The Perfect Hi-md

[bobthegoat2001]

Here are Feature Requests that I would like (I'm sure it won't happen, but I can dream right?)

- No Software requered at all, just drag and drop as a mass storage device back and fourth fron the pc to md and md to pc.

- Formats that it can play natively without conversion (MP3, Ogg (my favorite - Open and free), Flac, AAC, MP4, Ape, WMA, Atrac3(+))

- USB 2.0 speeds

- Bigger high resolution screen

- If you still wish to use Atrac3(+), they should include the codec for programs like CDex

If they included all these features I'd be all over it. Other copanies can do this, why can't they? Until they do I'll stick to my 40 gig iRiver HD player (iHP-140). Which it also has a line/optical/mic in and a line/optical out, built-in mic, USB 2.0 (a heck of a lot faster than hi-md), play's mp3, ogg wma, asf, wav's. And my favorite feature of this player is that you don't need any software at all for it, just shows up as an hd.

[Bananatree]

Battery life would be destroyed with the addition of most of those things.

Other than that, most of those things would be nice.

[bobthegoat2001]

Battery life would be destroyed with the addition of most of those things.

Other than that, most of those things would be nice.

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One thing that I like about Minidisc's is you only need one AA battery. I wouldnn't mind carrying a couple extra recharable batteries. I already have like over 20 Ni-MH batteries.

Also if you still wanted longer batterylife, you could still convert to atrac and play it too; as I mentioned for people that would still want to use that format.

For me though, I'd rather have a format that'll play on more stuff, like ogg, and not just Sonic Stage and Minidisc's. I like to have freedom. That's something that I thought that would be good about Minidisc's is that you can back up all your music to durable 1 Gig Hi-MD's. But if something were to happen to my computer and I would have to format and re-install windows, I can't upload all my music that I have stored on my MiniDisc. So for now I'll have to stick with my DVD burner and iRiver.

Edited January 17, 2005 by bobthegoat2001

[aeriyn]

Battery life would be destroyed with the addition of most of those things.

Other than that, most of those things would be nice.

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And Hi-MD's current battery life isn't that much better than most of the harddisk based DAPs on the market, not counting iPod.

Still, it's a removable media format. I used to see this as an advantage but it's really not for portable listening. Portable recording it is a godsend for--run out of space during a session, just pop in another disc. But who wants to carry even four or five discs around with them, much less the 20 or 40 it'd take to match the capacity of most DAPs marketed today.

I like traveling light; most of the time, it's just my Mini, my E3cs and myself. Although I have been carrying the CMoy around quite a lot. It helps the E3cs out with their little rolled off highs issue, just a bit.

Purses are nice. All you guys with a DAP/amp/can combo has to carry around a camera bag or something. Mine's significantly cuter.

[sony_man]

an optionally backlit large screen on player, sufficient battery life on one AA or maybe two in an extended compartment. remote similar to the Kenwood DMC-T55. different colours, CUSTOMIZABLE hahahaha. wouldnt it be cool if you could build your own minidisc player like a computer on the manufacturer's website?