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[Christoff Yurievich]

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I am leaning more towards the Lyra if only because of the video capabilities. The MD has me intrigued though because I have tons of random minidiscs laying around from my current MD player. (It isn't getting used much lately because it only holds 1 disc of music, plus it's one of the 1X recording models. yeah, it's old.)

So which is better? I haven't heard enough of the new Hi-MD tech to know if it's as good as the reviews say, and the Lyra just looks cool. the tech-geek in me slobbers over the Lyra, but the MD-geek wants that. it's a difficult choice.

 

[Burger]

Yeah, video is cool, but are you going to use it ??

It's like the PSP, who the fuck is gonna watch a movie while jogging, or on the train....

 

[DaCocoBrova]

Why would one not watch a movie while on the train...?

 

[Outdoor Miner]

My gf's had that HiMD player for over a month, they're not that much different from previous MD players, 'cept for the fact that the discs now have HUGE capacity.

 

[The Faceless Master]

Why would one not watch a movie while on the train...?

because it's not on DVD

 

[Lil' Dice]

The PSP sounds cool. I'll just steal if from somenone else when they hit retail....

 

[Deleted member 1235]

My gf's had that HiMD player for over a month, they're not that much different from previous MD players, 'cept for the fact that the discs now have HUGE capacity.

how huge?

 

[lexbubble]

what are you looking for this MP3 player...like the main reason you want to get it...

I personally am saving up for an Ipod...i have a nike MP3 player for running and it only holds like 30 songs and I don't like it....

 

[Naked Snake]

The PSP sounds cool. I'll just steal if from somenone else when they hit retail....

Well done...

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

well I just found out that the new MD players will actually reformat your old discs from 177MB discs into 305MB discs so finding the media isn't a problem seeing as I have probably 50 discs just laying around.

Sal: has she had any problems with it?

what are you looking for this MP3 player...like the main reason you want to get it...

I personally am saving up for an Ipod...i have a nike MP3 player for running and it only holds like 30 songs and I don't like it....

basically for that reason. I have an MP3 player, two actually. One is that GBA MP3 player (the official one) and it's not bad but playing the media is so finicky. the other is one of the mini-cd mp3 players and it's great. the only problem is the same as the PSP - optical media that has to spin to access information. In other words, one battery lasts approx. 6 hours.

This Hi-MD player woud satisfy the needs for battery life, storage, and media abilities since it does wma and mp3 and a few other formats.

I'm close to being convinced I need the Hi-MD...

Catfish: the Hi-MD discs are 1 GB each. doesn't sound like much, but more than enough for me.

 

[Outdoor Miner]

bune: Sony's MD players have a reputation for being portable tanks in durability and skipping. It's not an exaggeration. Her experiences w/ the HiMD player have been nothing but positive. My only original complaint w/ MD's was the shit software that came w/ them, but even those are SOOOOOOOO much more improved w/ newer versions.

The HiMD discs have a capacity of 1GB which is an delicously, godly amount of space when working in LP2 or above.

Go for it if you can, or wait for the newer HiMD models which is what i'm doing. Newer ones should be out in a few weeks.

 

[DaCocoBrova]

^^

Are there any HiMD decks out there?

Why the hell doesn't Sony just release a damn HiMD drive for the PC?!? Slap it in the floppy bay. Damn them.

 

[nitewulf]

go for the iriver ihp 120, the battery lasts apprx 14 hours IIRC. otherwise the ipod or the iriver are pretty much the best choices for anyone looking to buy an mp3 player nowadays, IMO.

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

thanks Sal. A few questions, since a review I just read wasn't too kind to the unit. How does it play mp3/wma files? the review says that it has to be converted to Sony's ATRAC format which makes the quality suffer a bit. Is this really noticeable?

Hell, I'll just link the review: http://forums.minidisc.org/viewtopic.php?p=22101

He sounds more critical of it than positive, but then he says he likes it. I dunno what to think of that.

Oh, and there aren't any blank 1GB discs that you can just go buy. You're stuck with the one that comes with the unit. boo Sony, boo.

 

[Defensor]

^^

Are there any HiMD decks out there?

Why the hell doesn't Sony just release a damn HiMD drive for the PC?!? Slap it in the floppy bay. Damn them.

The HiMD players show up as a 1gb storage drive on your comp for which you can drag N drop files into it when not using it for music.

 

[Suerte]

One word: Atrac

Pain in the ass.

 

[Semjaza Azazel]

Last I heard, the Lyra's firmware is shitty. Too many problems, doesn't do all it says it should.

I'd wait out for iRiver's upcoming video portable... the PMP-100 or the PMP-120.

http://www.iriveramerica.com/products/pmp-120.aspx

If you want one just for music, I'd wait for the H300. That's most likely what I'll be getting.

http://nordic.iriver.se/products.php?p=19&sid=7db9355b860ffc2f204aefac7a9c0a6c

 

[BigJonsson]

I love the iPod I just got

 

[shantyman]

 

[Defensor]

 

[Winged Creature]

Wait for the higher end models of Hi-MD, since u have alot of MD media lying around this is a good choice for u.

 

[Fusebox]

Its all good. So long as you aren't one of those dorks that carrys their lumpy discman in their hand or trys to hide a cassette walkman from everyones sight then you cant really go wrong with any of the players mentioned on this page.