Help!

[san4md]

Hello Everyone! Newbie here

I currently own: Sony MDS-JE320 that came with a MZ-E40 player. I also own a Sony MDX-C700 car stereo..

However, I haven't used any of these for a long time since I moved around alot and had them in storage.

I WAS contemplating getting an ipod because I wanted to increase my capacity of songs ....

But... I did have a listen to the ipod and I think the quality sucks! I am a real stickler for quality. Therefore, I dusted off my MD deck and player and I am now left wondering a few things...

Here are my questions:

1) Can I use my MDS- JE320 deck to record the newer MD's?

2) Can I use my player to listen the newer MD's?

3) How about my car player? Will it play the newer MD's?

I also have tons of blank MD's and I am hoping to still use and keep all I have..

However, my stuff is dated a bit..so I don't know where I stand..

I would appreciate any clarification and guidance as to the evolution of the MD that I have missed and any compatibility issues regarding to any of the MD devices that I own.

Cheers!

San

Edited July 29, 2005 by san4md

[Christopher]

Welcome to the forums. In regards to your questions, the answer is no to all of them if you're referring to Hi-MD discs.

[san4md]

Welcome to the forums. In regards to your questions, the answer is no to all of them if you're referring to Hi-MD discs.

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Well that's the thing... I am totally out of the loop since I bought all my MD equipment way back.. so I am unsure of new MD technology etc..

So that means that I can only use the older MD's?

Nutshell, it's too old and if I want the ability to put more songs in an MD I have to get a Hi-MD, Deck, player and car stereo again?

Yikes!

[Christopher]

You can learn more about the basics of Hi-MD here: http://www.sony.net/Products/Hi-MD/

To record on a Hi-MD disc, you'll need a Hi-MD device.

Read some things there and hit this thread back up with any further questions you may have.

[san4md]

You can learn more about the basics of Hi-MD here: http://www.sony.net/Products/Hi-MD/

To record on a Hi-MD disc, you'll need a Hi-MD device.

Read some things there and hit this thread back up with any further questions you may have.

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Thanks!... Bummer for the stuff I own now.. What to do with it? I wonder if these products have any type of demand if I try to resell them in ebay?

What I am ultimately trying to do is to have my favorite songs in a portable player, but considering I have over 400 CD's that's a lot of music! I was hoping to use my PC and I am interested in the best quality possible.

Any advice on what would be good for me?

[L7R]

I suggest you to grab some of these HiMD recorders and use atrac3 (or3+). That way you'll keep the same (or better quality) what you have used to with your previous units. And you can format your old discs to ~300MB size.

[A440]

Hey, slow down a little everyone.

All the above are right: you can't use the 1GB discs in your old MD player.

However, you can play the old discs (74 or 80 minutes) in a Hi-MD player.

You can put music on old blank discs in the old MD formats (SP, LP2, LP4) from PC to MD in a Hi-MD unit, using SimpleBurner or SonicStage.

You can probably put about 10 albums onto an 80-minute disc in LP2.

The new 1 GB discs are not compatible with older MD units. But old discs are compatible with new units. They just hold less: 300 MB compared to 1 GB. And as long as you use the old MD formats, you can't upload from MD to PC.