Christopher

ATRACLife has had a great first week for a forum. Featured here: http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2005/7/27/816 ..or here: http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-me...roup-114754.php ..and here: http://dapreview.net/comment.php?comment.news.1846

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Welcome to the forum, Fami - it's nice to have you here. Thanks for the thoughts on NW-E507, as well. Just for the record, the E507 does indeed have USB1.1 only.

I'll consider it, but I adore Japan and it's language..English is so boring anyways.

I agree. Have you been able to access those artsy HD5's?

Watch out for that blister pack..it could kill you, Mikie.

Information on how to properly reinstall is here: http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=8071

MacDailyNews picked a "cream of the crop" review of the NW-E50# series to feature on their home page today by Paul Thurrott of Connected Home Media. The review is here. A gem from the review to help you undestand it's wholesome quality :

Try 256kbps mp3 to 256kbps ATRAC3plus and see if there is a difference - you should always try and keep mp3/ATRAC bitrates in comparable bitrate quality.

There never will be a way for you to do this via Computer. You must do it manually via an analog or digital connection.

Actually, I didn't even realize this isn't a Minidisc-related Sonicstage problem. Please post this at our new forum, http://www.atraclife.com I apologize for the confusion, I'll personally attend to your matter there.

You can learn more about the basics of Hi-MD here: http://www.sony.net/Products/Hi-MD/ To record on a Hi-MD disc, you'll need a Hi-MD device. Read some things there and hit this thread back up with any further questions you may have.

Anyone try pogo.com's games on this yet?

Welcome to the forums. I doubt it's possible, but what models are both of these?

According to the PSP Japan firmware update site, According to the third-party enthusiast site PSP-Vault, they say, Absolutely no incompatibility issues have been reported with North American users employing Japanese firmware v2. Do we take Sony with a grain of salt?

Welcome to the forums. In regards to your questions, the answer is no to all of them if you're referring to Hi-MD discs.

You need to update both for the best experience, seriously.

Welcome, sefu. ATRAC is definitely supported on the PSP. I believe that the best way to make this work is to upgrade to Sonicstage 3.2 and update the firmware on your PSP to v2.

Surprising this isn't out in America yet. So just to make sure, there is a difference between v2 Plus and v2, right?

Don't leave the forum because what I'm saying here; I know this will piss someone off. This is a discussion and we all have our opinions, remember that. For 99 years the British have orphaned countless Irish by jail, killing countless IRA families - at home and all over the world. When my Father was a child, he had to run the British gauntlet and deliver food and money to IRA families in need. In case you didn't know, until America intervened in the early 1900's, it was routine for British to hang, draw, and quarter live IRA prisoners in Arbour Hill prison in Dublin. They used hordes to pull the live prisoners apart. My Father was a military policeman in the Irish army and guarded Arbour Hill prison, now under Irish army rule. In a rush to get out of Southern Ireland, the British forgot to take the prison logs. He spent many nights reading those horrorific logs. They also forced Irish families out of their land so that English lords could build their massive castles with Irish slave labor. The British had perfected Ethnic clensing; they forced hundreds of thousands of Irish families to Australia, remote islands and just about any place that had a seaport. The ships that transported the Irish were called "coffin ships" - the death rate aboard was as high as sixty percent or higher. If the British had not plundered Ireland, I would have been Irish royalty because of my bloodline - one of my ancestors was the King of Ireland in 1187. I don't justify any killing done by anyone, but I hope at least some of you understand what the Irish people have gone through.

Good point! The PSP is 802.11b at the moment, but a future firmware upgrade will unlock it's 802.11g capability.

I have will have these files hosted in our Downloads section in less than a hour; perhaps that will help you.

The files are still able to be downloaded for me..

Happy Birthday indeed, me! (feels weird to say that) All the best to you, ya crazy NZ'er! I hope that computer build is going well..

Definitely. You should always listen to each codec and choose what sounds best to you.