Can Hi-MD play standard MDs recorded in mono long-play?

[doylekm]

I have a recently broken Sharp MD-MS722 minidisc recorder which I need to replace. The new Sony Hi-MD format looks interesting and I'm thinking of buying the MZ-NH700 model. My concern is whether this machine will play standard minidiscs recorded in 'long-play' mono format on the Sharp machine. I'm not sure if this format (which allowed 148m of mono recording on a 74m disc) was proprietary to Sharp or if Sony machines will play it. Anyone know?

Thanks

[[StrangeByte]]

Welcome to the MDCF.

All Sony HiMD units play old MDs recorded in SP, mono, LP2 and LP4 format.

Additionally, they play all new formats (atrac3+). Read here for more.

edit: oh, i forgot PCM... :smile:

[Qwakrz]

Ill elaberate a bit,

The Hi-MD's can be swithed to the old Net-MD mode (automatically if you put a pre-recorded standard MD into them). This means that they can act exactly like an old NetMD unit, recording in SP, LP2 & LP4 onto MD discs and copying files to & from the PC with the same actions as a NetMD (basically you cant copy from MD -> PC while in NetMD mode)

They also support LP2 & LP4 onto Hi-MD formatted media when running in Hi-MD mode (Only when copied via SS). This means that you can almost double the play time on a disc by formatting it in Hi-MD and then putting your LP2 files onto it.