15Th Minidisc aniversary in 2007

[ILoveMinidisc]

Have anyone though about that is the 15Th aniversary of minidisc in 2007?

Sony celebreated the 10th Aniversary in 2002 and many Nice Minidisc minidisc was released

for this reason.

Now, considering Minidisc dont have many years left to live

It would not be logical for Sony not to use 2007 as the perfect time

to do one of the last effort in making some very nice Minidisc units.

Atleast as A Memorial for the minidisc, i know the format deserve it.

This means that Sony can and should celebrate a 15Th aniversary.

because this chance may not return, and is unlikely there be a 20th aniversary.

On the 15th Aniversary some Special Hi-md Walkmans and the big requested Hi-md deck

should be released for All us who has suported Minidisc during 15 years.

I am sure that if sony is going to release more minidisc

it will all be focused on the 15th aniversary

and would be a perfect time for us to buy minidiscs.

If Sony decide to ignore a 15th aniversary

we as consumer should still celebrate it and make 2007 the Year of the minidisc.

Remember this may be the last celebration for minidisc

so 15Th aniversary is important.

We should buy Minidisc in 2007 and suport Sony in the minidisc adventure.

atleast to give Minidisc the memorial it deserve.

We all have Request for future Hi-md units, probaly the most requested

is a Hi-md Deck no doubt about that.

but improved Hi-md walkmans that depend even lesser on sonicstage programs

(just drag and drop) would be very nice.

So my request for sony for the 15th aniversary is:

1. Make the MD software drag & drop

no more software limitiation, you just conect minidisc

and drag the music directly into the unit.

2. My request for Sony is to make a Hi-md walkman

with Sensor buttons (heat-sensor?)

it will be safe in the pocket by applying a Hold-button.

A shiny surface can be taken care of if we are good caretakers of MD

Probaly not everyone want heat-sensor buttons

BUT there can be atleast one Limited edition model made for the 15th aniversary

for those that want, Is important it be sold not only in Japan

but also in Europe and USA , making the design very pretty

will increase the sale.

You can see an example of pretty heat-sensor button design here:

3. As many other request a Hi-md deck would be perfect

this one must also be sold in Usa and Europe

i am sure Sony can afford to make one.

Now ofcourse this is not a request-thread is a chat about

15th aniversary but is good idea to point out what would be good for minidisc.

Long life to Minidisc

Happy soon 15th aniversary

Edited November 11, 2006 by ILoveMinidisc

[rocklegend]

Well it´s nice to see Minidisc marking it´s 15th Anniversary but the only thing I want Sony to do is to give us Gapless Playback on Hi-MD...I mean how simple of a tast is that.........

Sony....I Want Gapless On My Hi-MD player

[raintheory]

Gapless has been available since at least SonicStage v3.4

See here: http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?s=&am...ost&p=86595

[Bananatree]

Wow, 15 years!

2007 will be my 5th aniversary with MD.

[Sparky191]

Well it´s nice to see Minidisc marking it´s 15th Anniversary but the only thing I want Sony to do is to give us Gapless Playback on Hi-MD...I mean how simple of a tast is that.........

...Sony....I Want Gapless On My Hi-MD player...

YOU ALREADY HAVE IT

[Tiesto]

Gapless has been available since at least SonicStage v3.4

Gapless has been available since 1992!... and for the anniversary, Sony should release: a portable recorder (RH1+), a portable player (EH1+), a HiMD deck (something like the MD-105FX) and as a bonus surprice a HiMD car unit (MDXF5800+)

[Avrin]

Well it´s nice to see Minidisc marking it´s 15th Anniversary but the only thing I want Sony to do is to give us Gapless Playback on Hi-MD...I mean how simple of a tast is that.........

Sony....I Want Gapless On My Hi-MD player

Man, stop shouting, and either:

1. Go and buy an iPod.

2. Stop putting MP3s onto your Hi-MD.

Edited November 11, 2006 by Avrin

[minidisc3]

And I was there from the beginning. Still proud... still here...

[Sparda]

Well it´s nice to see Minidisc marking it´s 15th Anniversary but the only thing I want Sony to do is to give us Gapless Playback on Hi-MD...I mean how simple of a tast is that.........

Sony....I Want Gapless On My Hi-MD player

Can you like, not shout? It has already been around for awhile.

[dogville]

What about a new SONICSTAGE version and a firmware update... INCLUDING A NON REPEAT SHUFFLE MODE

Sorry if I shout but sometimes works... a few but some.

Edited November 12, 2006 by dogville

[Sparky191]

Whats a non repeat shuffle mode. A non random shuffle. Or as Apple calls it more random.

[MDGB2]

Deck, Deck, DECK!!!

I am still baffled by Sony's lack of delivery on such a highly requested item.

Bacca.

[poe]

I know everybody is more worried about Bond yelling (typing in big letters).

I thought gapless recording and playback were only availble through your computer. Did this change with SS 4.0 and up?

What Bond was yelling for was for gapless playback on portable units.

Anybody?

POE

[Avrin]

Gapless recording and playback of ATRAC files is available from the very beginning of the MD format. The only prerequisite is that you have a gapless source (like a CD). Separate MP3 and other format files converted into ATRAC will not be gapless, unless you remove gaps using an application like Adobe Audition BEFORE encoding them to ATRAC.

Edited November 13, 2006 by Avrin

[Sparky191]

I know everybody is more worried about Bond yelling (typing in big letters).

I thought gapless recording and playback were only availble through your computer. Did this change with SS 4.0 and up?

What Bond was yelling for was for gapless playback on portable units.

Anybody?

POE

I can't believe you asked the same question again...

Edited November 13, 2006 by Sparky191

[poe]

No 1 I asked "Anybody?". Now after my comeback remark, I should never post after being up all night. Dah!! I was thinking lossless playback. Yeah, right minidisc has had gapless playback since its begining. That's one of the main reasons I've keep with minidisc in the first place.

Ok here's my vote for lossless playback on the portable units.

Later, POE.

[Sparky191]

I had a feeling you meant lossless. Would be nice, but I reckon I'm happy with HiSP myself. At least till I can afford bigger HD's.

[poe]

I guess I should elaborate a little further, I would hope that they would then add the option to rip in Atrac Lossless only option, as opposed to Lossless and Lossy Codec of your choice. This would save space and allow high qualilty playback. If only. Later, POE.

[Sparky191]

Basically fix the lossless...

[Richard]

* Moved to Hi-MD Evaluations / Criticisms

[raintheory]

Personally I would like to see 30 seconds of "time-machine recording" in a portable. That would be a dream come true (and not terribly difficult actually).

For those not familiar, time-machine recording is a feature that (while in rec-pause) keeps however many seconds of sound in a memory buffer, and is constantly filling this. So when you un-pause and start recording, the recording actually starts with the 30 seconds (or however long the time-machine recording buffer is) of audio from before you started.

I have had two pro decks with this feature and it would be a phenomenal thing to have in a portable.

[Sparky191]

What use is that feature?

[raintheory]

I think its useful for when you have the unit in rec-pause and are waiting for something to start, that way you dont miss the beginning of it. I would think it would be particularly useful for folks that reord off the radio or even for live recording of concerts and such.

Or in my case I would have 30 seconds to realize that I forgot to take the unit out of rec-pause.

Edited November 14, 2006 by raintheory