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"Minidisc Owners - MZ-R500"

I am seriously considering buying this minidisc. It looks the biz. And its quite cheap (£125) I was wanting to know if anyone has this Minidisc and if its any good? I was just wondering mainly if it displays the track name. Because if it don't then its like having a CD with no track names.

Go here for a picture if you are not sure what model you have... (Its Sony..)

http://www.superfi.co.uk/images/MZR500bllg.jpg

(Remove spaces etc etc)

Thanks for you help.

Merry Christmas

GasMask

Yeah, a mate of mine has one, and it's not too bad at all. For that money, it's excellent.

But = Buy.

Then, you will have a nice coat and a space for you MD player to "Sit" ;o)

Meh to Gaz :o)

Sheepy. I know the ones. Well, I have seen them.

This is what you do.

But a coat that you can pull over your head and it has a pouch at the front. Like a hoody does. But, its not a hoody. Then, you put your MD in there (Your brothers ;-]) and close the pouch but leave a little bit open so you can get the headphones out. Then, listen to music.

I do advise that, people may tug on your headphone wire. Thus causing you to lash out. Or, shout at them :-)

Can you buy something that clips onto your belt or something :D

Think mate has one but hes buggered off somewhere and I thinking how to take it to school without getting broking or nicked... whats best optional... in me boxer shorts? :D

Yes! Gaz has a MinDisc player, now we'll all get some peace, thank god and other pick 'n' mix deities.

ok cheers Wookiee.

I love my MD player :o)

Its sitting right there in front of me.

I didn't get an Mp3 player cuz you can run out of memory. And, they cost a bomb (Good ones anyway)

I bought the MZ-E900 which has MiniDisc Long Play (MDLP)(http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-E900.html) and the MDS-PC3 player/recorder unit (http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MDS-PC3.html) in October for a total cost of around £510 and I don't regret a penny of it.

Apart from having to record CD's in real time rather than the quick ripping of MP3, I prefer the MiniDisc. The quality is excellent, even in MDLP mode which uses heavy compression.

The PC3 unit is great - I can either connect it to my hi-fi and name tracks with the credit-card sized remote control, or (as I have done) connect it to my PC through the USB and optical cable and use Sony's M-Crew software to record and name tracks far quicker using the keyboard.

I didn't want a portable CD player because I still consider them to be too large - so obviously an MP3 CD player was also not an option. I have a Diamond Rio 500 (which I'm hoping to sell) but that only has 64Mb RAM which is only good for 90 to 120 minutes of music at a decent MP3 quality (minimum 96kb/sec) and SmartMedia cards are still pretty expensive.

For the same price as a 32Mb SmartMedia card (about 1 hour of decent-quality music and £45 using SR's pricing), I could buy 30 blank MD's, giving me a total of about 120 hours of music using MDLP on LP4 mode.

Overall, MD is a far better system than CD, and far cheaper/better value than MP3 players - at least until you can buy 128Mb MP3 memory for around a fiver.

i would of left the sharpe as it's old my cousin had one i prefere the sound on the sony myself and it's smaller

i was gunna get a portable CD player that can play MP3's but there so big but there is one in the argos cat that can play those new mini CD's and can store about 180mb which is quite a lot of MP3 storage

Mm. I got the Sharp. So far I have been very pleased with it. It was great value (£100)

MD players rock.

That's what I do. I buy several CD's at a time, record several onto one MD, and then just sit back and enjoy the music! I also have a CD player but that's too big too carry around, where as the MD players are smaller and lighter, making it easier! I wonder what'll come next???