campekenobi Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 Are we gonna be stuck w/ this bland data-looking disc forever, or does anyone know of colored/clear/funky looking 1gig hi-MD discs out there???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryzir Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 we will be stuck with this style until the technology gets more widely accepted and other companies licence the technology from Sony and make their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campekenobi Posted December 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 I see you have the 600 model in your profile pic.. you have that unit? 600 or 600D? Happy with it?? My greatest concern is the volume stick feeling weird, and the whole unit having a 'cheap' feel, as cnet described in a a review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryzir Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 Yeah it is pretty "cheap". The only reason I got it was because it was the first unit out and I couldn't wait to try the new format. It's the 600 so no inputs (besides usb). Other than the "cheap" feel it has worked fine for me, I have not had one problem with it and I abuse the hell out of it. I have been more happy with this unit than I thought I would be. I figured by now I would have upgraded but since it has served me so well so far i am going to hold out for the next gen hi-md. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
722Forever Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 I agree - the design looks like something from the late 1980's/early '90s. Very bland, from an age when labelling something 'digital' was something new and exciting... Still, it's what the discs DO that matters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campekenobi Posted December 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 @Ryzir, I thought the UK version of the 600 has an analog INPUT. I've seen this several places. Amazon.co.uk, for instance, plus I think I read it in this forum. That's what I was thinking of tracking down possibly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidCamel Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 I was wondering... Can there be -technologically speaking- a transparent Hi-MD cartridge?... If one opens a Hi-MD, the upper surface doesn't have that mirror-look we were used to... Is the new media, like, daylight-sensitive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblin Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 dont see why it should be. its the same magneto-optical tech, only with a new way to read it so that the pits can be smaller... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectral Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 I have the 600D as well. Unforuntately I have't had the time to dish out cash for another one, I'm just fine with one I have. Plus I have the RM-MC40ELK to go with it, so that really adds more of a tech design to it. So its like a budget player+high class remote I should say. I just wish I didn't have all of these earphone and remote wires everwyhere! >_< I think Sony might release some new Hi-MDs next year to coorespond to the new generation units. I wouldn't mind seeing some clear color ones :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 Welcome to the forums, Sid. Anyway, this first batch of Hi-MD discs are definitely not the last we'll see. Everything we're seeing now is first generation bait to see if the format will even be a worthwhile endeavor, and I can assume that the direction Hi-MD is going is satisfactory so evolution in this sense is inevitable. If any of the old timers from 1992 and the original MD format could look at us now, they'd proverbially slap us for complaining about "bland" one gigabyte discs; compared to the similar looking 60 minute discs they had - which cost about 2-4x more than Hi-MD discs! :happy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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