glitch Posted August 29, 2005 Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 Hullo.A few years back Sony introduced a MD recorder for the PC. I seem to remember it fitting into a 5 1/4" drive bay and not really being all that good. However, having searched through most of the equipment listings on the main site I can't find any evidence of it existing.Am I going mad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcTs Posted August 29, 2005 Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 No you are not I recall that drive as well it was all white or off white and you could see someones hand showing the back port connections.. There was indeed pics of this. -AcTsHullo.A few years back Sony introduced a MD recorder for the PC. I seem to remember it fitting into a 5 1/4" drive bay and not really being all that good. However, having searched through most of the equipment listings on the main site I can't find any evidence of it existing.Am I going mad?← Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrius Posted August 29, 2005 Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 I think that one was only used for data. Meaning, you can't make music recordings with it, and it wouldn't take regular MDs. I think the girl in "The Art of War" with Snipes uses it. Oddly enough, she's using a red Memorex music disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerodB Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 I believe there were MD Audio recorders for the PC, but they were only available in a very limited selection of Sony Vaio PCs and Notebooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonyuhanov Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 i remmebr these, it was in the sony shop for years in melbourne, was like $800 au i kept on trying to bargain the guys down every month!! but yeah you could only record SP and MONO onto it, it wasnt LP compatible and, but you could put data on it, all 175 meg! hehehLeon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glitch Posted August 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Thanks for the replies guys. Any ideas what the model number was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael1980 Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Not really answering the question but the NV series Vaio laptops had a Net-MD modular bay drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Don't know which one you're looking for, but here are some odd md data devices:http://www.minidisc.org/md_data_table.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hironiemus Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 (edited) Don't know which one you're looking for, but here are some odd md data devices:http://www.minidisc.org/md_data_table.html←whhhoooaaa I wanna see these shiny things with hi-md I believe there were MD Audio recorders for the PC, but they were only available in a very limited selection of Sony Vaio PCs and Notebooks.Thanks for the replies guys. Any ideas what the model number was?Model Number is PCGA-MDN1.I found a shop for Germany:http://www.directshopper.de/sony-vaio-pcga...ttenlaufwerke_p its 200 Euros:[attachmentid=780]I am not sure but it may only fit into these NV series notebooks:[attachmentid=781]This seems to be a special interface you can use for several things like a num-block, data drives,.. :http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/pc/docs/2002/0513/sony1.htm Edited August 31, 2005 by Hironiemus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxon Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 I'm well impressed with the Sony DCM-M1. I wouldn't mind one of those babys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastianbf Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 whhhoooaaa I wanna see these shiny things with hi-md Model Number is PCGA-MDN1.I found a shop for Germany:http://www.directshopper.de/sony-vaio-pcga...ttenlaufwerke_p its 200 Euros:[attachmentid=780]I am not sure but it may only fit into these NV series notebooks:[attachmentid=781]This seems to be a special interface you can use for several things like a num-block, data drives,.. :http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/pc/docs/2002/0513/sony1.htmWhen they released this thing? (looks wonderful btw) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
son0fbob Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 As someone who used to work for Sony (Western Headquarters) it is very frustrating to see them release MD products in Japan but never in the US. I have never understood the lack of support for the MD. The PC MiniDisc Recorder you're thinking about is:Sony VAIO PCV-MX We produced 2 models MX10 and MX20The shitty thing about this model is the US Adversting and Marketing department decided to remove some of the functionality. This model in Japan had the ability to play the MD and the built-in stero sans the PC being powered on. When we worked on the NV series we had ever conceiveable component that would plug into the NV except the MiniDisc. We never pushed this when this were ordered since MD was a popular format here in the states.I still have my NV series with the SubWoofer component but damn I would like to get my hands on that MiniDisc piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Hullo.A few years back Sony introduced a MD recorder for the PC. I seem to remember it fitting into a 5 1/4" drive bay...I remember this unit as well, although it fit the 3.5" Drive Bay. Sony MDM-111. Great storage medium, but good luck trying to find those MD-Data1 disks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercury_in_flames Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 DOH! nvm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allegate Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 I bought one of those MD Data^2 discs as I thought it would work in my MDplayer as I was young and stupid. I also thought it would work in my Hi_MD player but no. I finally just threw it away because there was no use for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrius Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 At least now we can use standard MDs and Hi-MDs for music AND data. That's what Sony should have done from the start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akijikan Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 There's usually one or two auctions for the data discs on ebay...and I think minidisco carries them. Crazy thing is they usually cost more than 10 dollars a piece! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekdroid Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 (edited) At least now we can use standard MDs and Hi-MDs for music AND data. That's what Sony should have done from the start.Hear hear. Pity about that SonicStage aftertaste. MD Data sounds like it might be a fun format to play with if you can get one cheap (with disc). Obscure tech = good geek fun. Edited December 15, 2005 by tekdroid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazyIvan Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 I saw that there is a firm out of the UK that is selling modified SCSI versions of the MD Data drives (MDH-10). The nice thing about them is that you can upload SP recorded discs at 5X, and edit the waveforms with there included software. You can also defragment MD's, do TOC rescues and a bunch more. It is really awesome kit. Here is a link: http://www.esdl.co.uk/body/mdte/mdte.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrius Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 I saw that there is a firm out of the UK that is selling modified SCSI versions of the MD Data drives (MDH-10). The nice thing about them is that you can upload SP recorded discs at 5X, and edit the waveforms with there included software. You can also defragment MD's, do TOC rescues and a bunch more. It is really awesome kit. Here is a link: http://www.esdl.co.uk/body/mdte/mdte.htmIt doesn't say where to buy them on the site. Or even how to order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 It doesn't say where to buy them on the site. Or even how to order. I think you have to email them. If you download the pdf brochure from that page it has contact details including email and phone numbers in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCT Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Well certainly this is a nice unit but with these kind of features andthe fact it comes from the UK makes me wonder if the price tag is below10000 $ per unit or not.I was wondering, I am considering to buy a PCGA-MDN1 bay USB drive, what softwareother than SonicStage could be used with it to access the data on a disc.If someone could help, would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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