Christopher Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 (edited) In another MDLP release before the holiday season ends, JVC/Victor has debuted a player-only unit (babelfish) with 305 hours playback in LP4 mode. Amongst the usual qualities of a unit from this company (including the unfortunate 3mW output), the XM-C37 can be found in gold, silver or pink. -cgm+++We reported last month on a few units JVC and Kenwood released -- can Hi-MD just not take off? Are we destined to a fate where MDLP lives on in a Cassette type fashion? Edited December 7, 2005 by kurisu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 In another MDLP release before the holiday season ends, JVC/Victor has debuted a player-only unit (babelfish) with 305 hours playback in LP4 mode. Amongst the usual qualities of a unit from this company (including the unfortunate 3mW output), the XM-E37 can be found in gold, silver or pink.+++We reported last month on a few units JVC and Kenwood released -- can Hi-MD just not take off? Are we destined to a fate where MDLP lives on in a Cassette type fashion?Hi Christopher,Got to love the translation "The silver, the crotch lining of pink and Brown 3 color the color ring, is the adult っ ぽ く て fresh???."Units look good, although I agree on wondering why Sony doesn't throw the Hi-MD licence out to the masses, could you imagine 300 hours on a NH1 or NH 900 clone/ Then there is the pink crotch issue ha haBob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercury_in_flames Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 am i the only one thinking it looks like a ladies make-up mirror or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblin Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 im starting to wonder, anyone heard anything new about that buffalo player?it was supposed to hi-md based yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 im starting to wonder, anyone heard anything new about that buffalo player?it was supposed to hi-md based yes? You mean the re-badged NH600? I think it did come out last year, but whether they actually sold any or not is another matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 (edited) Nice Victor design there. This really should have been Hi-MD!! Edited December 8, 2005 by Jacques Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyonisus Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 am i the only one thinking it looks like a ladies make-up mirror or something? You are right then also a cigarette case aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted December 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 For some reason I'm really thinking about getting one, just to say I have a portable music player with 305Hr battery life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rei-gouki Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 am i the only one thinking it looks like a ladies make-up mirror or something? Actually, "まるで手鏡みたいに" written on the page linked says as much.I wouldn't mind getting one either. The remote looks like the only controls from those pics, though, and that's not that good an idea... not to mention the dot-matrix display on it looks low-res... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 Actually, "まるで手鏡みたいに" written on the page linked says as much.I wouldn't mind getting one either. The remote looks like the only controls from those pics, though, and that's not that good an idea... not to mention the dot-matrix display on it looks low-res...most player only units only have a screen on the remote, usually there's some buttons on an edge or inset on the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblin Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 You mean the re-badged NH600? I think it did come out last year, but whether they actually sold any or not is another matter.wft? sure it looked like a nh600, but from what i understood it would be able to do native mp3 playback (as in, no wrapping in drm, just drag and drop). or was that just some marketing speak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercury_in_flames Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 (edited) For some reason I'm really thinking about getting one, just to say I have a portable music player with 305Hr battery life. huh? I'll pretend I didnt hear that but honestly what would be the point in anyone having that? Edited December 9, 2005 by GregTheRotter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallymae_hogsby Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 You mean the re-badged NH600? I think it did come out last year, but whether they actually sold any or not is another matter.The NH600D is being sold for around $95 now, (Amazon, J&R) with a list price of $250. Since I haven't seen any real promotion (other than J&R itself) I half-suspect it's a "liquidation" price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommypeters Posted December 10, 2005 Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 The NH600 was sold here in Sweden a few months ago for $50+$12VAT, that was surely the last seen of that model here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Continuity Posted December 11, 2005 Report Share Posted December 11, 2005 Anyone ever try to contact Victor/JVC, Kenwood, Sony or others to see if Hi-MD is actually available to liscence or if they tried to? I'd love to have a price tag on that liscence agreement too.My japanese is kind of shaky at best, and I'm afraid I would run into a language barrier pretty fast. I think no company in Canada can answer that either as the releases seem to be in Japan only.I'm betting our much liked Moderator who's heading to CeBit has that question up his sleeve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexx Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 is this thing actually real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akijikan Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 No, it was a december fool's day joke....[/sarcasm]yes it's real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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