- Compatible with Sony Hi-MD recorders
- Stores up to 45 hours of music (at 48 Kbps)
- Unlimited digital re-recording with no sound degradation
- Lifetime warranty
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Versatile and portable! Sony's Hi-MD discs can store data or music and they boast higher capacity than regular MiniDiscs, holding up to 45 hours of 48Kbps music (or 33 hours at 64 Kbps). Of course, like standard MiniDiscs, Hi-MD discs are editable, re-recordable, and incredibly durable. Plus, they're small and lightweight enough to fit in your shirt pocket perfect for carrying music and data files wherever you go.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
In response to the reviewer who stated that you can get 8 or 9 hours on a standard minidisc - yes you can, but at real poor quality (in terms of the potential quality MD and Hi-MD can give you). To get that much recording on a standard MD you have to use quite a low bit rate which results in a horribly brittle sound (just as with low bitrate MP3) and is not pleasant to listen to.
On a single 1 gig Hi-MD you can get just under 8 hours of music at the very nice 256 bps and is certainly near-CD quality (the top bit rate currently available is 352 bps, which is near impossible to distinguish from CD, and still allows about half a dozen average-length albums on a single disc).
Yes, it is a 'multi-storage' medium - ie. you can store any kind of file on it. But then again, most storage media nowadays can be used to store anything. If you connect a digital camera, for example, to your PC's USB port you can drag any kind of file onto your camera's internal memory or SD card, even play music files off it whilst connected. There's no reason why you would, but the point is the term 'multi-storage' is not really a big deal.
Don't be fooled by some of the low prices of discs here though - they'll charge you pennies for the disc then the best part of a fiver for delivery! Wish they'd just be honest about what they're charging you for, because there's no way you can justify four or five quid to deliver one of those little things!
Still, regardless of that, I reckon a Hi-MD disc is easily worth around a fiver.
On a single 1 gig Hi-MD you can get just under 8 hours of music at the very nice 256 bps and is certainly near-CD quality (the top bit rate currently available is 352 bps, which is near impossible to distinguish from CD, and still allows about half a dozen average-length albums on a single disc).
Yes, it is a 'multi-storage' medium - ie. you can store any kind of file on it. But then again, most storage media nowadays can be used to store anything. If you connect a digital camera, for example, to your PC's USB port you can drag any kind of file onto your camera's internal memory or SD card, even play music files off it whilst connected. There's no reason why you would, but the point is the term 'multi-storage' is not really a big deal.
Don't be fooled by some of the low prices of discs here though - they'll charge you pennies for the disc then the best part of a fiver for delivery! Wish they'd just be honest about what they're charging you for, because there's no way you can justify four or five quid to deliver one of those little things!
Still, regardless of that, I reckon a Hi-MD disc is easily worth around a fiver.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Pros:
Cheap as chips now days, you get 1gb of data and audio storage (approx 45 albms with sonys coompression software.
Cons : need a Hi-MD Player
Overall, I find em quite good. as i have 1gb X no of minidiscs of storage thats portable,and a audio player with a long batterylife!
Cheap as chips now days, you get 1gb of data and audio storage (approx 45 albms with sonys coompression software.
Cons : need a Hi-MD Player
Overall, I find em quite good. as i have 1gb X no of minidiscs of storage thats portable,and a audio player with a long batterylife!
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
I have a HD mini disk bought from Amazon very cheap £60 for the 900 model I like MD but not so keen on Sony these days, software, DRM etc. So 4* for the MD and 1 gig disk.
Like the other review watch out for the EBay type sellers here £0.45p is not the cost, they actually charge £5 delivery for EACH disk, no discount for multi purchase.
Get these seller off Amazon they should be made to advertise correctly for the full price or limit the maximum delivery by true postage costs smells like a con.
Like the other review watch out for the EBay type sellers here £0.45p is not the cost, they actually charge £5 delivery for EACH disk, no discount for multi purchase.
Get these seller off Amazon they should be made to advertise correctly for the full price or limit the maximum delivery by true postage costs smells like a con.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Minidisc great value
Being a user of minidiscs I needed to get the gigabite ones and no problem and delivered within a very few days
Published on 2 Aug 2009 by Mr. William Gilpin
Sony 1GB blank MiniDisc
These are great as you can get a lot of CD's on the one disc, though they are rather pricey but as I have a lot of minidisc players I will stick with the format rather than going... Read more
Published on 16 July 2009 by Peter Mayhew
prices have got to come down to make these worthwhile
If you have a Hi-Md recorder you can get over 9 hours out of a standard old-style MD & you could buy about seven of those for the price of one of these. Read more
Published on 25 Nov 2004
