I guess the advantage of the NetMDs is that you can record to them at 32x speed, whereas with the Xitel MDPort-DG2 its just a straight digital connection which you can only record to in realtime.
Chau, Dang said: > sorry to keep this OT thread going, i'm a fan of my portable MD and > thought Sony's NetMD stuff was pants but found a cool (and cheap!) > product that allows you to get ripped/downloaded/streaming audio from > your PC to MD without having to upgrade your MD > > an aussie company xitel produces a USB device allowing you to record > from your PC direct to your mindisc recorder and its compatible with all > recording decks. You plug it in, load up the audio files you want to > record from your player of choice and hit record. i think the MDPort-DG2 > sells for about $50 USD, and Sony sell their products rebadged at an > inflated price too! http://www.xitel.com/ > > cheers > Dang (not a sales rep for xitel) > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > One cautionary word of advice though. If you hope to record to >> minidisc, >> > then dump the song into NetMD, this will not work b/c of copy >> > protection >> > measures, so you actually need to do it analogue-style. I was a bit >> disappointed by that. >> > >> >> And that is precisely when and where Sony dropped the ball on MD. >> Shame, really. > > Especially since this is completely unclear until after you make the > purchase (if you are an idiot electronics impulse shopper like myself > anyway). > > > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain > sensitive and private proprietary or legally privileged information. No > confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. > If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately delete it and > all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and > notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, > distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the > intended recipient. CREDIT SUISSE GROUP and each legal entity in the > CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON or CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MANAGEMENT business > units of CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON reserve the right to monitor all > e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this > message are those of the individual sender, except where the message > states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the > views of any such entity. Unless otherwise stated, any pricing > information given in this message is indicative only, is subject to > change and does not constitute an offer to deal at any price quoted. Any > reference to the terms of executed transactions should be treated as > preliminary only and subject to our formal written confirmation. -- dave.