RE: MD: POLL: How many of you will buy/upgrade to the MZ-R909?

2001-08-24 Thread Michael Hoffman
Pass. I have a big old portable player that pumps deep bass, and a new small portable recorder with separate bass and treble. MDLP and grouping is a huge non-feature for me. The entire reason I committed to MD is because of its very high fidelity, so the last thing I want is to introduce overc

Re: MD: R900 Battery Life

2001-08-24 Thread Stuart Howlette
When playing, it lasts an eternity, make sure you dont forget that.hehe -- Stuart Howlette "There are many questions in life, but is the right answer only correct because the majority believe in it?" This is from a chat i ha

Re: MD: R900 Battery Life

2001-08-24 Thread Mike Lastucka
Read the manual, man. You'd be lucky to get 2 h of battery life while recording. If you're going to record for long periods, use the plug or the backup battery pack that comes with it to augment the gumstick with a AA. I always plug mine in when recording. --- Mike Lastucka, B. Tech [EMAIL

MD: R900 Battery Life

2001-08-24 Thread Jinx
Does anyone have any problems with the battery life on an R900? For me, it seems to have a VERY short battery life, especially while recording. If I'm lucky I can get 2 hours out of recording without the battery logo flashing or it shutting off because of batteries low. I don't have any special p

RE: MD: Sony Commercials

2001-08-24 Thread Danny-K
On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, fpga wrote: > In fact there were two double-page full-colour ads in different parts of the > magazine. One was MD-generic (foucussing on the MP3->PC->MD chain) and the > other was R900-specific. Seems Sony is really pumping the UK market up for a > big one. I also saw this

Re: MD: Memorex and Verbatim MD's

2001-08-24 Thread KVE
I use Memorex a lot. I used to buy those 20-packs of 74-minute color MDs and 10-packs of the 80-minute ones. I am pretty happy with their performance. I even use them for live recording (usually 1 80-minute and 1 74-minute disc per concert). Several years ago I had big problems with Sony color MD

RE: MD: Sony Commercials

2001-08-24 Thread fpga
> >The Guardian Weekend magazine in the UK last Saturday had a DPS ad for MD. >It had a bizarre toy doll, wearing an R900, on a bus (I think). A bit weird. > >It was a generic ad for the format, focussing on size, portability, >recording etc, rather than an ad for a particular product. > In fact

MD: MZ-G750 battery life

2001-08-24 Thread Nick Barton
recnetly bought an MZ G750 and have been really disappointed with its battery life. I spend far more time on the radio than playing discs whilst I am at work and I only seem to get about 10 hours of radio play. Needless to say I get considerably less on disc play. I was wondering if others have

RE: MD: Memorex and Verbatim MD's

2001-08-24 Thread Steve Hill
> Does anyone have any experience with these types of MD's? I'm sure I > remember seeing somewhere that Memorex weren't that great, > but it might have > been Maxell ones (plastic shutters). I haven't seen anything > about Verbs > though, whats the verdict? I've used various Sony, TDK and Maxe