pata2001

Someone in forensic won't use consumer grade electronics in the first place. Sony is not reponsible for data loss due to user error.

Well, simple burner presumably uses Sonicstage's codec to encode the tracks, so I don't see why they are different.

Referring to MP3 resume feature: -iPods (5G, nano 2G, shuffle 1G): will resume where you left off. Only lose resume position after you transfer/sync music with your PC. -2nd gen HiMD units onwards (I have DH710, DH10P, and RH1): will resume where you left off. Only lose resume if you eject the disc. -Sony Network walkmen (NW-E99, NW-S705F): will resume where you left off. Lose resume whenever you change battery/after charging, and after transferring music. -Sony PCDPs (D-NE20): will resume where you left off. Only lose resume if you open the lid.

Pretty much all the major DAPs (Sony, Apple, etc) support resume on MP3s, including 2nd gen HiMDs (as long as you don't eject the disc) and even MP3 PCDPs. However, some can be finicky if the MP3 file is too long.

Although I haven't tried this functionality on my PS3, Windows Vista is known to work out of the box. I heard it also works with PCs with XP and Macs, but need some tweaking. Don't know if it can actually accept streaming Atrac though.

Ishiyoshi already did this 2 years ago: http://www.atraclife.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=49

My guess is the NetMD units only understand the specific data decoded by Sonicstage, not just any data like WAV files. Remember NetMD was developed when Sony is still gung-ho about DRM, check-in/out, and against uploading. Yeah, there's no point in trying to make sense the stupid decisions of Sony.

Well, I think everybody knows this already, ever since the starting of NetMD. Sonicstage cannot/doesn't have the codecs to deal with SP. When transferring to SP compatibility mode, Sonicstage basically converts the tracks to LP2, presumably decodes it and transmit it as raw data via USB to the NetMD recorder, and the NetMD recorder will encode the track to SP. End result is you got double transcoding (1 by Sonicstage, 2nd by the unit). This is pretty much the worst case scenario, having double transcoding, and double the filesize. If you cannot tell the difference, that means LP2 is transparent to you, and pretty much applies to most people, simple as that.

Sony does have what you said. It's called Memory stick.

Exactly. Digital is digital, 0s and 1s. Either you hear the music, or not (blips, skips, pops, etc).

Lame MP3 is gapless. Foobar, rockbox, newer iPods all support gapless MP3. Atrac's advantage of "lower bitrate = similar/higher quality" is only true for really low bitrates, like 64kbps. Anything above 128kbps is fair game, and MP3's universal compatibility wins. Atrac on current Sonicstage (started 4.x I think) gives you an option to disable the DRM. But you're still locked in Sony hardware since nobody else is supporting Atrac.

OMG, c'mon. I'm not a Sony fanboy, but this is a promotional campaign for God of War 2. So Sony "butchered" a goat to sell video games. Well, humans "butchered" many animals to stay alive and then play video games, so what's the difference? I've seen pigs, cows, (and their respective heads) etc on a grilling machine at weddings and ceremonies, yet nobody is complaining about that. What should be criticized is that Sony could have saved up the money and trouble, and put their efforts in securing exclusive games for the PS3 instead of doing silly promotional stuff like this.

[sarcasm]Use a sharpie and write the word "BOSE" or "Monster" on the disc, and you'll get clearer highs, crystal clarity, and deeper bass from your disc. You'll get even better improvements if you use stickers of the actual logos![/sarcasm] Sorry, can't resist that

You can make the 3rd PC to act as a Network Attached storage (NAS), connected to your router. Your 1st and 2nd PC will access the 3rd PC via your network. Basically when you upload your music on your windows PC, you will save it to your 3rd PC's hard-drive, and when you want to edit the file, the linux PC can access the file on the 3rd PC directly via network. You probably have to let the 3rd PC on for 24/7 so you can access your uploaded music on it anytime you want. 1. Install windows on the 3rd PC, set a shared FAT32 partition. Very easy, especially if you enable easy file-sharing in WinXP. Downside is security, unless you know that nobody is going to screw around your network. 2. Install linux on the 3rd PC, and set it up to act as a file-server. Most complicated, but probably the most ideal setup. I don't know much about linux though. 3. Use a specific NAS software, like freeNAS http://www.freenas.org/ on the 3rd PC. It's pretty much a customized super-light version of linux with NAS funtionalities. Setup is straight forward, but can be complicated for advance functions and it might not support certain hardware/hard-drive controllers. (Note that if you want to try installing freeNAS, make sure you backup the intended PC first since it will erase all your hard-drive).

Death Note Episode 27, Near brought MDs of Kira's investigations for the president of the US. I was half expecting the US president to say "WTF are these?"

Companies like Sony keeps adding/updating additional DRMs for DVD videos, and every single one of them are bypassed. Again, Sony execs at Sony Pictures/Music keep making stupid business decisions, ruining the company's image further. Simply sad. PS: DVD-decrypter is old news. Use DVDFab decrypter instead, which is constantly updated.

Yup, I was a bit shocked too. Is this it? Oh well, maybe all internet radio sites are just going to move their servers off shore (Switzerland? Hand in hand with piratebay?).

Even better would be the color screen on the S70x Network walkman, cut and paste to replace the RH1's OLED screen.

To be honest, I've been using Sony software from OpenMG jukebox all the way to Sonicstage 4.2, under win98/98SE/ME/2K/XP, and I never actually have problems. Most of crashes/problems are related to windows itself. 1. Make sure you have XP SP2 + all the latest patches (there are already TONS of patches even after SP2) 2. Check for spyware/trojans. 3. Uninstall un-needed codecs (eg. codec packs) This is the main drawback of using a PC. There are just too many house cleaning and maintenance stuff to be done regularly. Easiest way out is to get a Mac + iPod... :D

You abuse your iPod, and now it broke. Gee, how that could have happened... Why don't you save up some money and get the 2G iPod nano. They're flash based so they won't break as easily as hard-drive based iPods. You can definitely move to HiMD (if you can still find a unit), but if you're used to iPods, prepare for some re-learning (Sonicstage, slow transfer, etc). Oh, you don't want to pay money, so why don't you just steal or mug someone. It's probably easier to find a person with an iPod than a person with MD. Or maybe you should take better care of your expensive gadgets. MD/HiMD is not indestructible either, especially if you only have 1 unit for both recording/data transfer and playback.

Not even a mockup?

The NH700 cannot upload NetMD recordings via USB. You have to do it real-time. I dunno if the RH1 can do it. Anybody can verify?

Problem is, MD is MO, not plain optical.

Try updating your Archos via a USB1.1 port. Even for small updates, USB1.1 is still painfully slow.

Transferring 3.6GB of data at sub USB1.1 speed will be a pain in the @ss.