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looking for the Cradle Remote RM-MC35ELK and the Drawstring Bag, velvet looking type. if you have a dead N10 or lost N10 and have the accessories lying around i'll take it off you. least that way it'll contribute a little to your next MD purchase pm me/email me and lets work something out.

sent you a PM and mail, waiting for your reply. its as good as sold

looks fine, shitty packaging. guess for bare minimum price you get bare minimum bundle too. hope the NH1 would be better.

here's an easy question :laugh: what color is the NH900? http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-NH900.html it says Colors: Silver, Black http://www.minidisc.org/images/sony_mznh90...0_thumb_110.jpg thats silver+olive http://www.minidisc.org/images/sony_mznh90...900_avwatch.jpg this is silver+black http://www.minidisc.org/images/sony_mznh90...silver_mymd.jpg this is silver+grey/ash http://www.minidisc.org/images/sony_mznh90..._black_mymd.jpg this is black+grey/ash http://www.minidisc.org/images/mz-nh900_ce...bit_nicolas.jpg this is black+black so the real question is, the specs say colours - silver or black..but we have so many combinations...which one is it!? i think the silver+olive looks awful, and the silver+black is bad too. the silver+grey/ash is decent.. the black+grey/ash looks out of place, and the black+black is sleek & stealthy. personally i'd go with the silver+grey/ash or the black+black.. the rest is awful IMHO

http://lib1.store.vip.sc5.yahoo.com/lib/mi...tableChart.html check that out.. says that NH1 is AA Battery Compatible via an External Case.. so uh..i'm confused

i got somemore information read this (if you can read french) http://www.mdfr.com/faqs/#23 and if you can't i got a french friend to translate it for me "technically, DWDD allows a data density of 15GB/square inch, so the maximum capacity for a Hi-MD disc would be 4.7GB, the same as a single sides, single layer DVD disc. the problem is that the optical system of old MD players is not precise enough for this kind of data density, the wavelength between normal MD and Hi-MD are very different, so the optical systems are physically different so they would need a dual optical system, one for MD, one for Hi-MD, or a system that can change wavelength which, on a portable player, would have many reliability, size, and durability problems so for now, they decided to use an optical system similar to the classic MD though sony is currently working on a 2GB version, using the optical system of the MD2 and in the future, it will be theoretically possible to have 1TB optical discs, so it leaves a lot of headway for Sony to increase capacity of the Hi-MDs" so from what i understand, there *WILL* be larger capacity MD, but whether current Hi-MD devices can support them, thats up to sony. this 1GB Hi-MD is just to phase out the old MD and in the future they can introduce 4.7GB with less problems.

there's nothing i want to "achieve" really. i just wanna to learn more about what i'm putting my money on, making an educated purchase. for me, its more of an investment as i am a student. i wouldn't be very happy to purchase something that would be replaced in less than a year. the way i see it, Hi-MD is merely a format, and the 1GB MD is a media that adheres to the format. so i'm just looking at the possibility of larger capacity medias in the same format and whether its usable by the current devices. but as you said, if DWDD's limitation *is* 1GB, then i think a 2GB Hi-MD wont possible, and it'll be a new format altogether. thats what i wanted to achieve :smile:

so i take it its not even possible to buy the battery case and use it with the NH1? i'd get the NH1 cause the NH900 looks ugly to me IMHO

true, sony did went with the smarter choice, to make more money. people would have already own an MD player to own the 30 discs. and 1 Hi-MD disc = 5 normal ones. why would anybody bother carrying 5 discs around when they can carry 1? i know i wouldn't carry 5 MD around if i could just carry 1 Hi-MD.. i believe the idea behind MDs was portability but dont quote me by the way, does anybody have links to article stating that 1GB is *the* limit for the current Hi-MD devices? or any technical papers implying so? that would be most helpful, thanks.

will the NH1 be able to use AA batteries with an attachment?

thanks for the explaination jadeclaw. but i think sony just wants to make more money by limiting the 1st gen himd to 1GB, so you'll buy the 2nd gen i mean why would anybody bother using MDs when you have 1GB Hi-MDs? i know i wouldn't. probably ebay it away or use it with my normal MDs (if i had any that is) if this 1GB limitation is true, then i'd have to reconsider about purchasing a unit. and to answer your question, yes, we would need more than that..because the truth is space will never be enough..

personally i think it would suck majorly if future 2GB or 4.7GB Hi-MD can't be used on the current Hi-MD devices. if it can't be used, then the devices shouldn't be called Hi-MD, either that, the future 2GB or 4.7GB MD will be called Hi-MD2 or something think of it as the memory stick and memory stick pro situation. say you've got a camera that uses memory stick, they can't come out with a 1GB memory stick and say the old devices cant use it but the new ones can.. that would mean a whole new standard.. a.k.a memory stick pro i would feel terribly ripped off and angry if i purchased the Hi-MD devices and 1 year down the road they came out with 2GB Hi-MD and tell me my device can't use it... and a 1GB limitation would really suck. anybody have any official word as to Hi-MD's size limitation?