I have spent quite some time researching which portable player to buy, as the last one I bought is an old cassette/fm radio player! As you can imagine this has been quite an education for me. I chose this one as I am going on a very long journey, and I can get by with one battery for over 24 hours play and carry replacement discs at not much storage space.
Not being brilliant on any computer (and using my work's one as I don't have one of my own!), I have managed to upload and use the software easily, except the CDDB (database information of cd names and track listing). I have typed these in by hand instead (no real hardship). I have read loads of reveiws about the sound quality, and recorded one CD in all the different recording formats to try them out. I couldn't hear the difference (probably through in-ear phones) between Hi-SP and Hi-LP, so have gone for the long play option and can't believe how much material I can get on one disc.
I am disappointed the display is not backlit, and have had to use some imaginative editing methods to get my music into groups, so that I can then play the "genre" I want in random order. Otherwise this does exactly what it says on the box. (P.S. I have managed to buy replacement discs on the internet, and intend to record all of my family's CD collections!)