BearBoy Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 2 hours ago, kgallen said: ps - SIF has stopped loading on Chrome on my iPhone. Still OK here on Firefox on the Win10 PC... Yeah, I'm having no joy with my mobiles now. Only access is via Edge on the Win10 PC... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted January 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 8 hours ago, BearBoy said: Yeah, I'm having no joy with my mobiles now. Only access is via Edge on the Win10 PC... I’ve closed the SIF Chrome window and reopened and it seems to load again… no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 23 minutes ago, kgallen said: I’ve closed the SIF Chrome window and reopened and it seems to load again… no idea. Might try Chrome then. Using Safari, it works for a bit and then I get the error message and have to clear my cache (which logs me out of every other site I use 🙁 ). Having said that, just tried it now and it worked first time 🤦♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 Hi guys You may see this behaviour with a lot of sites, as this is what you may observe in the event that SIF changes its address whilst you are browsing or between visits (the second of which you attempt to resume earler acivity). I've been seeing it a lot lately with things like eBay, paypal. I think (but not sure) that this is a consequence of sites being in the cloud. Not sure how some DNS get around this; in my case it's clear that my own local DNS server doesn't signal my browser of the change, so I end up doing "ipconfig /flushdns". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted January 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 It's a bit up and down this morning (UK). Can't get on using phone again. Firefox on PC is working but it takes a long time to load the page. Oh how I wish for stability and a new shiny certificate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 TBH I'm just grateful the site is back up 🙂 I'd much rather it be a bit flakey but accessible rather than completely offline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 One of my friends / admins on the Facebook group for blank MD collectors (Students of The Little Disc) is in the process of taking final orders for some custom overprinted discs he is making / selling for the 30th anniversary. I can put you in touch (the logo is an adaptation of Sony's 10th anniversary logo). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted January 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 18 hours ago, Richard said: I'd go for a disc or a 3-pack (depends how they are being packaged) if the price isn't stupid, just for the nostalgia! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 28, 2022 Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 The 3 pack was just for reference to show where the logo came from - that's an original Sony one from 2002 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted January 28, 2022 Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 Do you know if they did anything in 2012 for the 20th anniversary, @Richard? I did a Google but all I came across was a single picture of a "20th Anniversary" MZ-E75, presumably marking the 20th anniversary of the the original cassette Walkman in 1999. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted January 28, 2022 Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Richard said: The 3 pack was just for reference to show where the logo came from There's someone selling mugs on Etsy with that logo on: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1143461051/minidisc-30th-anniversary-ceramic-mug Not sure if it's the same person who is making the blank MiniDiscs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 28, 2022 Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 4 hours ago, BearBoy said: Do you know if they did anything in 2012 for the 20th anniversary, @Richard? I did a Google but all I came across was a single picture of a "20th Anniversary" MZ-E75, presumably marking the 20th anniversary of the the original cassette Walkman in 1999. That's right (on both counts) - they did nothing in 2012 and the E75 was just 20th anniversary of Walkman in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 28, 2022 Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 4 hours ago, BearBoy said: There's someone selling mugs on Etsy with that logo on: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1143461051/minidisc-30th-anniversary-ceramic-mug Not sure if it's the same person who is making the blank MiniDiscs? Yes - that's him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 I went to order another "small box from Japan" but it looks like the supply of MDW80Ts on Amazon.co.jp has dried up, at least for UK delivery. There's only one seller with a single box of 5 showing now and it's been that way for a couple of weeks. Not sure if it is a temporary drought or whether that's it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 3 hours ago, BearBoy said: I went to order another "small box from Japan" but it looks like the supply of MDW80Ts on Amazon.co.jp has dried up, at least for UK delivery. There's only one seller with a single box of 5 showing now and it's been that way for a couple of weeks. Not sure if it is a temporary drought or whether that's it? If you need some discs I can send you some - not MDW80Ts but can no doubt find something to suit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 That's really very kind of you @Richard but I'm not really short of blanks. Was just thinking off stocking up on some more MDW80Ts whilst they were still available from a major retailer at a reasonable price. There's plenty of them, for a slightly less reasonable price, on eBay so they are still readily available. Was more wondering whether this is finally the end of the line for new blank MiniDiscs (as opposed to the NOS ones available via eBay etc)? Thanks again for the offer though 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted July 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 There seems to be stock of 10-pack Neige at GBP27.50 if of any interest. NOS? SONY 10MDW80NED Mini Disk, 80 Minutes, 10 Disc Set https://amzn.asia/d/6f0SGJQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 The MDW80Ts seem to drift in and out of stock at Amazon.co.jp, at least as far as sellers prepared to ship to the UK are concerned. Noticed they were back in stock today so placed an order. Worked out at £2.93 per disc including delivery. Must. Stop. Buying. More. Blanks. 🤦♂️ These also popped up whilst I was looking around the site: https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Recording-80-Minutes-Piece-3mdw80rh-Original/dp/B016QJJVOO/ Reminded me of some of the artist MDs that @Richard posted recently. Not sure if "Red Hot" were a Japanese band or whether the photo card is for something completely different. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 Ah, looks like they were promoting a singer called Hikaru Utada: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikaru_Utada Not entirely sure what the "Red Hot" bit relates to but it's referenced in an advert she did for Sony batteries: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 Just noticed @Richard already mentioned these in his recent thread about some Maxell artist blanks 🤦♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 Yes, Hikaru Utada (or Utada Hikaru if you're in Japan) is pretty much the biggest selling Japanese "pop" artist ever, currently based in London. At the time it was very common in Japan for manufacturers to have famous artists, in particular singers be their "campaign" artists. The Red Hot campaign also featured other artists in previous years, but the biggest campaign by far was in 1999/2000 featuring Hikaru Utada. The campaign promoted batteries and recordable media - amongst which MD. There was a special series of MD discs to tie in with the campaign and each pack featured a unique collectors card. I actually have a whole pictorial in draft status in the pictorials section, but didn't yet get around to finishing it, mainly because the discs I need to photograph are in storage. In any case, here are a couple of samples regarding the campaign from a Sony brochure targeted at dealers / resellers explaining the campaign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 Thanks for the information, @Richard. I'm not really au fait with Japanese pop music tbh (pretty much limited to Cibo Matto, Shonen Knife and Pizzicato Five as far as my record collection goes) but look forward to seeing your post when you get a chance to finish it 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 50 minutes ago, BearBoy said: [...] look forward to seeing your post when you get a chance to finish it 🙂 Unfortunately it might be a while as the discs in question are on the other side of the world at the moment, but if I manage to pick up another pack for a reasonable price in the meantime, I'll finish it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 On 1/29/2023 at 7:13 PM, BearBoy said: Noticed they were back in stock today so placed an order. Worked out at £2.93 per disc including delivery. And they arrived from Japan this morning. Time to get recording 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted February 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 What’s good enough for @BearBoy is good enough for me… we’re like a pair of wide-eyed kids in a sweet shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 On 2/2/2023 at 8:30 PM, BearBoy said: And they arrived from Japan this morning. Time to get recording 🙂 I also had a small box from Japan this week.. It looked like this.. 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 minute ago, kgallen said: What’s good enough for @BearBoy is good enough for me… we’re like a pair of wide-eyed kids in a sweet shop. Wow, that's quite a lot of discs! 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 4 hours ago, Richard said: I also had a small box from Japan this week.. It looked like this.. 😆 Ooh. Looks exciting. Planning on sharing some pictures of the contents? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 4 hours ago, kgallen said: What’s good enough for @BearBoy is good enough for me… we’re like a pair of wide-eyed kids in a sweet shop. We’re a terrible influence on each other 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 5 hours ago, BearBoy said: Ooh. Looks exciting. Planning on sharing some pictures of the contents? Yes, definitely! I'll try and organise a pictorial in the next few days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted April 11, 2023 Report Share Posted April 11, 2023 Did you ever manage to find the time to take some photos of the contents of your box, @Richard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 11, 2023 Report Share Posted April 11, 2023 3 hours ago, BearBoy said: Did you ever manage to find the time to take some photos of the contents of your box, @Richard? I did do that one yes, but I was not 100% happy with the photos, I'm going to do it again this week, together with a couple of other units! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted April 12, 2023 Report Share Posted April 12, 2023 Look forward to seeing them 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted May 29 Report Share Posted May 29 I've been keeping half an eye on Amazon.co.jp over the past few months and, although there are still lots of MDW80Ts available, none of them seem to ever be available for deilvery to the UK. Not sure if it's the same for other non-Japanese addresses. It's encouraging that supply doesn't seem to be drying up but a bit frustrating that I can't actually order them any more without paying the inflated eBay UK prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted May 29 Author Report Share Posted May 29 11 minutes ago, BearBoy said: ... but a bit frustrating that I can't actually order them any more without paying the inflated eBay UK prices. Oh gawd, don't start me off again! I'm scared to count up how many discs I have, because it's probably scarily close to 1000 (if not over!) - that's recorded ones plus blanks "in stock" (as I like to justify them!). I've been being "good" and erasing and reusing some past eBay bulk buys of used discs, but I need to catch up on some more recording of radio programmes so I might break into a few more new-new ones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted May 29 Report Share Posted May 29 2 minutes ago, kgallen said: Oh gawd, don't start me off again! I'm scared to count up how many discs I have, because it's probably scarily close to 1000 (if not over!) Ooof. You have been stockpiling! I think I had just shy of 500 sealed blanks at one point but lost track of how many I'd opened and used so it will be a fair bit down from that now. I certainly don't have any immediate need for any new blanks but just like to keep an eye on the supply in case it starts to dry up and the prices on the secondary market go nuts (like the prices for decent sealed cassette tapes did). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted May 29 Author Report Share Posted May 29 10 minutes ago, BearBoy said: Ooof. You have been stockpiling! Not blank ones, discs in total! At work and just had a count and I've got 223 here! 😀 So i'll have to count up at home later. Maybe 1000 was over stating it but I can see it easily being 700-750. But 500 SEALED BLANKs @BearBoy, clearly I'm an amateur at this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted May 29 Report Share Posted May 29 Yeah, it does seem excessive 🤔 I've probably used 100 or so of those since then. There was a time I'd get a whole bunch of sealed blanks every time I bought a deck or a portable. That was before the prices starting heading upwards and people realised they could make more money selling things separately rather than just offloading everything they had in one go. At least I can rest easy knowing my stockpile is only a tiny fraction of what @Richard must have 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted May 30 Report Share Posted May 30 7 hours ago, BearBoy said: At least I can rest easy knowing my stockpile is only a tiny fraction of what @Richard must have 😉 I'm not really sure how many I have - I'll have to try and do a full count at some point.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted May 30 Author Report Share Posted May 30 22 hours ago, kgallen said: At work and just had a count and I've got 223 here! 😀 So I'll have to count up at home later. Maybe 1000 was over stating it but I can see it easily being 700-750. OK, so I've been over-egging my pudding... and clearly I need to try harder in the face of my more committed co-conspirators. My disc count comes in at 547 plus 6 "pre-recorded" on MO plus 4 pressed "CD" discs plus two duff ones (both TDK; one MD-RXG 80, one MD 80). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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