cndnbcn Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 I just recently picked up a net-md recorder/player and... yeah, absolutely love it... and it's great for recording longer things. I do a 2 hour radio talk show 5 nights a week, and would like to record it to just be able to review the show and take out sound bytes... recording every show on a seperate disc would amount to... um... a lot of money. So I was wondering how the discs hold up if you keep recording and erasing and recording and erasing and recording and erasing etc etc... Anyone have any experience on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kouby Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 From a Sony point of view, MD blanks can go through about a million re-recordings. So the technology itself is reliable. It all depends on the quality of the blank itself, professional disks such as the Sony ES series would probably last longer than cheap ones. From my point of view I still have MD blanks bought in 1997 for which I've done endless recordings and erases, and they still behave and sound like brand new. And I've always gone for if not the cheapest, at least reasonnably priced blanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Welcome to the forums! You guys certainly have interesting content on that radio show.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leland Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 I still have discs from 1992. They are extremely robust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffS Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 I got into MD in 98 and still have my very first disc and it sounds great. I usually bought whatever was on sale instead of going for the more expensive stuff, and save for a couple of broken ones due to extreme abuse they are all working great. Standard abuse is pretty much daily though. I'm not exactly gentle with them, and there are a few that haven't had a shutter in years. In short, MDs will last... -Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeclaw Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 One recommendation tho, stay away from Memorex... My first Sony and Maxells still play like new - ~8 years old now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm2 Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 I still own my disks from 1997 as well and they play and record beautifully. I just thought I would share my experience as well even though this was stated earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cndnbcn Posted September 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 haha... that's allooooottt of input.. thanks everyone! i guess i'm just so used to only being able to record on casettes and we all know how those hold up, i just got paranoid.. ya know... new technology.. for me anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeclaw Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 Cassettes. Arrgghh! I hated it. fifty to 100 runs and they deteriorated quickly. Then tried DAT. Worse. Fifty runs, then 4 bucks off in the trash... For me, MD was a godsend... Oh, and welcome to the Forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwakrz Posted October 3, 2004 Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 Ok, ill add my input Only problem I have had with MD was when I used to carry them in a pencil case (yes it was a LONG time ago) and little bits of pencil shavings got inside a few of them causing read errors but they worked fine after being cleaned. Appart from that I bough 5 discs with an MZ-R3 when it first came out (still got it & working fine although I now use an NH1). The original discs cost me £50 for 5 (WOW) and they are still working the same as the day I bought them. One of my later $ony discs started to show errors on my Hifi equipment (503 deck. Now dead, god rest its parts). but after using it in my NH1 it is still fine. ...... Unless you physically break the disc I dont think you will have any problems. Just keep them in a clean place (no pencil shavings) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutant1345 Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 ive only had one problem ever with a disc and that was my own stupidity and i was so frustrated.....NEVER SHAKE THE RECORDER TOO MUCH WHEN RECORDING or it could mess the disc up and erase everything......aside from that expeiriance md has held out for many years for me without any other disturbances Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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