Re: MD: 80/160 minute MDs

2001-03-09 Thread las
payvand wrote: > but i mean you > know, at less than $2 a minidisc, i can't complain that much. I think that it is really important to keep in mind that for about $2.00 or so for an 80 minute MD, it is really a great buy. You can't get the sound quality or the durability of the media on a cass

Re: MD: 80/160 minute MDs

2001-03-09 Thread payvand
On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, las wrote: > Then there are special LP recorders. These achieve the extra time by > decreasing the bit rate from a "standard MD". You can play a standard MD on an > LP recorder, but can not play an LP MD on a standard recorder/player. my home recorder has this MDLP capabil

Re: MD: 80/160 minute MDs

2001-03-09 Thread Taky Cheung
title of a LP track? Just curious. TAKY CHEUNG http://hottaky.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 9:05 AM Subject: Re: MD: 80/160 minute MDs > > In response to Jerry

Re: MD: 80/160 minute MDs

2001-03-09 Thread dattier
In response to Jerry's questions about 160-minute MDs, two answers have been, | You can play a standard MD on an LP recorder, but can not play an LP MD on | a standard recorder/player. and : Mono discs with play in vitually every MD player ever made. LP2 and LP4 : will only play in a handful

Re: MD: 80/160 minute MDs

2001-03-09 Thread Timothy Stockman
On 80 minute MDs, the pregroove spiral is "wound" tighter so that the resulting groove is longer. 80 minute MDs will give 160 minutes is mono or in LP2 and 320 minutes in LP4. Mono discs with play in vitually every MD player ever made. LP2 (ATRAC3 stereo) and LP4 (ATRAC3 joint stereo) will onl

Re: MD: 80/160 minute MDs

2001-03-08 Thread las
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm sure this has been asked, but... How do they add the extra 5 minutes to > 80 minute MDs, and how do they extend the record/play time to 160?? > Is there any difference in quality for these two MDs? > Thanks, Jerry The 80 minutes has to do with the way the discs a

MD: 80/160 minute MDs

2001-03-08 Thread jerry
I'm sure this has been asked, but... How do they add the extra 5 minutes to 80 minute MDs, and how do they extend the record/play time to 160?? Is there any difference in quality for these two MDs? Thanks, Jerry - To stop getting