SteveDu

Yeah I will miss the DAT for sure... but come to think of it, the tape's too thin and snaps on me all the time back then lol... Oh well, there are bunch of high quality pro media for stereo out there.

I really doubt it'll be really a big media hit for the pro audio market. First of all if it can storage the audio data in multitrack format (which MD-Data used to do, 4 tracks) otherwise it's a wonderful final stereo mix down media for transfering or play in the radio station or showing the clients. Second of all, it's compressed, let's face it, I wouldn't want to record master onto a compressed format, otherwise I really don't think I need to spend couple thousand on a Mackie 24-track HD recorder and a Digi 002 196HD system with a G5 that can run a data-center service. Archiving the mixdowns I prefer MD to other formats (DAT tapes snap too easily, CDs are frozen pancake in the pocket) and it's portable! That's all I can think off why I doubt Hi-MD would hit pro audio market and... please, they are just my personal opinion :3 EDIT: Forgot about the out of field thing... YES I would LOVE to see somebody come up with a recorder with XLR inputs and +48V DC power just like the Tascam DAT lol. The Hi-MD would make a great out-in-the-field recorder for most applications.

Sure you can record it but... how you gonna sync it when you want to edit? At least not to my knowledge that any Hi-MD deck support SMPTE... ?

LOL well I was in and out the local Fry's (San Diego) couple times a week and all I noticed is they have one camera Hi-MD unit for 499 and 2 MZ-RH10s for 299 and NO blank Hi-MDs... And from the first day I saw them until yesterday they weren't even touched lol. Yeah they have a huge selection on personal entertainment units (I don't want to call them MP3 players lol) they have to put them in two sections, one is for all SONYs and another is for everything else. Sony's isle remain untouched and dusty, the other section on the other hand is full of people. If two weeks ago the checkout line wasn't so lame I'll have that RH10 right now... but consider there are some issues with it I decided to skip it. Well if someday we'll develop a portable ADAT player otherwise I'm staying with my MBox at home and Digi002 192 at work lol.

Oh gee more choices... I ALMOST bought myself a RH10 couple days ago but... after reading about the problems with MP3 playback quality (sound-wise) and the deadbeat check-out line (Fry's) I put it back to the shelf. Still I want a Hi-MD for both personal and work but now more choices? Gee lol it's going to be tough to choice in between a R10 or a M100 lol. On the other hand being able to upload the "special" format PCM to MACs somewhat helps since ProTools we have runs on MACs and sometimes too big of recording equipments are problems for field recording... however the good microphones are bigger then the unit itself (AKG 414Cs) and require +48V DC power to run... end up like if I am going to carry that much bigger microphones I might just bring out the bigger field/portable recorders. Oh my head... Guess I'll go back to my Tascam portable DAT recorder lol...

I see... I wonder does RH10 and RH910 comes with the SAME remote control that has backlight?

Thanks a lot for answering! I guess the difference is one has LED and another has OLED... lol well saves about $100 bucks I guess I'll go with the RH910. I thought it native support WMA too, but not big deal, transcode still works.

First timer here lol, and glad I found this place lol for all the MiniDisc users and experts around the world to exchange information... Anyway I used to be a MiniDisc-holic, from my first Sony R50 that served me for almost 4 years to the R500, N707 to the last NF610, all been with me for the past 8 years lol... And last year I sold my NF610 because to me the converting process of the NetMD and lack of native playback support for MP3/WMA/WAV on Hi-MD made me changed to hard drive based players (got an iRiver)... Now recently I saw the Sony has released the 2nd generation Hi-MD units that support native MP3/WMA/WAV/ATARC3 (Not just MP3 and ATARC3 only I hope?) playback and data storage. I suddendly want to sell my iRiver and go buy me a 2nd generation Hi-MD! I've been thinking a mid-high unit such as RH910 (lol I really don't need DH-10) or RH10 but both of them look the same and I really cannot tell the differences between those two units besides one uses OLED and another one uses LED. So if somebody knows it well and if can tell me the differences in between these two units that would be great and appreciated! I will make my purchase as soon as they are out for sale! Man I miss MiniDisc and I'm glad Sony finally realized the demending of those functions on their products and made them possible. I appreciate any of your helps!