Best Sony MP3 Players - 3 to 7 oz. Weight, Elapsed Time On Screen Display

'I found the included earbuds a bit uncomfortable to use for extended periods of time--they were a little big for me.'

'The joypad was a bit too small for our liking'

'In a cutthroat marketplace that is not unlike the mobile phones', pulling up your design socks is tantamount to preventing your toes from getting flattened by the competition.'

'It's neither the player's design nor its stiff $400 price tag that is generating the negativity, though--it's the fact that the HD1 does not natively play MP3 files.'

'There are other sound settings such as the “VPT acoustic engine” which I think is basically worthless.'