caledesign Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 :smile: Hi, I am a frequent visiter to the Minidisc Community Forums. I most admit that I rearly sign in though. I visit the site everyday and have been following the many discussions and let downs of the release of the new Hi-MD format. I was a owner of two older MD's a AIWA and a SONY.Since it was announced earlier this year I have been anticipating the NH1 but Sony has let me down. They kept pushing the release date back and the limitations that people have been finding out has thrown me off of it a little. I have got a collection of 300 minidiscs and about 100 of them I don't have backed up on my computer . I would love to be able to upload them so that I can have them archieved. So when SONY announced the new NW-HD1 model I started looking into it and have fallen in love with it. They set a release date and stuck to it. I picked mine up this morning at TWEETER, and I couldn't believe how small the thing actually is, the pictures on te web do it no justice. This thing is small light and beautiful. Did I mention small, the body has a nice brushed finish and feels good in your hands. The controls are nicely placed, even with my big hands I find it really easy to control even with one hand. The menus are easy to go through. I learned how to navigate them in a few minutes without even having to read the users manual. I havn't had a chance to listen to it yet because the omg files have to be converted into omg audio format. I found this out when I transferred abot 2 gigs this after noon and left out and tried to play them I kept getting the message track error. This is because i did not see the conversion tool that came with it. You only need to do this once. It doesn't convert MP3 or WMA files, only SonicStage files. I am converting all my files right now on my desktop, and It s only going to take 4 hours to convert 50 gigs worth of music at 256 in ATRAC3plus. They give you the option to keep the original omg files and the converted files or delete them when converted saving hard drive space, nice feature The only downside to the model is that it doesn't come with a remote and a seperate cable so that you don't have to use the cradle to tranferring files and recharge the unit. Like others in the forum I am going to spend the next couple of days playing with the unit and testing it and I will post a much more detail review and some pictures of the unit around sunday night. I'm not giving up on HI-MD's yet I am going to wait for the next round of them and hopefully next year they will get it right with less restrictions, and USB 2.0 We can only hope? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazeybt1 Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 what are you actually saying... ... you have the unit right? but i thought you were saying that you're gonna put a hault on it try the HDD and pick up the HI MD next time around.. :smile: or you got it and now you're just soo in love with it that you've changed your mind.. and i mean 300 minidiscs that's like wow to me i probably got bout 15..(carelessness..can't find the rest) well it looks like HI MD should be your companion for a while huh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 It is my sad duty to inform you, that you can forget about uploading ANY old MD. You can only upload HI-MD formatted disks, and you cannot (Maybe yet), convert it to WAV... Sony marketing blows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Stamp Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 what are you actually saying... ... you have the unit right? but i thought you were saying that you're gonna put a hault on it try the HDD and pick up the HI MD next time around.. :smile: or you got it and now you're just soo in love with it that you've changed your mind.. and i mean 300 minidiscs that's like wow to me i probably got bout 15..(carelessness..can't find the rest) well it looks like HI MD should be your companion for a while huhhe got the NW-HD1. thats the hard drive model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazeybt1 Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 Thanks stamp :smile: i guess i was tired and i had to re read it as you made the point clear i didn't see this sentence So when SONY announced the new NW-HD1 model I started looking into it and have fallen in love with it. They set a release date and stuck to it. I picked mine up this morning at TWEETER,.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMPlitude Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 lol, dude you cant back them up like the other guy said , its just impossible anyways, so you probably made the right choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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