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No not yet - they are still available. I was thinking how I could milk the situation for a little entertainment for others readers and myself of course. Nevermind. Too perverse.. Just sent them to StevieP - the lucky winner! Have fun.... Maybe you can do me a favour sometime! S

Maybe it should be noted t hat this download seems to be for European models only! Though I'm not sure this matters - any comments? I see no mention of SonicStage 3.3 on any North American Sony sites... YET. S

Hey all I bought a new HiMD and with it came a token for 5 free downloads from Sony's CONNECT music service. Since I am in Canada I cannot redeem them. If anyone wants them I can email you the code to use for 5 free songs. I guess the one pre-requisite is that you are in the States.... OK Enough already. Sandy sandy.miller@miller-dna.co.uk

What if..... Sony brought out a U-MD recorder unit with all the same facilities as our usual Hi-MD recorders. It would offer 1.8Gb of storage for music, video or data. We could record music or video directly onto it using digital and analogue inputs and we could transfer data via firewire or USB 2.0 to our computers. I think this could all be done and fit inside an enclosure the size of the current Hi-MD camera unit.... It might have a colour OLED display (or equiv) for playing video back directly or we could simply place the disk into our PSP (assuming you have one) or maybe we could simply plug our U-MD unit straight into our TV's in the same way we can with any Sony Camera. There could be models with or without video camera for recording video directly to U-MD or Duo Memory stick. However this NEW product might look it helps Sony capitalise on all previous developed technologies and does not squander any invetments in media fabs or partnerships with other companies. With Sony's BlueRay DVD format taking a kicking maybe this would be a good niche for them to move into. Anyone remember Betamax and VHS? It's all about standards and Sony seem unable to compromise with Toshiba's team effort on high capacity DVD. Why do they do this? Did they never learn anything?

Well one thing I notice is conspicuously absent here is any mention of 'UMD' With Sony's PSP - this is a new disk format which I interpret as an evolution of Hi-MD. Physically the disks are very similar. A UMD can hold up to 1.8Gb of data. Principally utilised for games disks or video there is no doubt the potential is there for much more than this. Initially Sony have closed the UMD pressing so that only Sony and their affiliates could burn UMD's. This gave them the lead on the growth in pressing UMD titles. And UMD sales are rocketing. Now, however, at least one rogue disk manufacturer has somehow circumvented this and produced their own UMD disk without Sony's consent (for some Japanese porn or similar). Ergo there are 'UMD burners. Extrapolate this a little more and we have the possibility of a portable UMD burner that becomes a partner to the PSP UMD drive. In my imagination I would like to see a portable UMD recorder that I can put data, music & video on that I can then play via my PSP. Of course this would have all the facilities currently offered by Hi-MD and more. This is/would be the next killer 'MD' derivative application. Sony can capitalise on all manufacturing plants geared for MD production by converting them to UMD. What do you think?

Hi KJ_Palmer Thanks for that. I never spotted that in SS3.2. Have a fun day!

Hi What software is there for editing ATRAC in my PC or do I have to chop it up and edit on my MD Player. Thanks