hobgoblin Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 There is one for other Sony Devices. Just not HiMD.craptastic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky191 Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 craptastic...LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tremo Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Have you found anyone willing to import the device to the U.S.? Minidisco.com told me to hang-tight, but I just cant seem to do so!-AdamImport? hmmm ... sorry, but have no idea. I live in Tokyo and have often been asked by people living in the other countries whether Japanese retailers who can arrange shipments to overseas exist. As far as I know, no retailers here take purchasing orders from foreign countries ... probably due to low profitability (or language barrier?)side note: while it was initially believed that, as a 'special version', 'black' RH1 would be available only through Sony's WEB shop here, a reliable source said that Sony changed their mind. Both 'silver' and 'black' will be equally available at retailers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishiyoshi Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 side note: while it was initially believed that, as a 'special version', 'black' RH1 would be available only through Sony's WEB shop here, a reliable source said that Sony changed their mind. Both 'silver' and 'black' will be equally available at retailers.I was told the same just yesterday at Sony Building in Ginza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quannum Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Awesome. So anyone know a date for a UK release and price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xatax Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 (edited) Try JapanDirect. They should be able to send it to you. Edited April 8, 2006 by xatax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Linc Posted April 9, 2006 Report Share Posted April 9, 2006 Have you found anyone willing to import the device to the U.S.? Minidisco.com told me to hang-tight, but I just cant seem to do so!The post starting this thread says it will be available in the US around summertime. I can wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefbeef Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 I remember ainticipating the release of the NH1 (and HiMD in general) and as soon as it was available in the US the electronics stores in NYC were shipping 'em out. Datavis sold the NH1 for $309 which I think was the lowest price on opening day...I hope the RH1 is like $274. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDfreak Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Sorry people but I have to correct myself on one statement I made earlier. When I got the RH1 to test we briefly tested the 3-line remote (RM-MC40ELK) with the RH1 and at first sight not all lines seemed to be supported to we stated the RH1 doesn't support the 3-line remote. Sadly it was at the trainstation so we were in a bit of a hurry.Today however Richyhu payed us a visited and he had also a RM-MC40ELK with him so we were able to test it a little bit more and it appeared that there is FULL support for the remote but that in just the one displaymode we tested not all lines were used. In our final review I will include a picture of the RH1 with the remote connected when all lines of the remote are in use (to give you final proof).Sorry for the wrong info we gave on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaturnNyne Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Excellent news! Another RH1 possible weakness partially eliminated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuge Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Today however Richyhu payed us a visited and he had also a RM-MC40ELK Thanks to you & Richyhu as well ..Great News X-lent Work Guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozpeter Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Good news and thanks for the correction (and the earlier research) - the revised info might be worth its own thread as this one has got so long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefbeef Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 In our final review Anxiously awaiting...do you have an idea of when this might be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Anxiously awaiting...do you have an idea of when this might be? MDFreak is finishing off his review in dutch right now and I am working on the translation into English. All being well we can try and get this done this by this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDfreak Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Anxiously awaiting...do you have an idea of when this might be?Hopefully by the end of this week or early next week. It depents for the greatest part on when I get the official software that will be supplied with the RH1. Probably tomorrow I will get the CD-rom via mail and than I will need some days to test all the new functions in the software and have to add the findings to the review. Furthermore we want to launch an English version at the same time I release the (originally) Dutch version. Richyhu is working on that so he will also need some time after I have finished the review.MDFreak is finishing off his review in dutch right now and I am working on the translation into English. All being well we can try and get this done this by this weekend.You were a little bit faster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broox Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 (edited) how long will the eng review take to come out? maybe one week? less more... im eager!cheers, brooxedit - i just read last post properly... stupid me! Edited April 12, 2006 by broox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDX-400 Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 I hope the RH1 is like $274.I'm thinking along the same lines. Once the unit is officially released in the US I'm thinking it will be available for $250 US or less. I don't think that is wishful thinking either--as long as it gets released in the US that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quannum Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Is the MZ-RH1 capable of gapless WAV playback?I'm guessing not as Sony would like to add extra incentive to keep users on ATRAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDfreak Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Is the MZ-RH1 capable of gapless WAV playback?I'm guessing not as Sony would like to add extra incentive to keep users on ATRAC.My RH10 already manages to playback wav-files gapless when listening via headphones. Nothing special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve999 Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 I'm really thrilled about all of this. I had started moving my legacy ATRAC 4.0 and ATRAC R files to computer by toslink in real time, saving them as wav files, and re-titling before burning to CD and trans-coding to high-bitrate MP3s for my ipod.I've got a couple hundred or so legacy minidsics. My LP collection is on minidisc. I've got some great legacy minidsic equipment I bought on huge sales, including a sony ES recorder, a Sony 5CD / 5 MD recorder / tuner / kitchen sink, an MD deck with a keyboard input, and a couple of portables. I can't wait to start using my computer with this medium too. I never had any use for the netmd stuff.So count me in -- I'll be picking up an MZ-RH1 rather than picking up a newer generation ipod as I had previously planned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBlade Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 I hope more 3rd gen units come out, and not just one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDfreak Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 I hope more 3rd gen units come out, and not just one.And what those units have to look like? Do they have to be even higher-end or lower? Remeber, Sony stopped marketing MD as an mp3-player-alternative so you will not see any "budget" models anymore that lack microphone inputs and such because they realy don't sell that good. They now (finally) start marketing MD as a live-recording medium or a high-end player. In that there is no place for alternatives of the RH1 that are cheaper and lack vital functions.So as for me: better one very good model then 10 models that are not up to their task (and thus don't sell). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekdroid Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 So as for me: better one very good model then 10 models that are not up to their task (and thus don't sell).But it doesn't have AA batteries! (or a jog wheel, or 3-line d...ahh, nevermind) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDfreak Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 But it doesn't have AA batteries! (or a jog wheel, or 3-line d...ahh, nevermind) But still I find it so much better than my RH10, N10 and N1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgardel Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Any differences from my MZ-M100??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hironiemus Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 (edited) Hey guysI just found this article on Sony's German webpage.It clearly states that you can also download Music onto the MZ-RH1 with the Mac software. It also says something about a vertical jogdial (to search for songs by title artist,..). I don't know what they mean by that, probably the button you can push up and down. There is some confusing picture with it but it's a bit small:At least it would mean the display also shows the track title which is very important from my point of view.Or can anyone explain me how to use the "line out" function without seeing the track titles among 50-500 songs?edit: I'm not sure about the downloading modes on Mac. It might only work with WAV Edited April 14, 2006 by Hironiemus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDfreak Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Hey guysI just found this article on Sony's German webpage.It clearly states that you can also download Music onto the MZ-RH1 with the Mac software. It also says something about a vertical jogdial (to search for songs by title artist,..). I don't know what they mean by that, probably the button you can push up and down. There is some confusing picture with it but it's a bit small:At least it would mean the display also shows the track title which is very important from my point of view.Or can anyone explain me how to use the "line out" function without seeing the track titles among 50-500 songs?Like already said in other topics: the articles on the European Sony sites (NL, DE, UK etc.) are based on "old" information from the time the RH1 was still being developed. That's why there are a number of errors in it:- picture on first page implies the button on the right of the RH1 is a microphone: it isn't a microphone, it is the jog-lever.- they talk about a search-button on the RH1: there is no search-button.- they talk about a jog-dial (seen on the left on the old "photoshopped" picture): there is no jog-dial, there is a jog-lever and it is on the right. On the left the RH1 has the eject-button.- they talk about running it on a AA battery: there is no dry-battery-case available and no place on the RH1 to connect it too so the only source of power is the internal Li-ION battery.I already sent Sony these comments but as it is a big organisation it will probably take some time before these "mistakes" are corrected.What I can confirm is that the MAC-software will be able to download from MAC to MD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBlade Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 (edited) And what those units have to look like? Do they have to be even higher-end or lower? Remeber, Sony stopped marketing MD as an mp3-player-alternative so you will not see any "budget" models anymore that lack microphone inputs and such because they realy don't sell that good. They now (finally) start marketing MD as a live-recording medium or a high-end player. In that there is no place for alternatives of the RH1 that are cheaper and lack vital functions.So as for me: better one very good model then 10 models that are not up to their task (and thus don't sell).For me, looks arn't that important, its the features that are important. The reason NetMD and Hi-MD didn't sell well is because they didn't playback mp3 files. (that's my theory anyways.). If they did play back mp3's (NON-CRIPPLED) from the start then they would have had better sales. I think it would be a mistake for Sony to market MD as a pure recording format only and not for playback purposes. They should, at least, market it for both types of crowdsI love the idea of removable storage that Hi-MD offers. $12 (canadian) for 1 gig is reasonable, $60 for a 1 gig SD card is not. Also, Hard-drive players arn't for me (who *needs* 20 gigs with them at all times?..that's crazy), and I hate the limited amount of space flash-players have. CD/MP3 players I hate with a passion..can't erase a single song without formatting the whole disc. When I read that the 2nd gen units could play mp3's, I almost purchased one..then I read it was cripped..that deterred me from purchasing it. Now that it is not (apparently), I'd be willing to buy one if they offered a unit without the mic input.I think Sony would make a mistake by not offering one now. Edited April 14, 2006 by SilverBlade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukraineisnotweak Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Sorry people but I have to correct myself on one statement I made earlier. When I got the RH1 to test we briefly tested the 3-line remote (RM-MC40ELK) with the RH1 and at first sight not all lines seemed to be supported to we stated the RH1 doesn't support the 3-line remote. Sadly it was at the trainstation so we were in a bit of a hurry.Today however Richyhu payed us a visited and he had also a RM-MC40ELK with him so we were able to test it a little bit more and it appeared that there is FULL support for the remote but that in just the one displaymode we tested not all lines were used. In our final review I will include a picture of the RH1 with the remote connected when all lines of the remote are in use (to give you final proof).Sorry for the wrong info we gave on that one.This is fantastic news. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asia Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 What about the new "eaqualization" of levels during playback? is it smooth and invisible? or you can hear a fading up or down from 1 song to an other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 Hey guysI just found this article on Sony's German webpage.It clearly states that you can also download Music onto the MZ-RH1 with the Mac software. It also says something about a vertical jogdial (to search for songs by title artist,..). I don't know what they mean by that, probably the button you can push up and down. There is some confusing picture with it but it's a bit small:At least it would mean the display also shows the track title which is very important from my point of view.Or can anyone explain me how to use the "line out" function without seeing the track titles among 50-500 songs?edit: I'm not sure about the downloading modes on Mac. It might only work with WAVSo does the main unit display track information? Big minus to me if it can't display track info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinbubu Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 Hopefully by the end of this week or early next week. It depents for the greatest part on when I get the official software that will be supplied with the RH1. Probably tomorrow I will get the CD-rom via mail and than I will need some days to test all the new functions in the software and have to add the findings to the review. Furthermore we want to launch an English version at the same time I release the (originally) Dutch version. Richyhu is working on that so he will also need some time after I have finished the review.Thanks a lot. looking forward to seeing the review before getting a black one from jp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDfreak Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 Thanks a lot. looking forward to seeing the review before getting a black one from jp Thursday is the official release in Japan so we try to get in online tomorrow of wednesday. The Dutch version is already finished but we wait untill the English version is also ready. Otherwise I know a lot of people will try to read it via a Babelfish-translation and those translations are so bad that they only lead to confusion so that will not be very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunebug81 Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 Sweet, I cant wait for these things to hit the states! With the new Tool tour coming up it will be nice to have an either steatlhier MD recorder.-Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefbeef Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 Thursday is the official release in Japan so we try to get in online tomorrow of wednesday. The Dutch version is already finished but we wait untill the English version is also ready. Otherwise I know a lot of people will try to read it via a Babelfish-translation and those translations are so bad that they only lead to confusion so that will not be very helpful.MDfreak, now that you're done with the RH1, please send it to me along with 3 grams of caramella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDfreak Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 MDfreak, now that you're done with the RH1, please send it to me along with 3 grams of caramella. Done testing is but still enjoying it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
con spirito Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 when and in which section will you publish the english review? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broox Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 yeah i'm real keen for a proper english review on the rh1 also. i work in a sony shop and its always great to get this info b4 MR SONY can tell us any details!hope its soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBlade Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 I'm looking forwards to an english review as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 when and in which section will you publish the english review?it'll be in herehttp://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showforum=93product reviews & pictorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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