Now this is a true MINIdisc

Advantages: small-light-compact-great sound quality-MDLP-great batery life
Disadvantages: pricey!

...It was my birthday and to my great surprise and joy I was given a sony MZ-R900.This is a minidisc player.In case you don?t know what a minidisk is, it is a revolutionary invention by Sony.A minidisc is a 2.5" square cartridge with a digital optical disc inside.It is designed for recording music onto and can be recorded over 1 million times without a loss of sounds quality!Most minidiscs can hold 80 minutes of music on them in normal mode. Anyway back to the minidisc player.The Sony MZ-R900 is available in silver or blue (mine is blue) and will fit in the palm of your hand!It is extremely light too!As soon as I received the minidisc player I ,naturally, wanted to try it out.To my horror an extremely thick manual fell from the box!Luckily the minidisc player was extremely simple to use and understand and soon I was enjoying my new gift...

rishibave 16.07.2002 · Read review
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Never knew Mini Disc was so good

Advantages: Tiny, sounds great, long battery life
Disadvantages: Editing track names fiddly

...tracks to help you compile a custom Minidisk. Minidisks come with around 74 minutes available for recording, but this Sony recorder allows you to double or quadruple this available time. This is a great feature allowing me to put just under 5 hours of near CD quality music onto it. There is no doubt you lose some quality as you expand to 2x and 4x compression but it marginal - I don't know how Sony do it. My wife had a baby this week and she wanted some of hr favourite CD's to listen to whilst in labour. It was so convenient to put about 5 CD's onto one mini disc so the disk never needed to be changed throughout. Sound Quality ------------- As I've said I'm a connoisseur of good quality sound systems so I was very critical when I first listened. I think the key to a good Minidisk recording is to use the supplied Optical cable...

hardmanphil 19.10.2002 · Read review
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MiniDisc with a difference

Advantages: Pocket sized, sound quality, free case, disc capacity, price
Disadvantages: Poor software, no digital transfer to PC, supplied headphones

...This very portable (easily fits in even the smallest of pockets) MiniDisc player from Sony is in their NetMD range meaning that songs can be transferred quickly and directly from a computer running Windows using the supplied USB cable rather than having to transfer the tracks in realtime using an analog connection to the sound card (although this player can make analog recordings too through its optical/analogue "line in" socket - however only the optical cable is supplied). Songs can also be compressed on the MiniDisc both when transferred from a computer and when recorded normally using the MDLP technology which uses Atrac3 compression. There are two compression settings available, the higher quality setting allows 160 minutes of music per disc and to me sounds as good as a non-compressed MiniDisc and the lower quality setting...

essoft 22.07.2004 · Read review
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Top of the range MINIDISC Player

Advantages: Looks great, feels great, small, light, feature packed, short but thorough manual, remote, backlight
Disadvantages: Nothing really - Groove headphones would have been nice, not idiot-proof

...This is the latest top of the range MiniDisc player from Sony. Sony, one of the innovators of the MD, are the first place to look if you want a good looking, reliable and feature-packed machine, and they haven’t let me down. MINIDISC What is MD? It helps to think of a MiniDisc as a CD, except that it’s MUCH smaller (approx 7cm x 7cm), has a protective case to prevent scratches and is recordable. It stores 74 mins of music on a standard MD, although in this machine you can get it up to 320 mins (read on). MD’s also store the track/disc titles of the MD so you know what’ what. MD is ideal for those that listen to music on the move, or need to make digital recordings using a microphone. MiniDisc players are more expensive than CD players, although the cheapest Sony currently costs around £60. The cheapest record...

murban 03.07.2001 · Read review
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One great minidisc recorder

Advantages: Remote control with backlit display; MDLP function which allows you to store 4 CDs on 1 Minidisc; slimline form factor
Disadvantages: No place in case for remote control; no record function on remote

...When I first purchased Sony's MZ-R900 minidisc recorder, I didn't have to even open the manual to use it. The buttons are very simple to use - volume, stop, record on the front of the device; play, search, fast forward and rewind on the edge of the minidisc player on a jog dial. A separate jog dial allows menu navagation. After recording some music onto a blank minidisc, I found that the sound quality of the MZ-R900 is great - there is no loss in quality. I also discovered that I had an optical connection on the back of my Playstation 2, which can also be used to connect the minidisc player to it. The case supplied with the MZ-R900 is very handy, and although I have had the player for a year now, there is not even a fingerprint on it! I have simply used the 'hold' function on the device itself to stop accidental button pressing...

mikmor 17.06.2004 · Read review
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Sony MZN 710 MiniDisc Player.

Advantages: Small, Compact, Looks great and its a Sony
Disadvantages: Low earphone volume

...I have always been interested in portable music and I have since my first portable cassette player worn out an entire selection of various Walkmans and Discmans (Discmen?). The MP3 format however never managed to appeal to me, as I like to have my music collection stored on some kind of external media instead of as files on my computer. I may be a bit old-fashioned, but I like to be able to grab one of my albums right off the shelf and pop it into my player for instant listening, without having to boot up the computer and download files to some hideously expensive memory card. It didn't take long until I fell in love with the MiniDisc format - mainly for its portability and durability but also for the sound quality that pretty much surpasses everything that MP3 is capable of. And with the recent introduction of the NetMD concept...

dottymardon 11.11.2005 · Read review
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Review of Sony MZN710 Net MD portable MiniDisc recorder

Minidisc Heaven

Advantages: Lots. x4 longplay, anti shock, radio, rechargeable battery
Disadvantages: None

...As I had to travel to and from college (a 40-mile round trip) four days a week, I wanted something that would be light, reliable and heavy on useful features. Thankfully the MZ-G750 fulfilled these criteria. Coming in a snazzy blue-grey colour with silver writing and buttons on the front, the MZ-G750 is incredibly stylish and very compact. Unlike some of the older minidisc recorders that have the battery pack stuck on the side, this one incorporates the battery into the main body of the recorder, making it smaller than some others, as well as being a bit lighter. I searched high a low for a mindisc with a radio (before this one was released) but couldn’t bring myself to pay upwards of £150 for one without. So I waited and then came along this little marvel. Having a radio built-in to the in-line remote control is a real...

oohmatron 07.08.2001 · Read review
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Update your minidisc for cheap?

Advantages: Great sound, lightweight, very durable
Disadvantages: fiddly little buttons, not really a con cos i have big hands!

...is being recorded or played. It has a simple "Pop-Up Eject" function for easy MiniDisc handling. A single press of a button on the side of the recorder causes the lid to open and the MiniDisc to eject. It has the same shock-resistant memory capacity as the MZ-R55 and MZ-R90, offsetting up to 40 seconds of optical read errors. Its digital recording level control allows manual adjustment of recording level even when recording from digital sources. An AC adapter power supply and an optical cable with TOSlink and miniplug connectors are included with the unit. A minor drawback on this great product from Sony is that when the unit is re-positioning the read/write-head during playback (usually about 10 sec. out of every 60 sec.) it emits a distinct mechanical noise that is audible at a distance of 1 meter or so, when running on battery...

dolf77 30.01.2004 · Read review
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minidisc

Advantages: compact, make own compilations!
Disadvantages: minidisc players dont come cheap!!

...MINI-DISC - These are a fabulous invention -- when they first came out - I thought whats the point - CD's are cheaper with the same quality - so why bother. Until I got the opportunity to use one. Compiling your own discs gives you the choice - no need to take 5/6 CDs with you when you can put your fave tracks onto one minidisc. And the size - personal mindisc players are getting smaller and smaller - so convenient - They aren't cheap - your looking at least £200 for a recordable one but after that its plain sailing as you just record stuff hence no need to buy! Im a great fan of minidisc - try it - you will be too!!...

queenjewls 31.07.2000 · Read review
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Is the minidisc format any good

Advantages: Minidisc LP, Other Features, Value for money
Disadvantages: Can't think of any

...I had £170 from insurance claim money to spend on a new portable Minidisc recorder/player since my last one, also a Sony, was nicked at work. My last portable Minidisc was simply a player, quite heavy and didn't stand up in the 'chic' factor, so I suppose you could say whoever did nick the player did me a favour - but Im not a condoner of such immature acts, and I can tell you I did not let the whole situation go lightly with my bosses! So off I went to a big outlet chain, Currys, and the Sony MZ-R700 instantly caught my eye. A cool blue, nicely priced, and great features. Minidisc LP hadn't been around for long the time I bought it, a kinda newbie technology which compresses music even further than it does on the original MD (which still amazes me because they're so tiny!) by a technology called ATRAC, so you can fit either 2 CD...

pkiddie 07.06.2002 · Read review
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