Question:
I'm thinking of buying a mindisc recorder to add to my Amp / Hifi. (already have a sharp portable for on the move / car)
I have a budget of c.£200 - any recommendations?
I am toying with the idea of a Sony MDS-JE780 cos in appears to have Net MD facilities but can't find any objective reviews....
Cheers
Id say hold out for new technology as Minidisc has died on its ars and its only Sony who are holding onto it. read through the magazines and wait to see how SACD and DVD-A will take off and how authouring your own material will be done. or go for the trusted old CD re-writer.
Originally posted by wonderpants
Id say hold out for new technology as Minidisc has died on its ars and its only Sony who are holding onto it. read through the magazines and wait to see how SACD and DVD-A will take off and how authouring your own material will be done. or go for the trusted old CD re-writer.
MiniDisc is the biggest its ever been, I think you underestimate how much its used
Originally posted by Building better worlds
MiniDisc is the biggest its ever been, I think you underestimate how much its used
Indeed and it can't really die anyway. As long as you stock up on MD's if it did fail how can you lose??
Sony have admitted that no one is buying prerecorded minidiscs, but they are selling loads of Md recorders and blank discs. Plus with the new netMD models you can use them as MP3 players (with a lot more capacity than normal ones).
This format is a long way from being finished, especially if Sony ever decides to push them as a data storage product aswell
Originally posted by kiran_mk2
Sony have admitted that no one is buying prerecorded minidiscs, but they are selling loads of Md recorders and blank discs. Plus with the new netMD models you can use them as MP3 players (with a lot more capacity than normal ones).
This format is a long way from being finished, especially if Sony ever decides to push them as a data storage product aswell
HMW in Reading used to stock MD's. Hell even Woolies did. For about a year I've not seen a pre-recorded one. To be honest I don't know why anyone would buy a pre-recorded one anyway. CD's are more versatile for buying but MD really is the ultimate portable tool. MD will be with us for an awful long time. In fact I have even considered going back to MD from CDR.
Originally posted by kiran_mk2
Sony have admitted that no one is buying prerecorded minidiscs
Hardly surprising, you can hardly get them anywhere! The big music stores have a tiny selection (mostly stuff on the Sony label, surprise :) ). Anyway, as other posters have said, the big attraction of MD is the recordability. For this, and the fact that the discs are so robust and tiny, I think it blows CD-R clean out of the water.
that's great but actually the question was....
Oh well too late now, being so impulsive I've gone ahead a bought the MDS-JE780 today....
personaly I think MD rocks and is a long, long way from being dead - just look at audio cassettes they are still around and I can't believe anyone finds them more useful than MDs / CDs
But thanks for the comments anyway...
Sorry for getting off-topic :) I'm sure you'll be very happy with it. I bought the Sony JE940 (or something beginning with 9 anyway) back in January. For the home decks, the extra money buys you more input and output options (coax and optical), and fancier editing controls.
Anyway, I'm delighted with my MD system, and I went straight out after and got a MD player for the car and an MD walkman (Kenwood and Sony respectively). For someone raised on taping from vinyl, I think the MD technology is soooooo cool... :rocker:
I have a budget of c.£200 - any recommendations?
I am toying with the idea of a Sony MDS-JE780 cos in appears to have Net MD facilities but can't find any objective reviews....
Cheers
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Id say hold out for new technology as Minidisc has died on its ars and its only Sony who are holding onto it. read through the magazines and wait to see how SACD and DVD-A will take off and how authouring your own material will be done. or go for the trusted old CD re-writer.
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Originally posted by wonderpants
Id say hold out for new technology as Minidisc has died on its ars and its only Sony who are holding onto it. read through the magazines and wait to see how SACD and DVD-A will take off and how authouring your own material will be done. or go for the trusted old CD re-writer.
MiniDisc is the biggest its ever been, I think you underestimate how much its used
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Originally posted by Building better worlds
MiniDisc is the biggest its ever been, I think you underestimate how much its used
Indeed and it can't really die anyway. As long as you stock up on MD's if it did fail how can you lose??
Answers:
Sony have admitted that no one is buying prerecorded minidiscs, but they are selling loads of Md recorders and blank discs. Plus with the new netMD models you can use them as MP3 players (with a lot more capacity than normal ones).
This format is a long way from being finished, especially if Sony ever decides to push them as a data storage product aswell
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Originally posted by kiran_mk2
Sony have admitted that no one is buying prerecorded minidiscs, but they are selling loads of Md recorders and blank discs. Plus with the new netMD models you can use them as MP3 players (with a lot more capacity than normal ones).
This format is a long way from being finished, especially if Sony ever decides to push them as a data storage product aswell
HMW in Reading used to stock MD's. Hell even Woolies did. For about a year I've not seen a pre-recorded one. To be honest I don't know why anyone would buy a pre-recorded one anyway. CD's are more versatile for buying but MD really is the ultimate portable tool. MD will be with us for an awful long time. In fact I have even considered going back to MD from CDR.
Answers:
Originally posted by kiran_mk2
Sony have admitted that no one is buying prerecorded minidiscs
Hardly surprising, you can hardly get them anywhere! The big music stores have a tiny selection (mostly stuff on the Sony label, surprise :) ). Anyway, as other posters have said, the big attraction of MD is the recordability. For this, and the fact that the discs are so robust and tiny, I think it blows CD-R clean out of the water.
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that's great but actually the question was....
Oh well too late now, being so impulsive I've gone ahead a bought the MDS-JE780 today....
personaly I think MD rocks and is a long, long way from being dead - just look at audio cassettes they are still around and I can't believe anyone finds them more useful than MDs / CDs
But thanks for the comments anyway...
Answers:
Sorry for getting off-topic :) I'm sure you'll be very happy with it. I bought the Sony JE940 (or something beginning with 9 anyway) back in January. For the home decks, the extra money buys you more input and output options (coax and optical), and fancier editing controls.
Anyway, I'm delighted with my MD system, and I went straight out after and got a MD player for the car and an MD walkman (Kenwood and Sony respectively). For someone raised on taping from vinyl, I think the MD technology is soooooo cool... :rocker:
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