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  2. Replacement OLED Displays for Sony MZ-RH1

    in Minidisc

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    I would in theory like to try one of these for my RH1, but I don't think I have confidence / skills to take it apart (or more importantly put it back together again), coupled with the fact the jog dial is also kind of knackered on my RH1 means it's maybe not worth the investment for me. Awesome initiative though!

  7. Daiei MD | "Savings" 10 Pack Slim Case

    in Disc Pictorials

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    17 hours ago, BearBoy said:

    Packaging looks sort of "retro", which I am not sure was so much of a thing back in the heyday of MiniDisc.

     

    Were these quite rare @Richard? Googling them is bringing back nothing (except your post).

     

    The colors are a bit 1970's 😅 It was another bargain range of products to be sold in supermarkets, but being made by Saehan the discs are good quality and quite similar to their Natural Wave range. They do seem to be quite rare, they don't come up for sale very often - it took me about 4 years between finding the 80 minute discs and picking up the 74s recently. Even opened packs don't appear very often from what I can tell... 

  9. Fixing my MZ-EH930

    in Technical, Tips, and Tricks

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    On 7/16/2024 at 9:45 PM, BearBoy said:

    As a somewhat irrelevant aside, the MZ-EH930 looks really similar to the MZ-E630. Looks metal though, as opposed to the plastic case on the MZ-E630?

     

    I have no idea about the actual problem - seems quite strange. But as an equally irrelevant answer to the aside from @BearBoy, the front of the 630 is painted metal. You can see if you look at the underside when you open it

  14. Axia MD | MD PS (Player's Spirits) - 1st Version (1997)

    in Disc Pictorials

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    4 hours ago, BearBoy said:

    The tinted case looks really nice. I don't think I've got any discs with (coloured, rather than just grey) tinted cases. Seems like such an obvious thing to do with all the coloured discs that were released though.

     

    Are coloured cases like that fairly common on Japanese releases @Richard?

     

    They were a feature of many Axia discs but other than that I think only Maxell had some tinted cases and they were all tinted dark grey as opposed to color matched with the discs. That kind of detail is one of the things I really like about Axia discs

  16. Axia MD | MD PS (Player's Spirits) - 1st Version (1997)

    in Disc Pictorials

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    Axia MD | MD PS (Player's Spirits) - 1st Version (1997)

     

    This series released in 1997 is one of my favourite Axia discs. I love the slightly more subtle paler shade of blue on the disc itself and on the tinted cases. As usual the attention to detail is very high - apart from the one typo on the index card - see if you can spot it. The discs were available in both 60 minute and 74 minute versions. 

     

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  17. A small box from Japan

    in The Loft

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    I never quite understood why pre-recorded MD's rocketed in price either. I have a few, but they were all picked up for next to nothing on eBay, sometime in the mid to late 2000's when no-one was interested in them any more. I also always thought it was just easier to buy the CD and make your own MD copy. 

  20. Sony MD | MDW-74 (1993)

    in Disc Pictorials

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    1 hour ago, BearBoy said:

    The disc itself is maybe a little dull (reminds me of some old floppy discs I used to have 🙂) but I really like the packaging. Similar to the current day MDW80Ts but it looks smarter, to me, with the dark grey/black.

     

    Also, that disc is over 30 years old 😯

     

    Exactly - this like a few of the early discs falls into the "definitely looks better wrapped" category, along with the Scotch, early Sharps etc.. 

     

    Wow - 30 years old!! I didn't even think of that 

  24. Sony MD | MDW-74 (1993)

    in Disc Pictorials

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    Sony MD | MDW-74 (1993)

    The Sony MDW-74, released on 10th April 1993 in Japan was Sony's first 74 minute disc. There are some early variations that feature the inverted design also seen on the early MDW-60's. There is also a later version with a slightly smaller embossed arrow in the top left hand corner. 

     

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  25. TDK MD | Flower Mix Limited Edition (2005)

    in Disc Pictorials

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    2 minutes ago, BearBoy said:

    I've got some very similar to those in your last post, @Richard. Except they're 80 minute ones and have a different shutter logo (no "HO" branding). When I first saw your pictures of the Flower Mix ones I initially thought they were the same but in different packaging. The colour patterns on the discs are quite distinct though.

     

    Nice score!

     

    Those must be the European versions - they are indeed the same as the Ho (which was Japan only) apart from the shutter design. All great looking discs! I'll try and do a full pictorial on the Ho's separately. 

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