Haven't been to minidisc.org in over 8 years!

[MiniDiscKid]

Wow, I wonder if anyone remembers me. Even my original forum name from the old forums was still available. I had problems registering it though. I feel like Guy Pearce in "The Time Machine". The topics are all the same, except they are discussed by total strangers.

I guess the only member I do remember from 1998 is Mike Walker, who was involved in some kind of radio production and was a frequent poster here. [/nostalgia]

MD Kid

Edited April 18, 2007 by MiniDiscKid

[boojum]

Welcome back.

[Strungup]

"Welcome Back Kotter"

[raintheory]

Yes, welcome back. A lot has changed in 8 years.

[Karl Myer]

Can you -- or anyone -- give us a feel for what the forum was like back then? I too remember this "portal" from its very early days, but vaguely. I wasn't a member but used to visit. I would be interested to see the old format again, just out of curiosity. It was primitive by our standards today, as I remember. I had completely forgotten about this site, and about minidisc in general, until an unrelated search in late January of this year brought me around to it, at which time I got my first hint there was a new MD recorder, the RH1, (and a whole new format, Hi-MD) that completely met my needs and fulfilled MD's potential.

Edited April 18, 2007 by Karl Myer

[bobt]

Welcome back, I seem to rember some posts from you when I first started, always nice to see someone come back,

Take care,

Bob

[MiniDiscKid]

Well, I disappeared before the Hi-MD format came about. The old forums were just your typical run of the mill white background with blue thread names and replies to them. If you answered a thread with a title then you'd finish with a N/M...no message. Back in those days, the most popular discussions were about the advantage of being able to record live onto MiniDisc and most importantly being able to edit it afterwards. People were coming on the boards with nothing but problems with their new MZ-R55 that would turn on spontaneously and erase the disc unless the disc was in write protect mode. All I know is my MZ-R50 got me through college. I used to record reviews for tests and while the question was being played, the answer would scroll on the screen as the track name. That used to make studying a breeze. Also, I experimented with editing songs and was able to end up with a continuous loop by dividing the track into 3 sections. Start, Loop, and End. I then came on the boards just to learn that someone has already thought of it. Anyway, another popular discussion was the quality of ATRAC encoding vs. mp3 and the inevitable possibility that mp3 players will one day rule this earth. I swore to myself back then that I would not buy an mp3 player until at least a 10 gig flash based player becomes available. Well, the nano came close last year with 8 gigs, but I think my cell phone with a 2 gig microSD card will do for now. Since the phone has the player built in and I always have it on me, I figured why not get a card for it. I don't listen to a portable player much anymore since I'm driving most of the time. But the MDX-65 6 disc changer I bought for one of my cars in '03 comes in rather handy. The Aiwa XR-H66MD with the 5 MD carousel broke sometime in '02 and I've been using it as an amp mainly ever since. Well, maybe I'll get an older model Sony deck on eBay to use at home sometime. Thanks for all the replies and the welcome back.

MD Kid

[Karl Myer]

What an excellent memory you have! Thanks for taking the time to write such an interesting response.

Minidisc has opened up a new world of possibilites for me. I'm impressed Sony has put so much development into a system that people, at least in the US, have only ever been dimly aware exists at all. After all these years it's still the only format to meet my needs. And whatever new use I come up with MD takes in stride and performs with elegance.

I'm impressed when I see all the varied products Sony manufactures, all leading edge, and meanwhile MD lacks nothing and is not a backwater in the least in its engineering development. Someone at Sony believes in MD. Where would we be without Sony? As someone in this forum said recently, there is obviously a lot of thought that went into Hi-MD and the RH1. And that's been true from MD's beginning. It is so encouraging to me that people care at Sony to make MD shine -- they certainly wouldn't have to based on sales. I hope they make tons of money on the rest of their fine products.

In the years I fell out of touch with MD I just assumed it had been eclipsed, never suspecting it to be still exciting and vibrant.

Edited April 19, 2007 by Karl Myer

[King Ghidora]

I remember reading some stuff from the board before I joined about 4 years ago. I didn't even know it had been around so long when I joined. I was one of the first 800 to join with my current name but I had another before that which I don't even remember.

Edited April 19, 2007 by King Ghidora