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Thread started 02/06/04 9:06am

jonylawson

advice on buying a minidisc player..

ive no idea about them..i just know im bored of lugging my portable cd player around..i dont own a computer..is it worth me getting one..what is it exactly they do?do u just record stuff from ya stereo(there4 do u have 2 have a good stereo..etc)..questions,questions!!!
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Reply #1 posted 02/07/04 5:52am

jonylawson

ah come on!
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Reply #2 posted 02/07/04 5:55am

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my advice...DONT!

ATRAC music compression in inferior to other methods of compression. even MP3 is better than ATRAC!!!

my advice to you would be to buy a portable mp3/wma... player.

i.e. iPod, Creative Muvo etc...

but dont, for the love of god, buy a minidisc player - it's redundent technology - i know, i have one disbelief
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Reply #3 posted 02/07/04 7:03am

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ArdeoTheMerciless said:

my advice...DONT!

ATRAC music compression in inferior to other methods of compression. even MP3 is better than ATRAC!!!

my advice to you would be to buy a portable mp3/wma... player.

i.e. iPod, Creative Muvo etc...

but dont, for the love of god, buy a minidisc player - it's redundent technology - i know, i have one disbelief


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Reply #4 posted 02/07/04 7:23am

jonylawson

so just stick to portable cd player?9i dont have a computer so it would be pointless me getting an mp3 player?
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Reply #5 posted 02/07/04 7:27am

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jonylawson said:

so just stick to portable cd player?9i dont have a computer so it would be pointless me getting an mp3 player?


i assume the computer you are on now aint yours? or dont have acess to frequently???

anywho, even if you do get a minidisc player (NetMD capbable) you would still need a computer to transfer files to it if you want to add more than 80 minutes of music to the disk.

you also have to check if the cd player where you will be copying from has an "optical out" line to transfer to the MD player. you can transfer without one, but the quality will be like the old tapes barf

so, if you dont have a computer, i guess MD is the only option, but only if your CD player has an optical out
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Reply #6 posted 02/07/04 10:36am

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I like my MD player...mine hooks up to my computer and comes with pretty decent burning software, and I think the sound is great. I was veering toward an mp3 player at first, but I like the idea of storing five-hour playlists on discs instead of having everything in "liquid" form. I love the size, too - very easy to stash in a coat pocket.
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Reply #7 posted 02/07/04 11:39am

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Anxiety said:

I like my MD player...mine hooks up to my computer and comes with pretty decent burning software, and I think the sound is great. I was veering toward an mp3 player at first, but I like the idea of storing five-hour playlists on discs instead of having everything in "liquid" form. I love the size, too - very easy to stash in a coat pocket.


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