podmed2 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Any news from CES 2007 regarding our beloved format? Anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmania Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Any news from CES 2007 regarding our beloved format? Anything?Unfortunately there is no sighting of minidisc from CES 2007. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMWOOFWOOFF Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Unfortunately there is no sighting of minidisc from CES 2007.No one actually thought there WOULD be did they? Minidisc is something that Sony probably hopes people will forget; to 99% of average folk out there, it is a symbol of why Sony is hated and failing, not an example of their technical amazement and ability (we make up the 1% that think THAT way). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 I'm not sure if its that dramatic, but I do know the MZ-RH1 was a very successful release, and gave the folks over at Sony Pro Audio an idea that there are still some worthwhile opportunities within the format that will sell accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmania Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 No one actually thought there WOULD be did they? Minidisc is something that Sony probably hopes people will forget; to 99% of average folk out there, it is a symbol of why Sony is hated and failing, not an example of their technical amazement and ability (we make up the 1% that think THAT way).Sony is caught up with the new bluray disc right now. I'm sure that minidisc still in their bussiness agenda but not as a priority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMWOOFWOOFF Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 If Sony would make ANY kind of Hi-MD deck, I would buy TEN of them. I'm serious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boojum Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Sony is caught up with the new bluray disc right now. I'm sure that minidisc still in their bussiness agenda but not as a priority.I am sure that SONY is able to pursue more than one technology at the same time. And there is always the example of how well MD sells in Japan. The RH1 demonstrates that the interest is there when they offer a good product. I hope that SONY will learn from this. They most likely have missed the opportunity with this format. I am grateful for my RH1, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 I've said it before and I'll say it again! Gimme a Blu-ray Hi-MD!!! Of course offering relative physical size and battery life or more. Or just make 2GB+ discs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pata2001 Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 I've said it before and I'll say it again! Gimme a Blu-ray Hi-MD!!! Of course offering relative physical size and battery life or more. Or just make 2GB+ discs.I don't know how many times this been said, but MD/HiMD is Magneto optical techonology. Blu-ray (and CD/DVD/HD-DVD, etc) are optical. They are not the same technology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcou Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 I don't know how many times this been said, but MD/HiMD is Magneto optical techonology. Blu-ray (and CD/DVD/HD-DVD, etc) are optical. They are not the same technology.Yes but:CD and MD are both 780 nm wavelength "red-ray" laserDVD is 660 nm wavelengh "red-ray" laser (and 1 DVD = 6 CD in term of capacity)Blue-ray uses shorter wavelength laser ( 330nm?) so the colour is blue.Combination of optomagnetical and DVD wavelenght should increase MD capacity (x6) , and with blue-ray laser would increase a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 (edited) I don't recall saying they are the same technology or implying it. But whatever it takes, as long as everything is the same or at least better with the increased capacity. Edited January 19, 2007 by Sparda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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