I'm sure HiMD discs will be around for many years to come. The
installed base is substantial, and it will take a long time to
clear the disc pipeline.
Who knows, maybe the next generation will be backwards
compatible ... although I just discovered to my horror that my
new HiMD isn't ALLOWED to transfer self-recorded audio from my
recordist's MD (last year's model).
This is precisely what makes the whole format questionable for
serious use. At least with SCUMS on DAT you could buy a prosumer
model, or an external box to strip the SCUMS bit. Meanwhile,
anybody trying to make real money on piracy isn't slowed down at
all.
ac
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-----Original Message-----
From:
Behalf Of Mark R.
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 11:22 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Does the Minidisc have a
future?
=D8lvind wrote:
>I think Apple would've killed them anyways with their iPod - I.
and
>obviously many others with me, consider it a superior machine
as a walk
>around jukebox compared to any minidisc on the market - but
when Sony
>decided to make life difficult for the "recordists", they
already had
>one leg in the grave.
Japanese companies and especially Sony are notorious for long
tediously
detailed staff and department meetings, sometimes lasting days
on things
like what gauge wire to employ in a product. This, I believe,
has resulted
in the small unmatched reliable products and efficient
manufacturing
techniques that Sony is known for. Unfortunately it seems as
though these
details get lost on the consumer relations end of things.
In contrast, Apple seems to always have the pulse of the
consumer.
I don't remember ever hearing that the software of any Sony
product being
outstanding and many times they have used Microsoft for this
task. It is
indeed sad that they have spent a great deal of time on minidisc
and may be
scrapping it. I hope that at least the HiMD discs will be
available for some
time to come.
Best,
Mark R.
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