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I've always relied on minidisc.org for all my minidisc info an news, ever since I was did my first MD shopping for my R37. As I made a return to minidisc.org to see what the world of minidisc was up to now I discovered hi-md and this forum at the same time (a few days ago)!

I took my first steps back into the world of MD with my first Hi-MD model. I've owned the R37 and N707 before a Neuros HDD uploader and when it came to selecting my christmas present, I came back to my favorite format. Got an MZ-NH1 w/ 3 Hi-MD blanks and Case for unit + 12 discs for 190 shipped. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=5838867068 Next thing I want to buy is an MD bookshelf unit...who sells those anymore!?

Is the coaxial output on DVD players not digital? I though it was because that's how I link it to my surround sound system and I get true surround. However, what connection are you making between the MD and DVD player? Coax to line in? That would certainly say my original thinking is wrong!

My first encounter with MD happened I think in 2000. I was 14 at the time. My cousin came from Birmingham, AL to my house in Chattanooga, TN for thanksgiving and the one thing we loved to do was share music. At this point the gold standard, as defined by middle school peers, was the portable CD players. They weren't as cheap like they are now and not everyone had one. Anyway. My cousin brought her MZ-R37 along with her. I'll try to explain my infatuation to you. It basically comes down to this: I am a gadget freak! I had used plenty of tape walkmans before (going back to those all metal servo-button things), and at that point I had been dreaming of eventually getting a portable CD player. But the from the moment I saw her MD-unit and the words "what is that?!" popped out of my young mouth, I was in love (with the MD recorder, NOT MY COUSIN!). I think it was 2001 christmas that I demanded one. The one that fell with in my parent's presents budget happened to be the same R37. At this point it was out of production (I think) and was only available on places like ebay and yahoo auctions. I won one on yahoo auctions for christmas. Later the unit arrived and to my utter disapointment, it didn't work. I couldn't beleive it. I had spent all december looking at minidisc.org and reading up on the unit til I knew it inside and out, before I even had it I had read the entire manual and knew how to do what with it. Anyway I got my money back, after threatening the seller with legal action. I think my music needs were taken care of by a portable CD player for the next year, that is until christmas 2002 when, unable to think of what I wanted for christmas, my mind stumbled back across minidisc. I quickly came running back to minidisc.org to educate myself on the latest and greatest in portable MD recorders. At that point I couldn't really afford the latest and greatest, but I atleast wanted all the inputs and NetMD had just hit earlier that year. I settled on an MZ-N707, turning to ebay to find a good deal. Fortunately I did and it was awesome! I also ran across people selling 36 capacity MS wallets, filled with MDs! I had all the discs I could want at the time and was very happy with my blue/silver unit. I had even purchased a aftermarket back-lit remote. Pure MD heaven! I impressed everyone at school with it, as out of the 1200 high school kids I was the only one who had even heard of MD (except for this one kid who recorded the sermons at church on their MD deck). I impressed some guy so much he went out and bought an MZ-N505 (from circuit city, he got ripped off). I think it was fall of 2003 when disaster struck and my MD unit was stolen at school. Apparently I had flashed it around a little too much, and then made the second mistake of leaving it unattended in my backpack when I guess someone was going through bags looking for stuff to take and ran across my gem. Bastard! I had high hopes of recovering it though, because anyone who brought the same MD unit with the aftermarket remote to school would stickout like a sore thumb, and just how smart are theives usually? This one was smart enough though, and I never heard of it showing up on anyone. At this point I gave my discs away to my friend with the N505 and gave up my dreams MD yet again. I did recover some joy in life, being able to forget about sonicstage and its painful usage. That christmas, I was in need yet again of something to play music on, but at this point, MP3 HD units were in vouge, I thought for sure that MD would soon pass. I turned my attention to the Neuros. I got a 20GB unit for 200 dollars and it had a built in mic, a line in, headphone and line out. The only thing it lacked was optical. It also had a built in FM broadcaster to use with car stereos and such. All these features built in, I couldn't figure out why it wasn't kicking the ipod's butt at 200 dollars. Soon I learned. It was like a brick in your pocket because the harddrive wasn't the ipod size, but actual laptop-sized harddrives. The software side of things rivaled sonicstage for peice of crap of the decade too. They did make the software (as well as the firmware) opensource though, so I found a better user made software to live with. I was happy with it, til the harddrive went to crap. I sold it on ebay earlier this year. Here we are again looking at another christmas and I've returned again to the MD community to find MS alive and well with yet another format revolution in HI-MD. I'm getting an MZ-RH910 for christmas and I am so excited. Uploading my own PCM recordings and 1GB discs! This format has come so far and I can't wait to get mine in hand! Oh well, I always have the manual to read until Dec 25 (20 days!). I'm so glad I'm coming back to minidisc. Although MD kicks like nothing else, I still believe that it will someday be beaten by HD recorders, but I believe the time is still a ways off before the HS units are affordable and reliable enough to knock everything else out. Until then, I'll enjoy my RH910!

What are the major Differences between RH910 and RH10 besides the display and cosmetic stuff? I know battery life is one as the RH910 has 25 compared to the RH10's thirty-two hours. Any others I should know before I make a decision? EDIT: Just noticed a similar post. Sorry for not reading carefully first!