Re: MD: NetMD means more gadgetry to buy

2001-06-29 Thread Eric Woudenberg, Minidisc.org Editor
las <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I have an Aiwa AM-F70 > > You are correct I used the wrong model number. And I used to be a hard ass for > details, correcting every one who said Sony MZ-R1 instead of M-Z1. I guess I'm > getting mellow in my old age. Um, that

Re: MD: NetMD means more gadgetry to buy

2001-06-28 Thread Jeffrey Scorsone
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Stuart Howlette wrote: > > I myself see three effects that this NetMD is going to cause. > > 1) Current users of MiniDisc will praise the speed of transfer. Agreed. This is pretty much what I've been waiting for, and why I didn't buy one of the new mdlp units to replace my

Re: MD: NetMD means more gadgetry to buy

2001-06-28 Thread David W. Tamkin
Stuart Howlette wrote, | 2) New users will buy these as (from what I can see) the media is cheaper, | unless they need new types of discs, but then it'll be a different format | altogether The announcement said that tracks written under NetMD will be playable in older equipment, so we won't nee

RE: MD: NetMD means more gadgetry to buy

2001-06-28 Thread Francis Auquier
> What we people need to do is not campaign for more files, but campaign > for less compression I agree totally. Bitwise reduction, not to say compression, was what made me hesitate for several years before adopting the MD technology, and I know many people for whom this is still a real obstacle

Re: MD: NetMD means more gadgetry to buy

2001-06-28 Thread Stuart Howlette
I myself see three effects that this NetMD is going to cause. 1) Current users of MiniDisc will praise the speed of transfer. 2) New users will buy these as (from what I can see) the media is cheaper, unless they need new types of discs, but then it'll be a different format altogether 3) Both

Re: MD: NetMD means more gadgetry to buy

2001-06-28 Thread Marc Britten
yes it will be compatible w/ ATRAC3 On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 09:09:39PM -0400, las wrote: > the 900 with a ATRAC3 (allowing LP) is not as great as the difference between > the 900 and the new gear assuming that it will also be able to record in the > "standard" ATRAC3 MDLP mode. > --

Re: MD: NetMD means more gadgetry to buy

2001-06-28 Thread Neil
On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 20:35:55 -0500 (CDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have an Aiwa AM-F70 that read and rewrote a TOC that my MDS-JE520 trashed > (that was the one and only thing that every has gone wrong with my 520), res- > cuing the disc, which has had no more problems to this day (not ev

Re: MD: NetMD means more gadgetry to buy

2001-06-27 Thread David W. Tamkin
Larry wrote, | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | > I have an Aiwa AM-F70 | | You are correct I used the wrong model number. That wasn't intended as a correction, and I'm sorry if it sounded that way. When you called yours an F70 you were clear enough, and more often than not I don't use the full len

Re: MD: NetMD means more gadgetry to buy

2001-06-27 Thread las
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have an Aiwa AM-F70 You are correct I used the wrong model number. And I used to be a hard ass for details, correcting every one who said Sony MZ-R1 instead of M-Z1. I guess I'm getting mellow in my old age. Lawrence -

Re: MD: NetMD means more gadgetry to buy

2001-06-27 Thread las
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When I wrote, in light of the news about NetMD, > > T> Maybe I should pack up my new R900 and return it to save money for a NetMD > T> machine. [But I can't return it now, so I g]uess I'll just have to enjoy > T> the R900 until NetMD hardware becomes available. > > La

Re: MD: NetMD means more gadgetry to buy

2001-06-27 Thread dattier
When I wrote, in light of the news about NetMD, T> Maybe I should pack up my new R900 and return it to save money for a NetMD T> machine. [But I can't return it now, so I g]uess I'll just have to enjoy T> the R900 until NetMD hardware becomes available. Larry answered, S> Dave, and we're off

Re: MD: NetMD means more gadgetry to buy

2001-06-27 Thread las
"David W. Tamkin" wrote: > Maybe I should pack up my new R900 and return it to save money for a NetMD > machine. > > Oh no, can't: I sent in the coupon for the arm-band case just yesterday and > can't return a whole package now. Guess I'll just have to enjoy the R900 > until NetMD hardware beco