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[Martin_1962]

No PC transfer back to PC for home made recordings.

True. That was particularly limiting.

.. a victim, then, of crippleware no doubt mandated to appease the RIAA.

Yes it was pressure from record companies even though it was pre Sony buying one.

[TheBoy]

No PC transfer back to PC for home made recordings.

True. That was particularly limiting.

.. a victim, then, of crippleware no doubt mandated to appease the RIAA.

Apart from their total disregard of their loyal fanboys customers, he fact Sony have music and film interests was always going to mean there naff products were knobbled.

Minidisc, like other Fony propreitry junk, was no better than the competition, often worse, and locked those stupid enough to buy it into a whole heap of misery.

[Martin_1962]

No PC transfer back to PC for home made recordings.

True. That was particularly limiting.

.. a victim, then, of crippleware no doubt mandated to appease the RIAA.

Apart from their total disregard of their loyal fanboys customers, he fact Sony have music and film interests was always going to mean there naff products were knobbled.

Minidisc, like other Fony propreitry junk, was no better than the competition, often worse, and locked those stupid enough to buy it into a whole heap of misery.

So what was better than it for what it did?

[TheBoy]

No PC transfer back to PC for home made recordings.

True. That was particularly limiting.

.. a victim, then, of crippleware no doubt mandated to appease the RIAA.

Apart from their total disregard of their loyal fanboys customers, he fact Sony have music and film interests was always going to mean there naff products were knobbled.

Minidisc, like other Fony propreitry junk, was no better than the competition, often worse, and locked those stupid enough to buy it into a whole heap of misery.

So what was better than it for what it did?

The bog standard CD/CDR!!

[Debs.]

  Grown men playing with kid`s toy games!

 

[Martin_1962]

No PC transfer back to PC for home made recordings.

True. That was particularly limiting.

.. a victim, then, of crippleware no doubt mandated to appease the RIAA.

Apart from their total disregard of their loyal fanboys customers, he fact Sony have music and film interests was always going to mean there naff products were knobbled.

Minidisc, like other Fony propreitry junk, was no better than the competition, often worse, and locked those stupid enough to buy it into a whole heap of misery.

So what was better than it for what it did?

The bog standard CD/CDR!!

OK copy loads of albums without a PC.

I have a box with about 50 in all with albums recorded on to them.

In car record players were not very practical.

Also so recrding via a microphone they were excellent.

[Martin_1962]

Grown men playing with kid`s toy games!

 

Lots are rated 18

[Kevin Wood]

OK copy loads of albums without a PC.

I have a box with about 50 in all with albums recorded on to them.

In car record players were not very practical.

Also so recrding via a microphone they were excellent.

I think the point is, not long after MD launched, you could do all the above with your PC - so why lock yourself into using another (crippled) format and buy more hardware to do what you could already do with a box you already have?

Kevin

[Martin_1962]

OK copy loads of albums without a PC.

I have a box with about 50 in all with albums recorded on to them.

In car record players were not very practical.

Also so recrding via a microphone they were excellent.

I think the point is, not long after MD launched, you could do all the above with your PC - so why lock yourself into using another (crippled) format and buy more hardware to do what you could already do with a box you already have?

Kevin

Only got a home PC about 9 years ago.

Had MD in the car more like 11 years, and as a home deck around 12.

And it is all working still.

[TheBoy]

OK copy loads of albums without a PC.

I have a box with about 50 in all with albums recorded on to them.

In car record players were not very practical.

Also so recrding via a microphone they were excellent.

I think the point is, not long after MD launched, you could do all the above with your PC - so why lock yourself into using another (crippled) format and buy more hardware to do what you could already do with a box you already have?

Kevin

Precisely.

But I fear you're wasting your breath, you will have more luck trying to convince tunnie that Android is better than iPhone.

Bloody fanboys, eh

[Kevin Wood]

OK copy loads of albums without a PC.

I have a box with about 50 in all with albums recorded on to them.

In car record players were not very practical.

Also so recrding via a microphone they were excellent.

I think the point is, not long after MD launched, you could do all the above with your PC - so why lock yourself into using another (crippled) format and buy more hardware to do what you could already do with a box you already have?

Kevin

Precisely.

But I fear you're wasting your breath, you will have more luck trying to convince tunnie that Android is better than iPhone.

Bloody fanboys, eh

Perhaps.. But I was being a bit naive about using my PC to copy and store music.. It would, of course, have been knackered by one of Phony's rootkit-infected CDs and therefore about as much use as.. er.. a Minidisk? 

[Martin_1962]

OK copy loads of albums without a PC.

I have a box with about 50 in all with albums recorded on to them.

In car record players were not very practical.

Also so recrding via a microphone they were excellent.

I think the point is, not long after MD launched, you could do all the above with your PC - so why lock yourself into using another (crippled) format and buy more hardware to do what you could already do with a box you already have?

Kevin

Precisely.

But I fear you're wasting your breath, you will have more luck trying to convince tunnie that Android is better than iPhone.

Bloody fanboys, eh

For me it was the right tool for the job. Cassette deck in the Carlton was not great and my home tape deck was knackered.

Aiwa cassette decks (just about best non Nakamichi) were still over £100 at the time, and I do not like cheap stuff.

Finding a cheap MD recorder was just too tempting.

I did use the home deck just to do records and radio for a while.

As said before late to the world of home PCs, used them at work and that was enough.

I do have to say have you actually used MD?

Small, easy to handle, sealed so they do not get dirty, easy to shove in slot without looking, instant track access.

Isn't Android better than IOS?

[TheBoy]

OK copy loads of albums without a PC.

I have a box with about 50 in all with albums recorded on to them.

In car record players were not very practical.

Also so recrding via a microphone they were excellent.

I think the point is, not long after MD launched, you could do all the above with your PC - so why lock yourself into using another (crippled) format and buy more hardware to do what you could already do with a box you already have?

Kevin

Precisely.

But I fear you're wasting your breath, you will have more luck trying to convince tunnie that Android is better than iPhone.

Bloody fanboys, eh

Perhaps.. But I was being a bit naive about using my PC to copy and store music.. It would, of course, have been knackered by one of Phony's rootkit-infected CDs and therefore about as much use as.. er.. a Minidisk? 

Cheers Kevin, my keyboard and screen have just enjoyed a mouthful of coffee

You did make I larf!

[Martin_1962]

OK copy loads of albums without a PC.

I have a box with about 50 in all with albums recorded on to them.

In car record players were not very practical.

Also so recrding via a microphone they were excellent.

I think the point is, not long after MD launched, you could do all the above with your PC - so why lock yourself into using another (crippled) format and buy more hardware to do what you could already do with a box you already have?

Kevin

Precisely.

But I fear you're wasting your breath, you will have more luck trying to convince tunnie that Android is better than iPhone.

Bloody fanboys, eh

Perhaps.. But I was being a bit naive about using my PC to copy and store music.. It would, of course, have been knackered by one of Phony's rootkit-infected CDs and therefore about as much use as.. er.. a Minidisk? 

I don't trust ANY CD without the CD-Digital Audio logo all of the big record companies are out to install crap!


Mind you I would not have wanted to import any of Columbia musics rather poor selection.

I think it was something like Celine Dion or other piffle like that!

[Kevin Wood]

I don't trust ANY CD without the CD-Digital Audio logo all of the big record companies are out to install crap!

I thought the rookit-infected ones did? Wasn't that what all the fuss was about?

Mind you I would not have wanted to import any of Columbia musics rather poor selection.

I think it was something like Celine Dion or other piffle like that!

PMSL. I belong to a Hi-Fi forum and one of the rules in their AUP states no Celine Dion.

Kevin