BearBoy 12 Posted May 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 I'm almost half an hour in and he's not having much luck so far... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kgallen 5 Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 39mins, we have a winner!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kgallen 5 Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 45 mins in, that chunky Sharp machine. Recon he's got an 80 minute Sony disc there, which has a finer track pitch. Very original minidiscs were 60 and 74 minutes and the track pitch is wider. It played his MD-CD disc ok. Wadaya recon? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BearBoy 12 Posted May 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 Yeah, I wondered that too. I think 80 minute discs came out after my MDS-JE500 but it's never had any issues with them. That Sharp may have been even older though (and possibly not in the best nick). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BearBoy 12 Posted May 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 Actually, looks like it might be a Sharp MD-MS721. According to MiniDisc.org, that model was released in 1998. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BearBoy 12 Posted May 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 If you're short on time there is an abridged version: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kgallen 5 Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 Short on time? I'm watching the full one AGAIN! So what does that tell you... oh yea, I did watch the short one a little while ago too, that was fun, but I'm glad I watched the long one first! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BearBoy 12 Posted May 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 Haha. I too sat through the whole of the long one. I may even have gone back to watch a couple of bits again... I’ve not actually watched the shorter one but saw the link and thought others might find it a little more palatable :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kgallen 5 Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 I think he's probably bang on what he thinks the source of them is. Shame that pile were such a load of junk. However to hark back to his first minidisc video, the range of machine designs is huge even across, just the 5 manufacturers he had here. Of that load of 58 was it - other than a few that looked like colour variants of a model, there must have easily been 40 different designs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BearBoy 12 Posted May 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 Yeah, it’s kind of crazy how many different models got released over MiniDisc’s relatively short lifespan given that the format is often (incorrectly IMHO) viewed as having been a failure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kgallen 5 Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 20 years production of (Sony) machines I think, 1993-2013. Tascam MD-CD1Mk3 could be bought new in Europe ‘til late 2017. Any others? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BearBoy 12 Posted May 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 Doesn’t sound so short when you put it like that that Kevin... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M1JWR 1 Posted May 25, 2020 Report Share Posted May 25, 2020 i think he has become a serious collector/hoarder, he needs to talk !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PhilippeC 60 Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 I watched it all... and I agree with him on 3 things (portable units) - buying junk units could make you losing your money after all (but he did that for the demo and by design curiosity) - better buy a complete unit set with almost all the accessories than the unit alone cheaper - Sony is the best even if some brands have done some particular nice looking units or well-built units Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BearBoy 12 Posted February 13 Author Report Share Posted February 13 Techmoan's posted a new MiniDisc video to YouTube: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kgallen 5 Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 1 hour ago, BearBoy said: Techmoan's posted a new MiniDisc video to YouTube: At last. I was getting bored of cheapo-"VU"-meters videos. Back to good 'ole MD :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slugbahr 6 Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 On 5/25/2020 at 8:26 PM, M1JWR said: i think he has become a serious collector/hoarder, he needs to talk !! I used to buy bulk lots of units, remotes and discs through the Japanese auctions. He is only beginning Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slugbahr 6 Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 On 7/1/2020 at 4:28 PM, PhilippeC said: I watched it all... and I agree with him on 3 things (portable units) - buying junk units could make you losing your money after all (but he did that for the demo and by design curiosity) - better buy a complete unit set with almost all the accessories than the unit alone cheaper - Sony is the best even if some brands have done some particular nice looking units or well-built units His choice of auction lot was poor. Lots of basic units, but from non-Sony/Sharp manufacturers. No remotes or AA battery packs included, so very hard to properly check if units might work. You need those things BEFORE you get that sort of bulk lot. Not a lot of recorders, so less value overall. Yes, that's true. But they are two different ways. One is like buying a pack of lollies you can see inside. The other is a pack of different lollies you won't know until you open the packet. Also, a complete unit set still might not work. A bulk lot can have working units. Different sellers, different approach to testing. To each their own. Different sounds, looks, weight, remotes, etc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slugbahr 6 Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 16 hours ago, BearBoy said: Techmoan's posted a new MiniDisc video to YouTube: I have one (or maybe three) of those. I wonder if I'll ever use them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BearBoy 12 Posted Wednesday at 11:26 AM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 11:26 AM These two aren't that new but thought I would add them for the sake of completeness. First up is a video about pre-recorded MiniDisc packaging from November 2020: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BearBoy 12 Posted Wednesday at 11:27 AM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 11:27 AM Second one, from February 2020, is about the Sony MZP-1 MiniDisc label printer: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sfbp 8 Posted Wednesday at 02:47 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 02:47 PM If i had infinite amounts of money I might have squandered $500 on the printer and a couple of cartridges that some kind soul is retailing on eBay. Neat as it is, I don't care enough, especially since the gizmo only works with SP disks (or that's what it looks like). Something in the protocol for MDLP must be different (remember the "LP" indicator?) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kgallen 5 Posted Wednesday at 02:51 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 02:51 PM I think one of the comments to the video sums it up nicely: "Two minutes in, I desperately wanted one. Four minutes in, I didn't want one anymore."... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zzzuppp 1 Posted Wednesday at 07:10 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 07:10 PM A few things occur to me in relation to that latest video: - What's the point of putting track titles on a label that you're then going to insert in a machine so you won't be able to see them? - For the effort involved (using Google translate not the least of them), you may as well make your own print template on a PC and type it up/print it yourself: then you can save it on the comp and edit if you ever change the contents. - The fonts and labels are pretty ugly, IMHO. Another reason to design your own. - If that machine can extrapolate the titles from the tracks on the disc, unless it has some kind of Shazam-like reader you must have gone to the trouble of writing them to the TOC in the first place so why do it all over again? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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