Andicillo Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 HEY, YESTERDAY I CHATTED WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF MINIDISC AUSTRALIA (YOU CAN ADD THEM TO YOUR ICQ LIST) AND HE TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE WAITING FOR THE ARRIVAL OF 2 GB BLANK DISKS.HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whynot Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 Blast, I just bought 30 1GBs. Oil Well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breepee2 Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 I CANT HEAR YOU CUZ YOUR SCREAMING TOO LOUD!!!!!No need for CAPS, we'll read such sensational news anyway Sounds really interesting. I presume these would be usable in all HiMD units to date, or Sony has a big surprise in september for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bri Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 Sounds really interesting. I presume these would be usable in all HiMD units to date, or Sony has a big surprise in september for us.←They'd better be! I just bought 1GB disks from MD Australia and they arrived well packaged and look good so far. Seems like a good seller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sefu Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 Umm I think this guy mis understood.We would of said 2G Hi-MD units which mean 2nd Generation Hi-MD units, not 2GB blanks.Sorry for the mix up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heero Maxwell Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 But the 2nd gen. is already there isn't it? I've heard some things about 2GB disks, it might be a dual side like the dvds i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sefu Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 Not in Australia.Look, it is definately a mix communication. There are no 2GB blanks nor any inside news of any coming out in the near future.It would be great, but dont get your hopes up.Until there is a official announcement just live with the 1GB blanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Also: double-sided MO media is unlikely to happen. It's already two-sided, in a sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGB2 Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 (edited) I'm waiting for the 4GB ones!Bwha! Ha Ha! Edited July 8, 2005 by MDGB2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblin Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Also: double-sided MO media is unlikely to happen. It's already two-sided, in a sense.←true, unless you put one hell of a heat blocking layer between the sides your going to rewrite side 1 when you try to rewrite side 2... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 true, unless you put one hell of a heat blocking layer between the sides your going to rewrite side 1 when you try to rewrite side 2...and an internal system that turns 'em over when one side's done Volta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblin Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 do you want that md rare or flash-fried? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andicillo Posted July 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 That's a real pity!!! I looked at my logs and the information is there. It's a pity that nothing formal is announced. I still hope 2GB blanks will appear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sefu Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 That's a real pity!!! I looked at my logs and the information is there. It's a pity that nothing formal is announced. I still hope 2GB blanks will appear.←What logs? Email?Would you mind PMing them to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 I'm looking forward to something like that: [attachmentid=423] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZ-NH1 Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 AHAHAHA!Arn't we all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xispe Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 eehehe! NICE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROMBUSTERS Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 i thought this topic cropped up a long time ago before the announcement of the 2nd generation, and at the time it seemed a given that Sony would introduce higher capacity discs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corduroy Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 I'm looking forward to something like that: [attachmentid=423]←ahahahahhahajust wondering: how many days would be at 48kps atrac? ehehehehehhanyway, does anyone know if technically it could be possible to have 2gb in a disc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 just wondering: how many days would be at 48kps atrac? ehehehehehh←Lossy compression would finally be dispensable, don't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiesto Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Right now the 2g disk would be kind of useless to me, 1g disk is more than enough: 8 hours @256k and 16 hours @lp2 for outdoor use is fairly good . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Yeah, i'm also pretty happy with the 94 min. PCM recording time, usually shows last anywhere between 3/4 and 3/2 hours; and if it should last longer, a disc change during a pause doesn't hurt me much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrius Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Yup. What we need is better MP3 support (read: Not intentionally capped to make ATRAC sound better) and faster access time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 ahahahahhahajust wondering: how many days would be at 48kps atrac? ehehehehehh←2000 x 45h = 90000h = 3750 days = >10 yearsHeh, that's almost sufficient. A little bit more and we wouldn't even need to change the disc once in a lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heero Maxwell Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 Your math is a little differente from mine.2 x 45h = 90 = 3,75 days = 3 days and 18 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZ-NH1 Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 i thought this topic cropped up a long time ago before the announcement of the 2nd generation, and at the time it seemed a given that Sony would introduce higher capacity discs.←Yeh I am sure we did as well... and from what I remember... most people wanted 2GB if not 5GB...Doubt that will happen though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROMBUSTERS Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 Yup. What we need is better MP3 support (read: Not intentionally capped to make ATRAC sound better) and faster access time.←I agree to an extentThe reason the seek time is slow, is because Sony uses a low-power drive motor system, this is the reason it takes about 1 second to seek from the edge of the disc to the center (and vise versa). However if they put a more powerful motor in the play time would also decrease accordingly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZ-NH1 Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 I just don't like it how it takes 5 seconds to get the fast foward actually started.. and then when it does fast foward... it takes forever.. it only goes like a lil bit faster than normal play back time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andicillo Posted July 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 I just don't like it how it takes 5 seconds to get the fast foward actually started.. and then when it does fast foward... it takes forever.. it only goes like a lil bit faster than normal play back time ← That would be a very good feature... real fast forward... I am still waiting for 2GB blanks... they would be VERY useful!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROMBUSTERS Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 I just don't like it how it takes 5 seconds to get the fast foward actually started.. and then when it does fast foward... it takes forever.. it only goes like a lil bit faster than normal play back time ←see thats wut i never understood. this is a fault with Sony's mechanicsEvery MD song is buffered (its part of the original MD specifications). While this buffering amount varies (based on unit and codec, i.e. Atrac3+64kbps would hold more music in the same amount of memory than Atrac3+ 256kbps). When you listen to your MD, the music you hear is not coming from the disc, but rather the memory chip inside the unit. This is also why MDs rarely skip.When a song is fast forwarded why doesnt the unit just speed up the playback from the buffer? I guess it makes sense to move the laser in case you go past the buffered amount, but it should at least start from within the buffer and move the laser while its doing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corduroy Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 2000 x 45h = 90000h = 3750 days = >10 yearsHeh, that's almost sufficient. A little bit more and we wouldn't even need to change the disc once in a lifetime. ←ahahahahhaayeah it's just good enough to a little travel... around the universe.anyway we don't need 2 terabyte but with 2gb we could record a music concert in pcm without changing disc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 If 2 GB is finally there, people will demand 4 GB. If 4 GB is there, people will demand 8 GB, and so on... I doubt the demand for higher capacity will ever end, whether it be for longer recording time, higher resolution, multichannel, video, backup purposes or anything different. The step from 1 KB to 1 MB to 1 GB didn't take too long, so i don't see a reason why we shouldn't enter the terrabyte realm soon. My motto: If it'll be available in the future, why not use it? As long as it's not there, i don't care about it as i can live with the current limitations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROMBUSTERS Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 My motto: If it'll be available in the future, why not use it? As long as it's not there, i don't care about it as i can live with the current limitations.←because it would cost an arm and a leg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corduroy Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 If 2 GB is finally there, people will demand 4 GB. If 4 GB is there, people will demand 8 GB, and so on... i don't know... people don't want cds with more space i believe it depends only on the support that we are talking about... i think that fo the need we have that 5gb in a disc could be the best i could not have for more than this1gb it's a symbolic size that does not fit to a real need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lecram1971 Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 Does anyone has the truth of this topic?, will be 2gb disc someday?, will they work in 1st generation of Hi-Md? is there any light in the end of the tunnel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGB2 Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 Will man ever land on Mars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lecram1971 Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 May be we are a little philosophic in this.The real question, Anyone knows if there is a Md with 2gb or are just rumors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 Higher densities will come in due time. I doubt it'd be two, most likely 3 or 5. This thread is really going nowhere though, so when more concrete information comes up that we can base discussion on then we'll talk further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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