Christopher Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 I just recieved an e-mail from David Karon of Minidisco. This e-mail was also sent to the webmaster/owner of this site, and the webmaster of minidisct.com. The contents are as follows: I just received an update from our Sony rep and it is not good. See below: "As you may be aware, we just started shipping our first HiMD model, the MZNH600D. We were planning on shipping initial quantities of the MZNH800 very shortly, and unfortunately have been advised by the factory that these units have been delayed until mid to late July. In addition, the MZNH900 and MZNH1, which we intended to have available in June, are now also going to be delayed until the end of July." Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Sincerely, David Karon – Minidisco :ohmy: Most disappointing news indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efenili Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Late July eh? God damn this keeps getting further and further away from my birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mashinkun Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 nooh... my birthday is in June.. was hoping to get it in time.. sigh.. late July? maybe in time for my bros b-day then xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Stamp Posted May 9, 2004 Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 ya, it being held back 3-4 months is amazing. maybe their 605/805/905 model may be out a couple months before the these models come out. man, i was holding out for the next years' models, but with the depressing news, i might just get this years' if they plan to release next years' in next june/july. wow. way to make the deadline sony! On the other hand, sony may be taking another direction. perhaps they held back the models and disks until they got most of the bugs out. if this is true, then i say "good for you!" (or they could have secretly implemented mp3 capability. or a sneaky engineer put it in, and they had to recall them, taking it out) another that really ticks me off the the "strategy" of the release of the hi-mds! "LIMITED SUPPLY?" thats BS for "we don't have enough". "online strategy?" whats that? are they going to be using to be restricting people to using their website? Only stocking few disks in store? i bet they don't know if this new HI-MD will fly, so they will do the old "we'll make it if we need it" crap technique. One things for sure tho. if i DO end up purchasing this years' model (900 or 800) i would wait a while to see if the bugginess is worth it. my 2 cents (and hard earned too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efenili Posted May 9, 2004 Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 Is there even talk about the models after these ones? I am in the Clie world as well and Sony releasing new models in 5-6 months was not uncommon. My Brand new Clies got outdated so fast it wasn't even funny. But if the Hi-MD does what it says it does, there will be no need for me to update just like there was no need for me to update my NX70. But with 1GB discs and only 20groups, if a new one came out with larger discs and unlimited or many more groups I would be butt hurt :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDOG58 Posted May 9, 2004 Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 Is there even talk about the models after these ones?I am praying for a car deck to be released so there after. If they do, I am ALL over it. It would just top out my dream. I am getting the 800 once it is released and I want a car deck to go with it. It sure would make driving to Iowa from Chicago easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hopping Posted May 9, 2004 Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 On the good side, I have no money right now so I am happy to wait. Now, is it just this guy at minidisco or whatever his co. is, affect by this? Or has this been confirm that it will affect all retailers? As I want my NH1 soon. And what about these sites who claim the pre-order status? How can they be pre-ordering when there is a delay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted May 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 Is there even talk about the models after these ones?None at all. Sony and the other big brands keep their information pretty tight.. But with 1GB discs and only 20groups, if a new one came out with larger discs and unlimited or many more groups..We're not so sure on the twenty groups yet. Just doesn't seem right to me.. Now, is it just this guy at minidisco or whatever his co. is, affect by this? Or has this been confirm that it will affect all retailers? As I want my NH1 soon. And what about these sites who claim the pre-order status? How can they be pre-ordering when there is a delay?I believe we can safely take his word, as he represents one of the largest specialty Minidisc distributors in the US. As for the pre-order status on the other sites? It's called b.s. :sleep: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lsainsbury Posted May 9, 2004 Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 What's going on with Hi-MD!!! Come on Sony - pull your ****** out...!! We are all awaiting the next revolution of MD! :ohmy: :ohmy: :ohmy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konrad Posted May 9, 2004 Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 any word about the europe release date? specificily the mznh700? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp3fan Posted May 9, 2004 Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 Maybe listening to initial consumer reaction, Sony is re-doing the firmware to support native MP3 playback. (dreaming on...) Seriously, if Hi-MD units have direct mp3 playback (without transcoding or messy software), I'll order one today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Stamp Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 here here! me too. that would eliminate having multiple databases of your songs (mp3 and atrac3) as well. if the clie can do it, why not the minidisc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted May 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 any word about the europe release date? specificily the mznh700? cheersMost likely June or July like US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nietzsche Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 Most likely June or July like US.i really hope it!! :happy: i don't want to take it in autumn...!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD24 Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 Maybe listening to initial consumer reaction, Sony is re-doing the firmware to support native MP3 playback. That would never happen... JD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[StrangeByte] Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 Yes.. Sony wouldn't spend years and years to develop an own codec (atrac, atrac3, atrac3+) and then just waste it all and add mp3 support.... sony and mp3... well.. maybe on cd-players but not on md. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivich Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 Hello, this is in response to what the forum administrator said: "I believe we can safely take his word, as he represents one of the largest specialty minidisc distributors in the US. As for the pre-order status on the other sites? It's called b.s." Why is it that the pre-order of "other sites" is "b.s." compared with the pre-order of Minidisco? Can you be more specific? I was not aware that any other company in the U.S has a greater or lesser ability to supply the product than Minidico, and I don't understand how minidico has the ability to pre-order while the "other sites" are "b.s." I guess I would like you to explain this opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekiekitabaang Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 Hmm.. My dream: I hope they will change the copy protection system for self recorded material. (the delayed minidiscs are recording minidiscs) So that if one records an interview, a gig or samples from nature, one could actually been allowed them to be exported out of SonicStage to wavs or something that can actually be used. Otherways these units are completely useless for musicians like me. I would rather buy an Iriver iHP120 which has good recording abilities, no limits whatsoever and can be used like normal USB storage. Anyway this delay will make it very difficult for me to wait anymore for these things to appear somewhere to be tested and this exporting thing to be clarified once and for all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hopping Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 I got a wise idea: Let's all go buy the Qualia MD as a temporary soln. while we are waiting for all these delay :grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAjEsTiC Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 heh...now i wonder who still has money to burn on a Hi-MD after they've bought a $2k Qualia MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazeybt1 Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 :laugh: ...LOL u know what would be funny..if Sharp, Panasonic n Kenwood droped the bomb shell of HI MD units can't say aiwa cuz i' say sony makes that stuff..ne who.SONY's probably giving the others time u know..they don't wanna b seen as "MicroHard" all manopoly n stuff.. :laugh: if that's possible.. ne who they should delay...give em more time to get the bugs out..cuz up till now my black MZN 707 still got button issues where FF means Rew n Rew Means T Mark..etc...not only that but i have an issue with sony the display 4 my MZ-R70 just won't work...i haven't opened the unit yet..but i'm sure it's the damn cable that broke...i'm fed up SONY..i hope i'm not gonna spend all this money on HI MD..n then the Cable to the magnetic head breaks..n yall don't even make the parts commercially available... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAjEsTiC Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 yeh that's tru...kinda st00pid how new things from Sony keep failing... :whatever: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazeybt1 Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 Majestic u talk like dexter man :cool: .. what's a qualia MD..i went to sony.net. but don't c nething on it. except a ton of splash ..what's that all about..???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Stamp Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 just a super expensive MD player (NO hi-md) that looks good. view www.minidisc.org for more details, or the equipment browser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazeybt1 Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 hey thanks...silly me i didn't even think of checking the browser :smile: but damn...that's the sexiest unit i've ever seen ... expensive yes..but those ear knobs r probably the best in ear knobs created..have u heard the bang n boom those things give..u probably wouldn't believe.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Stamp Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 i just called the sony store, and they said that the ONLINE release date is july 27th. they might not see it until next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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