pauljones52 Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Anyone else feel the need to throw away all their normal minidiscs and replace them with himd's! I keep buying more, i mean why carry around 4 discs when you can have just one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastianbf Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 so... what's the point of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Anyone else feel the need to throw away all their normal minidiscs Just throw them in my direction?!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMPlitude Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 pointless thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrius Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 I can carry about a third of what I would fit on a HI-MD. So why toss them away? I use them to move data between my PS2 and my computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauljones52 Posted January 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 It is kinda pointless really, I was just wondering what other people had done. Replaced your normal MD's with HiMD's or reformat your normal discs, or mabye keep them in netmd mode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akijikan Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 (edited) It is kinda pointless really, I was just wondering what other people had done. Replaced your normal MD's with HiMD's or reformat your normal discs, or mabye keep them in netmd mode?Price prohibative is the phrase that comes to mind. Why buy two Hi-MD discs when you can get 10-12 regular discs for the same price? I just buy a lot of regular MDs and use them in Hi-MD mode Edited January 9, 2006 by akijikan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bland10000 Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 I use hi-md discs for hi-md and keep my legacy md's as legacy format since I have a legacy deck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 (edited) I like the ability to re-format standard MDs. I only have a handful of 1GB Hi-MDs and don't think i'll ever need more than that.I use them mainly for live recording in pcm, where <30 minutes on standard discs often aren't adequate. I don't use them for archiving. After uploading the disc will be erased and re-used. Edited January 9, 2006 by greenmachine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 I have about 30 1GB Hi-MD discs. I'm hoping I won't be needing many more as they're relatively expensive. I generally make 8 hour 256k compilations from them. I probably have about 100 blank 80 min discs. I'm mostly using them for LP2 compilations for playback in my decks and older equipment, and the odd data disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekdroid Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 Anyone else feel the need to throw away all their normal minidiscs and replace them with himd's! I keep buying more, i mean why carry around 4 discs when you can have just one!Been using both quite a bit for recording in linear PCM and data.Formatting the oldies in Hi-MD mode is one of the better things Sony have done, IMO.Especially since in some areas the Hi-MD discs are horrendously expensive (and hard to find) whereas regular MDs can be found anywhere. For short trips or short recordings, the oldies are adequate.One day they might break compatibility and go the "Hi-MD Pro" route with a high-capacity disc. Mmmmmm. High-capacity disc. Let me sit here and think of the possibilities.Ahh, sorry. Was getting carried away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embio Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 I can carry about a third of what I would fit on a HI-MD. So why toss them away? I use them to move data between my PS2 and my computer.what kind of data? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercury_in_flames Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 I have about 30 1GB Hi-MD discs. I'm hoping I won't be needing many more as they're relatively expensive. I generally make 8 hour 256k compilations from them. I probably have about 100 blank 80 min discs. I'm mostly using them for LP2 compilations for playback in my decks and older equipment, and the odd data disc. holy sheisse dude lol thats like 150 pounds worth of himd discs. Did you get a himd deck or something?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 (edited) Well, I bought a lot of them from ebay for about £3.50 each and was given quite a few too, so probably nearer the £100 mark. Which, spread out over a year and a half, isnt really that much (is it ?). And that's small time compared to the number of standard blanks I've accumulated over the years. At a guess 600-800. I must admit though, storage is becoming a problem... Edited January 11, 2006 by KJ_Palmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekdroid Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 And that's small time compared to the number of standard blanks I've accumulated over the years. At a guess 600-800. I must admit though, storage is becoming a problem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 Holy cow! I guess you could fit all this music easily onto one large harddisk as high quality mp3's (or any other lossy format of your choice). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGB2 Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 Until Sony builds a Hi-MD deck for proper recording/listening my old SP discs (over 300 of 'em) stay as they are.Plus I've got 9 blank Hi-MDs ready to use for my portable/compilation stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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