in 1.2 megapixel digital camera stores images on MiniDisc media. The camera's 4x digital zoom will get you closer to the action. You can review, move, delete and share photos using the 1.5-inch TFT LCD screen. The color screen will display images and data, such as personal photos, album art, artist, and track and album info, making it a dual-use screen for the camera and the digital music player. You can turn your camera into a mini-entertainment system by incorporating visual entertainment with your personal audio experience. The MZ-DH10P allows you to view a slide show of album art or personal photos while enjoying music. This recorder also comes equipped with Skip-Free G-Protection technology that provides virtually uninterrupted playback of your music. Music on the go has never been better!

The real gusto of this device is the digital music player. Music is stored on Hi-MD discs -- one GB of storage equals over 600 songs (depending on file format). Sony has included one Hi-MD disc with this player. You can easily expand your music storage with additional discs. They are available for only a few dollars, so increasing your storage capacity is affordable. Plus, this device is backward compatible with the standard MiniDisc media discs.

Sony had the digital music lover in mind when they built this digital player. It is highly compatible with your PC. With the included software you can transfer files from your PC to the MZ-DH10P, and vice versa, at a break-neck, 100x transfer speed. And while you're doing this, you won't have to worry about your digital music player's battery life -- the USB cable will power the unit when transferring music. Speaking of battery life, you can expect up to 14 hours of continuous playback with the included lithium-ion rechargeable battery pack.

If you already have extensive music libraries, use the included software to store and play back your collection of MP3s. On the other hand, if you're just getting into digital music and downloading, Sony's ATRAC format provides higher sound quality with smaller sizes than many competing formats. This enables you to store more music and have longer listening times. You can also play back the most popular Internet audio formats, including WMA and WAV files, with quick, easy conversion to ATRAC.

Sony just keeps on bringing you the hits with this device. Another great feature is the self-recording upload function. Use the line-in jack on the Hi-MD player to transfer and archive your favorite, old tapes to low cost Hi-MD discs. The mic input is a perfect solution for self-recordings, school concerts, or meetings. With your music or recordings stored on Hi-MD discs, you can transfer the files to your computer and covert them to WAV format. A file saved in WAV format provides you with the flexibility to import the file into a music burning software program where you can burn the file to a CD-R/RW. The MZ-DH10P from Sony is not only a digital music player, but also a mini-recording studio in the palm of your hand. You can capture and digitize almost any sound or old-school recorded format with the mic input and line-in jack!

What's in the Box
MZ-DH10P Hi-MD Walkman with 1.2 MP digital camera, lithium ion rechargeable battery, charging stand, dry battery case, AC power adaptor, digital cable, Walkman earbuds, SonicStage software, one GB Hi-MD disc, USB cable, and remote.

Product Description

The Sony MZ-DH10P Hi-MD MiniDisc Recorder with Digital Camera makes it easy to share photos and music on the fly, wherever you may travel. The MiniDisc recorder and player also has a built-in camera -- take great shots, burn them to a MiniDisc and share them in no time.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The MZ-DH10P is INCREDIBLE!, June 15, 2006

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The Lunar Camel (Ligonier PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony MZ-DH10P Hi-MD Walkman Digital Music Player with 1.3 MP Digital Camera (Electronics)

Though Sony has discontinued this model, I see it is still being sold so I wanted to jot down some thoughts on it. I'm not sure why Sony takes all the time it does to come up with new products, to only discontinue making them six months later. Very bizarre.

I own several minidisc players and I must say, the MZ-DH10P is by far the nicest I've ever seen. The price of it has gone down immensely since it came out. I own an ipod which is nice to just keep at work but I have a fascination for mini discs that most may think makes no sense. I think that maybe it's the idea of still holding something in my hand that holds music, yet much more practical than an 8 track, cassette, or cd. You can record and erase a mini disc over a million times before it would lose any quality. For those who really wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the different compression choices, even one 80 minute disc can hold up to 5 or six cd's. The 1GB disc can hold 12-13 cd's.

What makes the MZDH10P so practical is the picture taking ability. Given that it's only 1.2 Megapixels, it really does take excellent pictures. The pictures are saved onto any mini disc in the device, even if there's already music on the MD, the pics are saved separately into it's own little folder. Does have zoom capability 4X bigger.

The quality of the MZ DH10P is excellent, feels very expensive, not like it's made from some cheap plastic. Someone who reviewed this early talked about the album art, that you can only use pix you take with the camera. Not true, if you have a picture of the album cover saved in your computer as a jpeg, you can add it through the sonic software.

What else? Many have complained before about the Sony Software. It's come a long way since the days of those complaints and I find it much better than Ipod software.

I guess the most important aspect is the SOUND QUALITY. Sony wins by a landslide when it comes to sound quality.

For all the good I've said, yes, two slight downfalls, but so slight it's near irrelevant. First, battery life isn't so hot however, the batteries are so small, buy an extra for $20 and it'll be more than enough until you can charge it again.

Second, one must be very careful with the usb cable connection to the cradle, I have no idea why Sony didn't use the standard cable on this one, it's their own and much be attached and detached carefully.

Other than that, I love this little device and was worth every penny I spent on it. Not sure why the mini disc didn't take off more in the U.S. It's a great alternative to loading your entire collection onto one device and hoping you don't end up corrupting the hard drive on it.

I recommend this mini disc player to anyone and advise you to buy it soon if your interested because though I still see it at online stores, they will soon be gone!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SONY TRUMPHS ALL, May 12, 2006

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AR "AR" (NY,NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony MZ-DH10P Hi-MD Walkman Digital Music Player with 1.3 MP Digital Camera (Electronics)

I am going away this summer and I bought this product as a way to take pics when I need to and listen to music when I got bored...Plus I hate Ipods. I recently bought another one for someone else (yeah they're that good and worth it)

-I owned another Sony MP3 which came w/the dreaded Sonic stage. This comes with a Sonic stage program (to transfer your music files from your comp to the device). However, this Sonic Stage program is so simple, easy, and efficient it's ridiculous.

-The player is nicely sized (light-weight) and the camera takes EXCELLENT pictures for something so small. I print my pics out at stores and they come out great to, not grainy and blurry like other digital cameras.

-As always, the sound from the player is immensly good (sounds just as good if not better than on a cd).

-There is a wonderful little remote on the headphones that makes it easier to control what you're listening to.

-The Hi-MD's are a great thing as well. It makes this almost like a mini (more useful) CD player. Plus the discs (the 1G) store A LOT of music files/pics.

-At first the controls on the player are a little tricky to get used to, but once you do, it's really simple from there.

Overall I gave the player 5 stars because it did everything I wanted and expected , better than I expected it to....In other words it surpassed my expectations and I would recommend it to everyone. Hope this helped anyone who needed it.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars At what I paid for, it's a 4-star product..., October 2, 2006

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fCh "fCh" (GMT-5, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sony MZ-DH10P Hi-MD Walkman Digital Music Player with 1.3 MP Digital Camera (Electronics)

What a strange combination, a camera and a Hi-MD player! Ignoring the list price for a second, this was obviously a failed project that some "smart" guy at Sony thought would put MD ahead of iPod. The problem comes from the fast decreasing prices of technology OR the increasing functionality. On a different level, what am I supposed to do, keep a spare MD ready for pictures or leave some room on each music MD for pictures? Impractical...

Now, let's talk about the unit itself: In photo mode, one can snap about 100 decently looking photos on a battery charge, without flash. Taking photos with this is a rather slow process, the unit is always writing something slowly on the disc. The music reproduction capabilities are awesome: hi-def digital amplifier, hence hi-fi and loooong battery life. The software that comes with it has made progress, but it's still Sony. The body has a funny looking/feeling (magnesium and curved shape) and it charges (fast) only in its docking station. Check this out: To read/transfer pictures, you just connect through the USB cable and the unit powers itself from the computer while showing up as another USB mass-storage device. Do not try to format the mini disc with Windows (2000 professional) for it won't recognize the disc. One would only wish the unit were able to also charge itself through the USB cable...

And now, the $... question: Is it worth it? I got mine refurbished by Amazon Warehouse, for about $two_hundred. I have been an MD fan for a decade now and figured that Sony may soon make MD units only for those who have a strong interest in live recordings.