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Sony MZ-N520 Minidisc Player - £39.99 (£129.99 at Argos)

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LB

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Apr 26, 2005, 4:59:40 AM4/26/05
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00023GNK6/ref=amb_asin-coop-1_207329/026-5310945-2557268

Seems like a good deal

LB

Stevie Boy

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Apr 26, 2005, 5:46:08 PM4/26/05
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> http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00023GNK6/ref=amb_asin-coop-1_207329/026-5310945-2557268
>
> Seems like a good deal
>

Seems like it.... tho' House of frazer were trying to get shot of these a
few weeks ago for a instore price £59.90. Perhaps the appeal of mini-disc is
coming to an end now that ipod's and it's copy cats are taking over.

Steve


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Apr 27, 2005, 7:05:56 AM4/27/05
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On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 22:46:08 +0100, "Stevie Boy" <zen2...@zen.co.uk>
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can't really justify buying one, just picked up 128MB mp3 player with
voice recorder off e-Bay for £17 including postage.

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Geoff Winkless

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Apr 27, 2005, 8:59:32 AM4/27/05
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More likely the non-1GB HD minidisc players are now surplus stock.

Given the relative battery life, cost and size I'd rather have one of the
new minidiscs than any of the MP3 players I've seen so far.

Geoff


Unimobiles.com

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Apr 27, 2005, 11:51:20 AM4/27/05
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how much are the 1GB minidiscs going for?
which models are they

Geoff Winkless

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Apr 28, 2005, 4:40:16 AM4/28/05
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<sa...@unimobiles.com> wrote:
>> Given the relative battery life, cost and size I'd rather have one
>> of the new minidiscs than any of the MP3 players I've seen so far.
>
> how much are the 1GB minidiscs going for?

Currys advertise one for £99.99 but they're "temporarily out of stock".

http://www.currys.co.uk/product.php?sku=620024

Amazon have this one

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001ZN754/ref=/202-7999448-3841403

in stock for the same price.

> which models are they

Look for HiMD support.

The discs are 3-5 quid each, plus if you get old (150MB) discs you can
reformat them hi-density and get 300MB out of them.

I guess the more expensive ones might have USB2 support, I _think_
(difficult to tell - even the Sony site doesn't say) these are only
USB1.1... anyone know?

Geoff


Geoff Winkless

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Apr 28, 2005, 5:25:19 AM4/28/05
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I wrote:
> I guess the more expensive ones might have USB2 support, I _think_
> (difficult to tell - even the Sony site doesn't say) these are only
> USB1.1... anyone know?

A bit of research suggests that USB2 would be wasted on minidisc as the
physical writing speeds are not high enough to exceed USB1.1. That's a bit
of a blow...

The more expensive ones are (as usual) the ones that have recording
circuitry: the two I mentioned before are just players although they will
still allow you to upload music using USB (so unless you want to record live
music or conversation it's not an issue).

G


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