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Zathura

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  1. Chris, with all due respect - I am mildly offended by your post, as this is no doubt in reference to my post from months ago when I reported that Sony Australia had dumped minidisc. Now what I said then is still as true as it was when I posted, and I risked my job with what was then confidential internal information, to let you guys know what was happening, to put pressure on my employers to reverse their decision. I dont know why they eventually reverted, but please don't disregard my posts because they did. This was a very, very real situation, and you dont have any idea how close we came to not getting this model. Please be more careful in the future, otherwise you might see people like me no longer do what we can to help - and rest assured there are others that care about the company, and the future of Minidisc. Z.
  2. The reason why Minidisc.org have so many minidiscs is because Sony offered them an amazing price to buy a heap of them.
  3. No, RH10 will not be released.
  4. Hey guys, just got confirmation that the MZRH1 will be released in Australia in the next few months. I have no other details than that, but I just wanted to let you guys know :-) More when i hear it. Pre-order at Minidisc Australia (with special coupon code). - edit by kurisu
  5. Welcome to the forums Cabirio :-) "One of us, one of us!"
  6. I dont have that information. All I know is that HD walkmans is where they are going.
  7. Let me stress that this includes both MD and HI-MD. They are both dead. There will definitely be no second generation HI-MD.
  8. Guys, Its with sadness that I confirm that that Sony Australia will not be carrying any more MD units for this financial year. From this we can pretty much assume there will not be any more units. As most readers will know, I have been following MD from my position with Sony, and reporting on the possible death of mini-disc. I cannot give you guys any more information than that - the decision has been made and this is the outcome, thats all there is to it. The sad part is, I know there is a market for MD in Australia, but unfortunately Sony have decided to more agressively pursue hard disc MP3 players. Well guys, please send your RIPs to minidisc. I've talked to a few sources and this is for real - kurisu (admin)
  9. I have a pretty funny story on this topic. A year or so ago at the Australian launch of HI-MD on of the big Sony guys was giving a product spiel to retailers on it, and he was trying to demonstrate how hardy the HI-MD discs were by throwing the disc on the ground and then putting it back in the player and playing it, a demonstration he had performed many times in the past for MD. Anyways, he threw the disc and the disc just shattered everywhere. What had happened was it hit a pressure point and just exploded. There were scattered laughs in the audience but he just re-assembled the disc and went on as if nothing had happened, but secretly he must have died a little inside!
  10. Im a fellow MZNH1 owner and yeah its pretty scratch resistant. I suppose its the combination of being made of magnesium alloy (at least Im pretty sure), and its supposed to look like brushed metal anyways.
  11. Nope, they started out at 9.95 each then the price was lowered to 4.95 in about March this year.
  12. Absolutely - its completely connected. I personally find it hard to believe that they wont release at least one model, but Im just reporting what I hear.
  13. Yes, I have heard that. There are a lot of brochures and promotional giveaways being produced as well. Hmph.
  14. I thought it worth mentioning that every day at work I still hear "Its not happening" (as in no more minidisc in Australia) and then other days I hear "could be 2 or 3 models"... its just so indicative of the lack of faith and confidence that Sony have shown Minidisc. I dont believe they have ever really given it a good go, although traditionally sales have been quite good. Sigh.
  15. Deciding which 2nd Gen models to be released. At the moment I dont believe they are talking about getting any more 1 Gen models.
  16. Just a small update guys, all of the HIMDs are now out of stock in the Sydney wharehouse, so thats it.' Sony are still deciding which models will be released, and it will be dependent on what price can be arranged for them as to which will be released.
  17. The 3 coloured NWHD5's look pretty cool. But not as cool as my MZNH1 :-)
  18. Actually Sefu, this is very interesting. I am assuming you use B Link to order your stock online.. if so do a search for all the MD models. Its showing them all, bar MZNH900/MZNH900BUNDLE as pending... which for everyone else means there is actually no stock at the moment, with no date for when more will be coming, if at all. I didnt know this until today. I will endeavour to find out if there is more stock coming and what the deal is.
  19. I would imagine thats pretty much a given, due to the abundance of stock.
  20. Zathura

    Dvd To Minidisc

    Yes. It downmixes to stereo however.
  21. Everything I know I have already said. As soon as I know more, I will post ASAP, so yeah, no idea of pricing sorry. I know that the new Sony MP3 players are going to be extremely competitevely priced, so they are pulling out all the stops on those. I would think that Minidisc will remain at similar prices, as it has been told that we are dealing with it as a 'niche product', so dont expect a whole lot of price cuts.
  22. To get rid of the current models. There is a LOT of stock. I hope people dont bitch too much... its lucky we get them at all.
  23. Ok its official. Release date for new models will be October of this year! I dont know which models will be released here, but what ever is will be released then. I also had a look at the next pulse magazine today, and they dont list any new minidisc models, but the do show the new MP3 models.
  24. The lack of Minidisc on Sony Style intrigues me. I also noticed that on the MZN600 it says the bundle offer finishes on 31/8/05. As much as I appreciate you guys providing information, it really gives me the shits that I hear a lot of stuff from here, rather than work directly and I am having to dig information up rather than being told as I should.
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