spoon Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 having stupidly lost my MZ N710 (someone in Coventry got very lucky!) my insurance company have said they're sending me an MZ-NH900 as a direct replacement and it should arrive in 10 days, fair enough. But looking at online stores I can't see the release date for this model anywhere (amazon lists it as March 04 but doesn't have any), it doesn't seem to be included in the first wave of Hi-MDs hitting the UK in August. Does anyone know anything about the worldwide/UK availability of this? Is there a SONY release schedule somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sxc Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 Wow - maybe you will be the first person in the world to get a NH900! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 Perhaps you'll get a NH700 - they're out now. OK not quite as good as the NH900, but not too bad either, and features-wise a more direct replacement for your N710. I haven't seen any schedules, and the Sony stores don't know, but I don't we'll see any NH900 or NH1 before August in the UK... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Den Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 Sorry, it isn't America, UK etc. etc, but look at this!! http://www.hifishop.cz/default.asp?CatID=190 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sup8 Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 I saw about 4 listings for the 900 on ebay.. from $339-$389. i've decided to hold off on the hi-md till they fix the software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveOooo Posted July 24, 2004 Report Share Posted July 24, 2004 nh600 is out now nh700 is out fir july 30th nh900 is out fri august 14th nh1 is out august 14th those dates according to dixons, so presumably the dates to go by (as they are a mainstream outlet) however - very small quantities (manly in london) have nh700's in stock so nh900+nh1 will be avaialble prior to dixons release date! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveOooo Posted July 24, 2004 Report Share Posted July 24, 2004 HI-MD UNITS NOW AVAILABLE :ohmy: (pretty sure) FROM ARGOS http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/s...4&storeId=10001 delivery 2 working days!!!!!!!!!!! so whos gonna be first to try out the nh900??? im personaly waiting for amazon or qed to get theirs (£50 cheaper) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ppk3000 Posted July 24, 2004 Report Share Posted July 24, 2004 The overwhelming broken images on that site makes me doubt... besides they just might've forgotten to put the "coming soon!" indication and you'd end up waiting after submitting the order :whatever: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveOooo Posted July 24, 2004 Report Share Posted July 24, 2004 yeah think theres a problem with the site?? who knows whether the 2day delivery is valid? just have to wait and see if any one goes thru to checkout? im sure it would say 'coming soon' - dixons site has 'pre order by the units that arent out yet? ----just checked it out and it says 'put of stock' on the check out bit!---- so hmmm apologies for the false hope there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeclaw Posted July 24, 2004 Report Share Posted July 24, 2004 The overwhelming broken images on that site makes me doubt...That's not an indication, they have possibly a binary link blocker active, which seems to have some functional problems. More than one of the images delivers a 403-Access forbidden back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwakrz Posted July 24, 2004 Report Share Posted July 24, 2004 Just tried to obtain the NH1 from Argos, says its out of stock in all locations I could think of to try. BTW, it took me 5 minutes of "You are forbidden to view this page" while trying to get to www.argos.co.uk, what are they hiding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveOooo Posted July 25, 2004 Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 hmmm maybe there doing a sideline in international terrorism and its all top secret?? theve mixed the bathroom toiltrie section with teh 'how to make a dirty bomb' section?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcnet Posted July 25, 2004 Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 I went into dixons in Newbury today and asked them if they knew anything about "High density minidisc units". I was expecting the answer "what are minidiscs" - it being Dixons and all . Anyway.... I was pleasently suprised. They showed me a leaflet (all shiney and everything) of the upcoming minidisc units. The mz-nh1 (Im after this unit myself) is priced £279.99 exactly. They also had the plasticey 600 model in the shop for sale. I actually held it. Didnt want it though. Too plasticy for my likeing :/ So you might be better off going direct to your dixons shop, as they're cheaper than the online Argos site. Plus there's no postage or anything to pay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwakrz Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 or £189.99 for an NH1 at www.be-direct.co.uk I have never ordered from them before but at that price...... Anyway I have a standing pre-order with amazon at £249.99 and have notified them of the price so I am hoping they will reduce their price to match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveOooo Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 i too have notified them of the 189 price tag from be direct...they seem ok / legit can everyone reading this notify amazon that be direct have the hi-end units for £189? their url is: http://www.be-direct.co.uk/ cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatbingo Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 My local Index shop had them in the catalogue but they were all out of stock, not surprisingly. Currys told me they'd have them by the end of the month, but the guy I spoke to also showed me an 80 minute blank and told me it was a Hi-MD disc, so... :whatever: £189 is an amazing price for the NH1. I'm almost tempted to place an order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted August 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 a bit longer than they said it would be but my NH900 arrived this morning from empiredirect.co.uk... also the Sony shop in Coventry has one for £250. I know because i went looking for more discs, but of course they didn't have any (6 to 8 weeks was their guess) it seems a bit flimsy, i'm sure it won't be too long before i dent and scratch it (they didn't ask which colour i wanted so i got a silver one), disappointed there's not a proper belt pouch either, like i got with my MZN710 before I lost it, just a crappy felt bag haven't a clue about sound quality yet because i'm busy charging it up and downloading sonic stage 2.1 but probably won't be bad for £50 excess on an insurance claim as an upgrade on my 710... now if only i can find my 710 as well.... :rasp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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