Yes, one has to wonder what the catch is. It's a little hard to believe
that Sony finally listened to MD users and came up with all the features
people have been demanding for all these years. Fast digital upload of
microphone recordings to computer over USB? I must be dreaming.
On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 16:19:46 -0000, Sarah Delaney <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>At last!
>
>Lets see how it works though... (the eternal pessimist)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: qual-software [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
>Alan Stockdale
>Sent: 08 January 2004 15:07
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: New Sony 1GB Minidisc Format
>
>
>As reported on Minidisc.org:
>
>Sony hits a grand slam! Announcing Hi-MD (spec) a new Minidisc format based
>upon a 1GB MD medium and existing MD media reformatted to 300MB. Hi-MD
>equipment features uploading to PC for mic-input recordings (yay!), and
>built-in linear PCM as well as ATRAC3plus encoding at 256 and 64kbps. Hi-MD
>recorders also function as USB data drives. Available in April, recording
>equipment prices will be $200 (MZ-NH600D), $250 (MZ-NHF800), $300 (MZ-
>NH900) and $400 (MZ-NH1) with Hi-MD blanks costing about $7.
>
>Sony Press Release: http://news.sel.sony.com/pressrelease/4270
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