Sharp MD-MT877HS Minidisc Recorder Sharp ( ) Electronics Our Price : £ 210.00 Prices subject to change. This item is not in stock or has been discontinued.

Great little player.

Being my first minidisc pucrchase, Ive got nothing really to reference this opinion against, but overall I found this player to be fantastic. The quality of sound it produces, even compared to a personal CD player is streets ahead, and when combined with the sony street-style headphones, nothing else really comes close! The advice I was given, when buying this particular model was that it was the best on the market at the moment, and I have no reason to doubt that fact. If anyone is worried about buying a non-Sony model, as I was at the time, a friend of mine bought a sony model for a similar price as I paid at the same time as me, and I was almost embarassed to show her my minidisc. It looked, felt, and sounded so far superior to hers, I almost felt guilty! Although the cradle is a little annoying to take with you, as stated elsewhere, there is always the option of using 1 additional AA battery which boosts life to about 50ish hours, more than enough for most! Overall, a great buy.

Excellent MiniDisc player

I have had the Sharp MT877 for over a year and have found it to be absolutely brilliant. Whilst the buttons are a little bit fiddly I have never had a significant problem with them, and the styling and sound quality are excellent. Contrary to some of the reviewers experiences I have found MDLP very useful, the quality at LP2 is barely reduced from normal, and LP for is good for spoken media; you can copy whole books or language courses from CDs and they sound fine, the battery lasts much longer too! As to reliability, my sister and I have both owned the sharp for over a year and have had no problems at all; my girlfriend and a friend of mine bought Sonys, at the same time as I got the Sharp and they have had nothing but problems with them, and they have found Sonys customer support absolutely appalling, in particular do not buy a Sony from oversees and expect your waranty to provide any significant level of cover in the U.K. The only downside I have found with the sharp is with the cradle, I found it a bit of an inconvenience, as it requires that you carry an additional item around with you when you are travelling, there however seems to be a trend for all minidisc players to include the cradle as a means of reducing size. In short I can seriously recommend this minidisc player, and I can definitely state that it is both robust and reliable when compared with the Sonys.

Sharp minidisk players

Many Sharp MiniDisk players feature a screen on the front of the player-which is relatively easy to damage. Whilst this feature is still useful it is not well protected. In my experience any Sony MiniDisk player is leagues above almost any other make. Sharp MiniDisk players lack the quality of build of other players in my opinion. The sound quality of this player is fine though and long play is pointless.