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Re: HiMD woes (was: Only a question)

Subject: Re: HiMD woes (was: Only a question)
From: Rob Danielson <>
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 22:28:24 -0500
At 12:36 PM -0700 7/17/04, Aaron Ximm wrote:
>  > I noticed that a package of old Sony MDW80PL-U's
>>  MD blanks had an added sticker saying, "HIMD
>>  Compatible" at Best Buy, .. Does any one know if
>>  this signals that the HiMD recorders will not
>>  require another, new type of MD media to get the
>>  longer 1GB capacity? Or,.. do they mean playback
>
>Check out the Hi-MD FAQ/description at minidisc.org ~ you can reformat
>existing disks to nearly double their current capacity I believe. Not to
>1GB though...
>
>Btw my high enthusiasm for Hi-MD has taken a *serious* dive with the
>emerging suspicion that Sony does not let you simply USB-upload your PCM
>recordings. Anything uploaded is "encrypted" by SonicStage, Sony's
>proprietary software, and does not appear on your PC as a standard WAV or
>AIFF file. AFAIK there is not currently any ability to translate/export
>files, though I think people are talking about burning CDs and ripping
>them to get the data off! Though I think I heard a rumor tht you can't
>even burn a CD of a PCM recording!?
>
>Watching all this like a hawk... Sony has taken so much bad press for
>their Janus-like contradictory impulses on such fronts that I maintain a
>glimmer of hope they will fix this in version 2.1 of their software.
>
>  best,
>   aaron
>
>
And one needs the patience and vision of a hawk too. Extraordinarily
complex and bordering on depressing. Thanks much for the warning
Aaron. Could Sony have made this more excruciating?
Rob D.


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