sirpilf Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 any news/info on a Hi-MD Drive? i remember before sony vaios had MD drives but i am really hoping sony will release a Hi-MD drive you can buy seperate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 There's a very strong possibility, but nothing definite yet. I think it's going to happen, though..but it'll probably be released with Vaio computers only. :sleep: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirpilf Posted June 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 sony better not be selfish and release it only with vaios... but actually its only gonna make them more money by releasing seperate drives for people to buy. I got another 5.25" bay just askin for a Hi-Md drive haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fray Adjacent Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 I would love a HiMD drive for my 'puter. I have a Shuttle XPC box at home, and don't have anything in the FDD bay. A FDD sized HiMD drive would go nicely in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirpilf Posted June 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 yea i can fill either a 3.5" bay or 5.5" i just want one ARGG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MdMaster Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Everybody wants it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeclaw Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 I need two... I think, we'll better wait for the next CeBit in Hanover in 2005. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leland Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Why is this particularly desirable when you can just plug your HiMD into a USB port and off you go? Anyway, the speed for writing data to HiMD is painfully slow. I would use it seldom. I'm not saying it isn't useful, I think it is, but only for particular things because it is so slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MdMaster Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Maybe, an internal drive is faster. Using the IDE interface, and a high speed mechanism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirpilf Posted June 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 yea maybe it would be drag and drop... or atleast... something better then checkin/checkout crap haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leland Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 Just having an IDE bus or other internal IO would not make it faster. Nor would it in any way facilitate drag and drop any more than USB could. I think the limitation is in the MagnetoOptical write speed. They would have used USB 2.0 if they would have benefitted from the increased speed. The didn't because it was irrelavent. Other bottlenecks in the process, like write speed. It has always been an issue with Magneto Optical. The trade off is that you get an extremely stable and reliable and long lasting finished product compared to CD or DVD R or RW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MdMaster Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 That's richt :smile: . I use md since 2001 and i have no problems with my discs. While some of my cd and dvd RW's have read and write problems and died because of a microscopic scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekdroid Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 hmmm, drag-n-drop on a 1GB disc at very slow speeds with expensive media and drives? No thanks. If you want something with drag-n-drop ease that's reliable, check out DVD-RAM (the least popular, most expensive of the DVD formats, but by far the most most reliable). Personally I see an almost non-existent market for MiniDisc on the PC. There is simply too much competition with other formats. MiniDisc has great portability, though. Not to say I would be totally uninterested at the right price. Would have to be at least half the cost of a DVD-RAM drive and at least 1/3rd the cost for media to be considered competition, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirpilf Posted June 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2004 well you could also copy from MD to MD. if you dont have another one like me. i sold mine off ebay. funny story i bought a mz-n1 or w/e that 25th anniversary one was for $260 or something liket hat off ebay. 2 days later they announced Hi-MD. i returned it and sold the one i already had. that was when i thought they would be out in april. its now almost july and im still Hi-MD-less. sigh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhangraman Posted June 27, 2004 Report Share Posted June 27, 2004 I expect Hi-MD data drives to be only slightly less of a niche than the Net MD drives (slightly less, as they now store data of course). The limiting data transfer factor of the Hi-MD transport is not the interface but the transport itself. I for one can't really see a fundamental overhaul of the Hi-MD transport mechanism just after release of this technology, so with the limited transfer rate I can only see a low-volume application, which means comparatively high prices even if they made the drives available separately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fray Adjacent Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 Well, I'll reiterate my opinion about HiMD drives for data only. I think they'd be great. I can live with a slow speed, as I would not use it, nor expect it to perform as some sort of harddrive device. I would use it as a backup device, for archiving things I want to save off of my harddrive. Things like downloaded warez, pictures and video stuff. So what if it's slow, it's a good, reliable media. As the technology becomes popular, maybe it will get faster, then it will likely have more appeal. What I'd really love to see is the higher density MD formats, such as the 48GB MDs. That would provide for a GREAT backup storage device. (I deal with tape drives a lot... and they SUCK) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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