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So, for live recording does this next generation add anything? Does it record to MP3, or just play it? And what does one lose by only being able to record in "Hi-MD" mode rather than NetMD?

As a minidisc newbie, I'm pretty confused. I just want something that can record live through a mic at high quality and then quickly transfer to a PC. The old minidisc recorders had the limitation of realtime transfer. And of course the limitation that ATRAC was compressed, but it was supposed to still be a very good sound. Then they came out with the HiMD units, which finally were supposed to be able to do fast digital transfer to the PC, but had some checkin/out issues and problems converting to wav, etc. So, with these new units, can you transfer quickly to the pc without having to worry about some cockamamie protection scheme being put on your own live recordings? And it looks like maybe you can record in an uncompressed mode? Is this true?