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"Question About Minidisc Players"

Right, I've decided it's finally time to sort myself out and put my Walkman to the grave. It's a great Walkman, mind, imported from Japan, finished in chrome but that's not the issue here.

I've decided to get a MD player but I wish to know whether anyone can recommend one to me? Obviously I'll be backing up all my cd's onto it.

So, opinions will be greatly received. Stupid half-wit comments won't.

Mp3 all the way...
Mini disk os oldish technology...
hmm...

Well the battery life in MP3 playes almost always beat the life of an mini disk player...

Yup, but that's using ATRAC3, which is better than the equivalent MP3 at similar rates. My albums on MD sound no worse than they used to on the Rio 500 at 96Kbps.

When you're listening through tiny headphones on the move, with lots of background noise, you don't really need the ultimate in quality.

Battery life on the MZ-N1 when playing LP4 discs is over 110 hours, so that's not an issue!

Im all for mp3 players me... the battery life on an mp3 player is much longer if u get a solid memory one as opposed to spindle based minidisc player, less hassle transferring files as well

Four albums yuk!! that must be well below 64Kbs ewww

EL ® ö B ì Ñ wrote:
> Well if you buy a memory card, say 128MB with it built into the MP3
> player you can fit four albums on that, wereas on a mini disk player
> you can fit about 1 or slightly more...

Or you can by 10 blank MDs for about £10, and using MDLP (MiniDisc Long Play), you can fit 4 albums onto one MD. That's 40 albums on 10 discs, for a tenner.

I used to have a Diamond Rio 500, but sold it in favour of MD.

Four albums on 128mb?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

No chance, unless you want cassette quality audio.

Well if you buy a memory card, say 128MB with it built into the MP3 player you can fit four albums on that, wereas on a mini disk player you can fit about 1 or slightly more...
hmm...
Well it worked out ok for me because i bought one with 128MB built it and it takes upto another 256MB of smart media... And i have 128MB smart media card, so i can just bung that in and have about eight albums...

But both are good i think, i mean i use mini disks all the time because i have one built into my stereo, so they are good too...

EL ® ö B ì Ñ wrote:
> Why not get an MP3 player though, download music off the web, and put
> it straight on to the MP3 player...

Because you can do exactly the same with an MD player, and blank MDs are still far cheaper than blank memory for MP3 players.

That was my reasoning, anyway.

Why not get an MP3 player though, download music off the web, and put it straight on to the MP3 player...
Im gettin mine tomorrow or friday and i can hold about 4 albums on it...

I'd recommend a Sony NetMD player/recorder.

I have the MZ-N1 and wouldn't change it for anything else.

Generally if you record your CDs to MD you have to play the CD in full to record it, but with the NetMD you can rip the CDs to your PC and download them to MD at up to 32x speed.

Sony supply software to do this, but it's got their own quirky copy protection system. I'd recommend getting RealOne (just the free version), as it supports the NetMD via a plugin and does away with all the unnecessary hassles integral to Sony's own software.