Re: MD: audio recorders and the public...
On Thu, 3 May 2001, Timothy Stockman wrote: a mainstream format. Second is lack of promotion. While I would like to see better integration between MD and PC, I do not believe it would make any difference to the average consumer. Can anyone explain why the MD hasn't been developed and promoted as a very general data format? I would have thought it could simultaneously rival recordable CD (and beat others) for direct audio; plus e.g. vs zip disk for data transfer; and not least as a MP3 holder, too. All with the same disk and equipment, and computer linkable - this would surely attract the average consumer... Edwin - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Skipping of home recorded discs
Apologies if any of this has been discussed before - I can't find anything in the archives... I have a Sony DHC-MD373 mini-deck which I've been very satisfied with apart from one thing. Quite a few minidiscs I've recorded play back with a persistent intermittent skipping (or rather the sound stops briefly for short moments); it gets increasingly bad through the track. Further diagnosis points: - the discs all play back perfectly fine on my portable player - the glitches are always in roughly the same places on the tracks - all have been recorded from analogue sources (i.e. cassette or radio) - the same problem occurs with two brands of MD (Maxell and Sony) - I think the problem's never happened on a new disc, but it does still happen after a total erase. Can anyone give me any advice on whether this is a problem with my particular unit (and is it likely to be repairable if I take it back)? Or is this sort of skipping something one gets sometimes with minidiscs generally? The unit is under guarantee, but I'm disinclined to return it if it might be only, say, dodgy discs which are only playing all right on my portable because of its anti-shock memory... Any comments at all would be appreciated. Thanks, Edwin Carter - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
