Sony's G-Protection (and comparables) -- Good/Bad/Indifferent?

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Some Sony Cd walkmans have "G-protection" that is supposed to help avoid skips (other companies offer similar 'enhancements').

Does it actually help? Are there any disadvantages (eats up the battery?) ??

Thanks.

― Hans C,A., Thursday, 29 January 2004 15:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, my panasonic one has it, and never skips ever.

― Jim Eaton-Terry (Jim E-T), Thursday, 29 January 2004 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)

My Panasonic has 40 seconds of it, which is turn-onable and turn-offable, but drains the batteries hella quick. It does work though.

― Nick H (Nick H), Thursday, 29 January 2004 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)

the issue with Sony portables (particularly of the sport type) isn't about the skip protection. loads of other brands have this; i've got a Panasonic sport player that does it quite well, and friends have had Aiwas and others that also do the same.

the issue with Sony portables (particularly of the sport type) is the stupid ruddy ribbon cable they insist on using to connect the controls to the electronic bits to make the thing do its job. the ribbon cable is an inherent design flaw, and one that i'm almost certain Sony has to know about, since they've been doing it for years! yet they have never changed that fundamental part of their design---so the ribbon cable is always the first thing to go, thus rendering whatever nice amount of lettuce you've plunked down for the thing useless after a tragically short amount of time.

normal wear, i could understand. but this? it's just ridiculous. just say no to Sony's portables. >P

</flying off the handle>

― janni (janni), Thursday, 29 January 2004 17:40 (twenty-two years ago)

dude you need an ipod

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 29 January 2004 17:41 (twenty-two years ago)

even though the batteries on new iPods are replaceable, it's still much cheaper to replace batteries in a portable CD player. or another MP3 player. or the best of both worlds, an MP3-playing CD player.

― janni (janni), Thursday, 29 January 2004 18:01 (twenty-two years ago)

what is a CD?

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:24 (twenty-two years ago)

The Sony G-Protection definitely works.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Has anyone done the math to figure out how much you'd spend on AA batteries for a CD player vs. replacing the iPod battery every, what, 16 months is it? I haven't got a clue, now that I think of it.

― dlp9001, Thursday, 29 January 2004 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

there's a kit you can buy to replace the battery yourself in an iPod that's around $50.

i use rechargeable AAs for my CD player. rechargeables are of course more expensive than throwaways, but it's a whole lot less than $50 every couple of years to replace them if and when necessary.

― janni (janni), Thursday, 29 January 2004 22:10 (twenty-two years ago)

thing is, in the specs booklet, Sony claims that G-shock uses *less* battery power than when it's off (on: 40 hrs playback, off: 36 hrs).

― paulhw (paulhw), Thursday, 29 January 2004 22:39 (twenty-two years ago)

That's bollocks, at least on my Panasonic - you can audibly hear it speed up by loads. That *must* require more power.

*Cue smart-arse telling me why it doesn't*

― Nick H (Nick H), Friday, 30 January 2004 12:53 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, didn't make sense to me, either. you can feel the mutha working when it's whirring forward hard...

― paulhw (paulhw), Friday, 30 January 2004 13:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I have a Sony w/ G-Protection and it works very well. The batteries last forever, too. It's a different technology than storing data in memory, I believe (like the 40 second skip protection), and it consumes less power.

― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 30 January 2004 14:02 (twenty-two years ago)

as for sony portables breaking down due to bad design; I bought my first discman in 1993, I did not need to replace it until 2003. ymmv.

― Former Supposed So Called Nihilist Teenage Drug Disco Addiction Counselor (mjt), Saturday, 31 January 2004 02:40 (twenty-two years ago)

The iPod battery doesn't necessarily run out after any specified time. Mine's been going solid for almost two years, and shows no signs of dying anytime soon.

That said, I don't know if I mistreat my Sony CD players (leaving them in a hot/cold car) or what, but I've killed several. The newest one seems to be inexplicably dead. Note that these are usually the $100 models, too.

― mike h. (mike h.), Saturday, 31 January 2004 05:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I've Had A Sony CD Walkman with G-Protection For About........2 years now.
And I Have Never Heard A CD Skip in it.
So I Guess It Works.
And The Batteries Last A Long Time.
I'm Constantly Using it and the batteries usually last me 2 to 3 weeks.
I Was Gonna Buy An iPod But I have a Cd Burner so i saw no reason for it.
Except For it's small size.
But I Never Listen to music outside anyway so....

― Dude (The Yellow Dart), Saturday, 31 January 2004 05:31 (twenty-two years ago)

my sony sports discman was amazing with batteries, two AAs would last months and months

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 31 January 2004 18:21 (twenty-two years ago)

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