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I remember seeing an MiniDisc data drive being used in The Matrix.
I remember seeing an MiniDisc data drive being used in The Matrix.
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Re: Farewell, Minidisc
I did not know that they were still in production. I always wanted this technology, but it was way too expensive when it came out. I finally acquired several portable MD player/recorders and 1 MD home deck over the last 2 to 3 years. Very interesting and cool technology! -
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Interesting. I only remember Sony discontinuing the MiniDisc Walkman stuff in 2011. Even earlier, U.S. popularity really fell in 2006, mainly because of the unstable SonicStage software used with NetMD units, especially v3. The 1:1 recorders were mostly fine, but the copy protection...
That was mostly defeated by getting an MZ-RH1/MZ-M200 recorder, but they are in high demand even today. Otherwise, you were stuck recording 1:1 through an analog cable to another source.
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I have a few MiniDisc recorders and players, and my first one was an MZ-DN430 NetMD player from Christmas 2005. (Mom always found some interesting stuff.) This particular unit was not well-thought out, as you actually needed the AA battery to transfer music to the disc. Sucks when you run out of battery power in the process! It's also been dropped a few times, and it still works perfectly!
Then in May 2012, I revisited my first player and decided to buy a few others, and in the process, I ran into a Sony MZ-N510 MiniDisc recorder w/o mic input that had the Dell and the Windows Server 2003 logos on the front, next to the controls, near mint. Got that one.
I now have a total of around nine devices.
I will probably revisit them again after I get some more old computers running. I have quite a few MD74 and MD80 discs, around 65 of them IIRC. Two are bad, 16 are used, and at least half of the disc collection are still sealed. I also obtained the original lens and head cleaner. And I somehow cannot find two home-recorded MD74s, lol. I'll find them someday.Recovering a BEFSR41 v1 and v2 router from solid red DIAG Light
I have two v2s and one v1.
I am still looking at these boards nearly every day.
What I'm doing: Planning an upgrade of my mining setup from Block Erupters to Red Furys.
Though, if the Block Erupters don't sell, I will keep using them for a while.Comment
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Re: Farewell, Minidisc
Still have my first minidisc player from '97. This thread made me pull it out of its hiding place and dust it off. Still works like a charm! Unfortunately, I have no use for it anymore. It was my pre-mp3 mix tape maker.Comment
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Re: Farewell, Minidisc
Found a used Minidisc Walkman (MZ-NE410) for $1.50 today. Had a Sony Premium 74 Minidisc in it too. Too bad it was filled with ghetto rap (over 2 hours of it).
The goodwill assumed it was an armband radio...
Not sure what I'll do with it, but for $1.50, why the heck not?sigpic
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I recently got an old VHS player from Panasonic and just for fun I want to try to repair this device. It is an AG-1000B portable VHS player from 1990 and it has a problem with picture quality in playback mode.
Picture in playback mode is very noisy and often loses sync but the still images are nearly perfect.
I want to know, is this something that could be solved by recapping or is the video head likely gone?
Also, what mechanism is this?
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The Problem: This player has a toggle switch to select between Stereo, Mono R, and Mono L. Regardless of the setting it outputs the sound to both the L&R audio jacks. In the Mono R position, the audio output level is normal (from both the L and R audio output jacks), in the Stereo position the audio output is about half the volume, and in Mono L, it's about 3/4 the volume. Something about putting it into Stereo mode is causing the volume to drop significantly and I can't figure it out.
The player processes the audio signal using two different reference frequencies. The "R"...
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