Guest Anonymous Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 Can the older MD deck record or play a HI MD ? IF CAN I WON'T change my old md equipment :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 No, older equipment can read and record to the original minidisc specs. The new Hi-MD can read and record the original discs, re-formatted original discs that offer about twice as much storage space, and the new Hi-MD disc, which offers almost eight times as much space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgMattRed Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 So in other words you're going to have to buy a new player but it can use your old discs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 Correct. With best regards Jadeclaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 Its claer to me that older equipment is not able to use HI-MD media out of the package as its in the wrong format. But would it be possible to reformat this new media in my old player? Wouldn't it be recognized as a "normal" Minidisc but with more capacity? Of course Sony could prevent this by changing the cartridge slightly, but on the other side using old media in Hi-MD equipment is just a matter of reformatting it ..... Old media reformatted can contain 300MB (170 before). This would mean that new 1GB Media reformatted in old equipment could theoretically contain more than twice the music, kind of 160 Minutes SP on one disc Or am I assuming too much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandsun Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 Part of the HiMD format is a narrower track pitch. Older hardware will not be able to track these narrower lines. Drop the subject, it's pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmar69 Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 But would it be possible to reformat this new media in my old player? Wouldn't it be recognized as a "normal" Minidisc but with more capacity? I would never assume that any old player is able to read or write more capacity than current MD media. As an practical irrelevant question one could try to format new media in old drives - but this wil format it to old capacity with no advantage on comparison to using cheaper old media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 Guest, Hi-MD is to MD as DVD is to CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDOG58 Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 I am a bit confused as to compatability of recording. I know you can record onto old MD, but if you record on the old MDs with Hi-MD equipment can they be played back on old MD equipment. Judging by what have see, I would think not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 Hmm, after reading all material, it is undecided, if the new recorders can create old style SP recordings. Some machine translated pages say yes, others say no. My gut feeling is yes. But I strongly suggest to wait, until the recorders are available. Then we'll see. With best regards Jadeclaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 No, older equipment can read and record to the original minidisc specs. The new Hi-MD can read and record the original discs, re-formatted original discs that offer about twice as much storage space, and the new Hi-MD disc, which offers almost eight times as much space.but what happens if you have an old 74 min. disc half full, insert into a Hi MD? How can they reformat a disc that has stuff inside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandsun Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 You don't. Reformatting a disc means wiping out all of its old content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 that's what I thought. But if I choose not to, does that mean I can't record the remaining of the songs on the 74 min. format? As there are times I del. some of the old songs on the 74 min., and record some new ones on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leland Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 The best strategy is to migrate everything to SonicStage or other PC medium then use NetMD to replace old MD "playlists" onto new 1 gig or reformatted MD's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 hey, if you have that many minidisc players, what minidisc media do you buy? the regular gold standard or ES and is there really a difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leland Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 I buy the ES, but not for sound quality. The shell is made of really nice plastic. Best of all, the white surface is slightly rough so you can quickly lable the discs with a pencil, then erase it when you reuse the discs. Pencil compatibility is the key reason I use the ES discs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 hey, thanks for the reply, I appreciate the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 Leland, one more Question, what storage casing do you use to store minidisc media? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozhang Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 another things I will ask: can hi-md disc play in older net md? :wacky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeclaw Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 another things I will ask: can hi-md disc play in older net md? :wacky:Hi-MD - Discs == No. Old-Md-Disc formatted in Hi-MD == No. Old Disc formatted in old recorder, then filled in LP2 or LP4 Mode via PC == Maybe, but that has to be checked out, when the recorders are available. Hope, that this will end this thread for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Yes, this thread has run it's course. Locked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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