cladel Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 Ok .. I just bought a NetMD player Saturday, and once I got into the Sonic stage twilight zone. I boxed that b___h back up and Im taking it BACK TO BEST BUY. I have never been so insulted by a product before in my life. You see I travel long distance for work, and I keep all of my (OWNED and personally recorded from LP) songs on my computer. I wanted to be able to put them on MD masters, then carry my masters with me on the road. This would allow me to make a "custom" disk with my laptop while on the road. Well suprise suprise...... I cant transfer MD songs to my laptop.. because they were "Checked out" on my Desktop. IMHO sony is talking out of their ass when they say that they are protecting DR. This is all just BS and show. If they really cared then why is Sony selling MILLIONS of blank CD-R disks, CD-R units, Blank DVDs, and DVD+-r units, WHOSE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS COPYING OTHER cd's and DVDs. You want to prove to me yu care about DRM, STOP MAKING the above items, then I'll take you seriously. Well anyway, will HI-MD allow me to do what I want? I.e. move and play music files in mp3 format, between... Desktop>>> Md player >>> Laptop Thanks :smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeclaw Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 Welcome to NetMD... :wacky: Ok seriously, take it back. Standard NetMD cannot upload anything to a computer, not even stuff recorded with the unit itself. With Hi-MD, it changes considerably. In short: 1.) Use it as a datadrive - that means, drag your MP3-files in the explorer onto the Hi-MD - and your documents/pictures and other stuff as well. Doing this, you can transport your MP3-files to work and play and store them on a computer there. But listening on the road is not possible, as Hi-MD players cannot play MP3. 2.) use the Sony-supplied software to transfer the music, then you can listen to it on the road, but it cannot be transferred back to a computer. But as far as I know, it is possible to have User data AND music on one disc at the same time, so my idea would be to have the music in both versions on the same disc until the final mix is done. Or just take two discs with you - one with the MP3s, one with the music in MD-format... 3.) if you record via Line-In/Microphone, that can be uploaded onto a computer and then transferred back to MD. Oh, and the three time Checkout-limit is gone as well. When you take back the NetMD, keep the discs, you can reuse them with a Hi-MD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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