Hi-MD will record PCM after all

["oryoki2000" <>]

Well, call me a monkey's uncle.  In addition to ATRAC, Sony's new Hi-
MD system supports PCM.  Read about it here:
http://news.sel.sony.com/pressrelease/4270

There's a link on this page that downloads a Word document containing 
Hi-MD specs.  

Some other interesting notes from the Word document:

* A Hi-MD machine can re-format an original minidisc, resulting in 
almost twice as much data storage space.

* Hi-MD uses Microsoft's FAT, so files on the minidisc are visible to 
a PC or Mac connected by USB.

* Uploads to as well as downloads from the computer are (finally) 
supported, presumably in digital form and at high speed.

MSRP of the fancy MZ-NH1 Hi-MD recorder is $400.

--oryoki





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