I would like to share a recent experience I had with my mindisc recorder. I am new to this board and am glad I found it. Anyway, my MZ R700 had been used off and on for years, not so much recently. There was a soundtrack of an Xbox360 game that I really liked and wanted to record it. My Xbox is in the living room so I couldn't use my PC to record it. It hit me that the MD might be a good solution. At first I made some analog recordings and transferred them to my PC analog. This turned out to sound quite good. I knew I could do better though. The Xbox360 by the way has SCMS copy protection on the digital out. You can't even copy CDs. Bummer. I get to looking around the internet and just happen to find out there is a way to get around this with the MZ R700. It worked like a charm and I was able to digitally record the soundtrack. Sounds great on MD. I had forgotten how great MD sounded and have rediscovered the potential and benefits of MD. So much so that I am really interested in a Hi-MD purchase in the future. I have played around with other small audio players such as the iPod. There are many players out there, but few have the versatility of MD. That said, I see how Sony has piecemeal taken away various DRM restrictions for their MD devices and freed them up some. This makes an investment in a new one even more appealing. Can someone share their experiences with me on what is new with MD or what kind should I purchase? I live in the U.S. where MD is a rarity so I would have to buy everything online, which is OK.
