WHO WOULD BUY PRE RECORDED MDS and HI MDS

[bobzilli]

Just curious who would buy pre recorded MDs or Hi MDs if they were available?

[bobt]

Just curious who would buy pre recorded MDs or Hi MDs if they were available?

in a heartbeat, I have several, and am always on the prowl, BTW, I'm also looking for prerecorded DAT as well, more, more, more

Bob

[Syrius]

Due to the way Hi-MD works, it's not possible to make prerecorded ones. The fact that a Hi-MD can be read after recording it, depends of the format's rewritable capabilities, ironically.

[THIS SUCKS]

its not really that they cant be pre recorded but just they cant be stamped like a regular cd or a regular md. they would have to actually be recorded then sold. this would be very time consuming!

[ZosoIV]

I wouldn't. Who needs another expensive, proprietary format that won't play everywhere you want it? CD's still offer the ultimate in convenience. Everything plays them, and for portable use, they can be encoded into MP3/AAC/whatever to avoid dragging discs around with you.

[Strungup]

I like them , as well as Bobt , I have a seperate box for those , and still looking For Pink Floyd The Wall, and a bunch of others I missed out on .

The Wall was a Two disc set just like the Album was . The are Mastered on better equipment than what most people have , so they sound pretty darn good if you ask me .

My Billy Joel , get a fair amount of play time , as well as Boston, I have Kansas Point of no return , need Leftoverture , Rush, Yes, Vivaldi ......... I like the concertos

[KJ_Palmer]

MD and Hi-MD's strength is in making personal compilations, so I probably wouldn't bother. I only ever had one pre-recorded MD, a Mozart one from Naxos, and that was a bit dull really. Buy the CD and you can do what you like with it, make lossless or compressed versions or whatever, but you get to choose what goes on your compilation, and still have the CD quality original as backup.

[ZosoIV]

MD and Hi-MD's strength is in making personal compilations, so I probably wouldn't bother. I only ever had one pre-recorded MD, a Mozart one from Naxos, and that was a bit dull really. Buy the CD and you can do what you like with it, make lossless or compressed versions or whatever, but you get to choose what goes on your compilation, and still have the CD quality original as backup.

Well said - that's exactly the reason why I never understand how MD never took off in places like the US. It's the perfect medium for making compilations and mixes.