Sony Walkman MZ-R55 Personal MiniDisc Player

Pros: convenient controls
Cons: short battery life, mysterious TOC problems

While I agree with other opinions listed here, i.e. the MZ-R55 is a fine model with convenient controls and easy operation, there are a few serious drawbacks...

1. Battery Life - if this is your first portable MD recorder, you might not...

Pros: Small, lots of inputs and outputs, functionality of remote.
Cons: Battery/Charger defect, headphones, bad customer service

I've had the MZ-R55 for about 18 months now and used it a lot. I'm reasonably happy with it but:

1) Either the battery (30$) or the charger has faded and the unit switches off sometimes after less than 10 minutes play. This appears to be a...

Pros: Portable but with superb sound!
Cons: Battery life short.Too undurable

It rocks!

My mother lended the MZ R55
after I was bored with stupid sounds of tapes,
although I just want cheap digital players
but MD was a big step into sound quality.
You have your own grey MD fabric or felt case.
Earphones with in line remote wich supports more than
Play/Pause/Forward/Reverse!And remote has LCD display!
Name your MD tracks and lots more!
Record from TV by supplied audio cable and record with microphone (not supplied).

But soon I got the hang of it without manual.
I listened many times and then,
I looked for a box full of MDs and inserted the
disk when......BEEP! The battery ran out and
charged battery when....THE CHARGER BROKE!!!
I had lost my player now,I cannot use it,now the player is terminated(Better than Zen Micro 5GB because Zen terminates in a few weeks).
I'm getting an MP3 player at Christmas,
I'll research the best I could!
So that is the story which took me from casette to MiniDisk players......

But I highly don't recommend this to anyone.

NEVER EVER BUY A PLAYER OF ANY KIND WHICH HAS A SLOW
BATTERY CHARGER!!!!!!(Better with a player with AA or AAA batteries)