The Dream Machine supports a range of media file types including MP3 and WMA audio and MPEG4, AVI and MOV video files. You choose a photo from your collection and marry it with a voice recording and create your own custom wake-up call. If you don't feel like being woken up to your heavy metal collection you can record a "Fun Wakeup" (which sounds like an oxymoron to us). It also features AM/FM radio tuner, which all good alarm clocks should. The speaker in the Dream Machine is adequate for the job, especially if you plan to watch videos or listen to music close to the unit, as in with your head on your pillow and the Dream Machine an arm's length away. You also can't transfer files from the iPhone/iPod to the internal memory, though considering how tightly Apple control these aspects of its products we really shouldn't be too surprised. You can control the iPod player's music controls using the buttons on the dock and can set music on your iPod as your alarm clock music. Firstly, you can't start video or image files using the Dream Machine's control panel, instead you have to set the player into iPod video mode then start playback from the handset itself. While having an iPod dock is a huge bonus for a product of this kind it does come with the most inconsistencies. Apple products connect via a slide-out dock located on the right-hand side of the Dream Machine, and there are two plastic cradles to secure your iPhone in the dock correctly.
SONY DREAM MACHINE ALARM CLOCK PORTABLE
The Dream Machine can play media from four main sources: from its 1GB of internal memory, a USB connection to a PC or portable storage, an SD or M2 memory card, or from the media stored on your Apple iPhone or iPod, though unfortunately there is no 3.5mm socket for connecting any other brand of MP3 player (even a Sony). When viewing videos or photo slideshows the results are colourful and reasonably sharp, and seeing as it's to live on your bedside table it has four brightness settings to dim the screen when its time to sleep. The centrepiece of the Dream Machine is a 7-inch colour LCD display with a pretty standard WVGA.
The result is surprisingly sexy, or at least as sexy as an alarm clock ought to be.
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