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Jimmymac

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Hi guys, been directed to this forum by a friend elsewhere and was told you may be able to help.

I am looking to buy my Girlfriend a new Personal Minidisc player for her birthday coming up.

She currently has a sony thats a couple of year old and it goes everywhere with her.

I am basically trying to get the best i can.

She doesn'y hook it up to a pc, instead it is connected to her stereo in order to record anything she needs so i need it to connect to that ok.

I was looking at the Sony MZ-DH10P but if you guys can think of anything better I would appreciate it.

Many Thanks

James

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The DH10P is a downloader only. It doesn't have a line-in jack, and probably not what your GF wants, since it requires PC to put music in it.

Assuming you want to go HiMD, there is 1 important point: Does she still want to use her old MD unit? 2nd gen HiMD units cannot record to old legacy MD format (SP/LP2/LP4) anymore, although they can still playback old legacy MDs just fine. If she doesn't need to use her old unit, than pick either the RH910/RH10. Both have line/optical-in. RH10 has OLED and more expensive.

If she still want to use her old unit, then you have to find 1st gen HiMD units, since they can record old legacy MD formats. NHF800, NH900, and NH1 all have line/optical-in. Problem is, they are getting harder and harder to find.

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Hi welcome to MDCF.

Glad to see that someone out there cares to keep minidiscs alive. All I could say is that you might get a little more than you need with the MZ-DH10P. More likely you are better off with the Sony MZ-RH910. DH10P has the camera which sucks up battery life which I myself would pass on (I'd rather enjoy my music instead of taking pics) I'll use my camera for that. Give the Sony MZ-RH910 and RH10 a look. Of course if money is no object then what the hell. Good Luck! thumbsup.gif

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cheers guys, thanks for the advice.

Looks like the DH10P would be out of the window as be pointless if can only connect to computer, shame cos looks goof biggrin.gif

RH10 looks pretty good too. don't think she would be using her old minidisc player, as long as new one plays her old discs then that is fine

I just get a stack o Hi-MD to go with it so she can then record any new stuff to there instead

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  Jimmymac said:
I just get a stack o Hi-MD to go with it so she can then record any new stuff to there instead

Note that you can still use the regular MD blanks with HiMD. You can format the regular MD blanks into the FAT filesystem that HiMD uses, and you'll get additional capacity. However, a HiMD formatted discs cannot be played back on old regular MD units.

If your GF won't use her old unit, than 2nd gen units are good, plus they can playback MP3s. Depending on your location, colored RH10s (notably blue and orange) can only be imported from Japan though.

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  pata2001 said:
Note that you can still use the regular MD blanks with HiMD. You can format the regular MD blanks into the FAT filesystem that HiMD uses, and you'll get additional capacity. However, a HiMD formatted discs cannot be played back on  old regular MD units.

If your GF won't use her old unit, than 2nd gen units are good, plus they can playback MP3s. Depending on your location, colored RH10s (notably blue and orange) can only be imported from Japan though.

well got a little time yet so if i go for the RH10 i have a look at the import options

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  Jimmymac said:
have to say the RH10 looks absloutely stunning, especially in blue, cheers guys you been a great help 

Why dya think I just bought it? smile.gif Item got shipped just under 13 hours after purchasing it.

  The Low Volta said:
just have a look at this post for importing ideas

Yay! Finally my constant annoying questions have paid off! wink.gif
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